J&K: High-risk surgery performed at GMC Rajouri, saves elderly patient

IANS | October 7, 2024 10:26 PM

Jammu, Oct 7 (IANS) In a remarkable achievement, GMC Rajouri successfully performed a complex high-risk surgery on an elderly female patient from Poonch, who faced multiple severe health challenges, including heart failure, a damaged heart valve, life-threatening heart block, and gallbladder stones.

Here’s how silent stroke can dent your brain health

IANS | October 7, 2024 5:41 PM

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) While silent strokes may not be fatal as a normal brain stroke, it can still affect brain health and lead to cognitive issues such as memory and attention problems, said experts on Monday.

US scientists awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for microRNA discovery

IANS | October 7, 2024 4:19 PM

Stockholm, Oct 7 (IANS) The Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet on Monday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

AI can help improve advanced pain management, find researchers

IANS | October 6, 2024 8:25 PM

New York, Oct 6 (IANS) Scientists have been trying to improve advanced pain management using artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery and now, an AI algorithm has identified multiple gut metabolites and US FDA-approved drugs that have potential to be repurposed as non-addictive, non-opioid pain medications.

RG Kar case: Sandip Ghosh's 10 confidant doctors expelled

IANS | October 6, 2024 9:31 AM

Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) The authorities of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have issued a notification announcing the decision to expel as many as 10 doctors, including interns, house staff and senior residents from the hospital.

RG Kar protest: Junior doctors to render medical services, carry out hunger strike in parallel

IANS | October 5, 2024 9:16 PM

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF), on Saturday evening, announced a unique way to continue with their protests in support of their demands in the wake of the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital by continuing to provide medical services for the patients - and carrying out a fast-unto-death agitation in parallel.