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Mumbai: A life-saving kidney donation was conducted at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road by team led by Dr Puneet Bhuwania, Consultant Nephrologist and Dr Ashutosh Baghel, Consultant Urologist, Andrologist & Renal Transplant Surgeon, when a 73yr old brain-dead patient’s family decided to donate his organs as a part of his final wish to patients waiting in […]

“AIDS need not take away one’s parenthood dream. All advanced technologies are in place that can reduce the risk of transmission in serodiscordant couples and also prevent vertical transmission. Through advanced fertility treatment options, antiretroviral therapy and PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis), HIV couples can become happy parents. Awareness is the need of the hour!” –Dr Krishna

Observing World AIDS Day, 2022, Mankind Pharma Limited’s brand Manforce Condoms, has launched an initiative #MakeADifferenceWithManforce to create awareness around asymptomatic HIV infection. The objective of the campaign is to increase public awareness about the asymptomatic stage of HIV, which can take years to develop into AIDS, and in which case, people usually neglect the

Mumbai, November 2022: Inspired bythe United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,Quick Heal, the leading cybersecurity service provider through its CSR initiative donated ‘Arogya Yan’, a fully equipped medical van, to the rural community in Barpeta, Assam. In collaboration with Srijan Ek Soch, a local NGO, this initiative aims at making basic treatment and necessary testing accessible

In India, of the approximately 2.35 million people living with HIV (PLHIV), only 1.78 million know their status.[i],[ii] Important gains made in HIV testing nationwide have also been threatened over recent years, with people facing obstacles to accessing diagnostics during the pandemic. Bridging India’s testing gap is essential to strengthen the nation’s infection response and

November 2022, Bangalore: One of the more important signs of the development of a nation is measured in infant mortality. A UN report says the current infant mortality rate for India in 2022 is 27.695 deaths per 1000 live births. Thankfully the number of neonatal (newborn) mortalities and morbidities have decreased significantly. One reason is

Mumbai/Hyderabad/Kochi November 2022: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting about 60 lakh people in India. In 70 % of these patients, seizures can be controlled with medical treatment. However, 30 % of patients, (approximately 16 lakh patients in India), have drug-resistant epilepsy which is a severe form of epilepsy that does

By Soumita Biswas, Chief Nutritionist, Aster RV Hospital Negative calorie food refers to those items that consume more energy during their digestion, in comparison to the amount of energy they give to the body. We can say that the calorie cost of digesting the food would be greater than its energy content. These foods are

By: Dr S K Pal, Urologist, Apollo Spectra Delhi, Nehru Enclave Delhi – Prostate cancer is one of the common cancers that men tend to suffer from. Though, ones suffering from prostate cancer may rarely showcase any symptoms at an early stage. But there are a few red flags that you need not miss, and

Bengaluru India 28 November 2022– HOSMAT Hospitals today announced inclusion of sophisticated Ingenious 3rd generation Robotic Surgery unit, in their Magrath Road Hospital, which is the 2nd hospital in Karnataka to have this latest automated robotic system After the advent of robotic technology in abdominal and Pelvic surgeries, the robotic surgery in joint replacement has