Dr Intezar Mehdi, Director and HOD, Paediatric Haemato-Oncologist and BMT Specialist, HCG Cancer Hospital, Bengaluru. For many years, thalassemia treatment was only about blood transfusions. While transfusions remain essential and life-saving for patients with severe cases of thalassemia, they are only a part of managing the condition but not
Aster Whitefield Hospital Launches Karnataka’s First Dedicated Liver ICU: Pivotal shift in Liver specific critical care in the Region Bengaluru, April 24, 2026: Taking a major initiative towards expert liver care, Aster Whitefield Hospital has declared the launch of the first dedicated Liver Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Karnataka.
Dr. Rajiv Lochan J, Lead & Senior Consultant Surgical Gastroenterology, HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation, KIMS Hospitals (Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences), Bengaluru World Liver Day, celebrated each year on 19th April, is a global event that seeks to increase awareness regarding liver health, promote prevention,
Catering to individuals at risk of fatty liver, hepatitis, alcohol related liver disease, and metabolic disorders, the new Liver Clinic provides structured screening, advanced diagnostics, and personalised care for long term liver health With liver related conditions such as fatty liver disease, hepatitis, alcohol-related liver damage,
Dr. Topoti Mukherjee, Lead Consultant - Nephrology & Kidney Transplant, Aster Whitefield Hospital Clinicians now see a new trend where people with normal body weight develop metabolic diseases through their hidden visceral fat accumulation. Body weight has served as a main measurement tool for metabolic health assessment since the commencement of
Dr. Narendra BS Lead Consultant Endocrinology & Diabetology, Aster Whitefield. In recent years, GLP-1 receptor agonists have changed the way people discuss weight loss and diabetes treatment. The medications which doctors developed to treat Type 2 diabetes now serve as common treatments for both obesity and metabolic disorders.
Doctors at KIMS Hospitals, Kondapur, have successfully performed a rare and highly complex surgical procedure on a patient who had previously undergone a kidney transplant and was later diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The surgery is believed to be the first of its kind in the
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have developed a novel scientific approach that could help predict antibiotic-induced toxicity by tracking how drugs interact with liver cell membranes. The breakthrough research offers new insights into understanding adverse drug reactions and could significantly improve drug safety
Dr. Basavaraj S Kumbar, Consultant- Internal medicine, Aster Whitefield Hospital Abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons people visit a doctor, yet it is also one of themost ignored symptoms. Many people dismiss the condition because they believe it will resolveitself after experiencing acidity
Dr. Sai Vivek V, Consultant - Medical Oncology and Haemato - Oncology Until recently, the root cause of cachexia was identified as the inflammatory mediators producedeither by the tumour itself or the body. However, a new stream of research is about to upend thisconventional wisdom, with
