Eye drops could dissolve cataracts, finds study

Drops first tested on rabbits and dogs

New approach to assess fracture healing

This technique can also help the surgeon choose the right implant or procedure

Expert team meets Johnson & Johnson victims; may skirt base amount

Company representatives present its side too

Robotic surgeries to get cheaper [video special]

A patient has to usually shell out around Rs 50,000 more for a robot-assisted surgery

Delhi High Court orders J&J to pay 67 hip implant patients Rs 25 lakh each

Activists term compensation as eyewash, say the case is still on

Climate change may worsen conditions of patients with heart problems

Body weight of people with heart failure would fluctuate during heatwaves

Common heart medication less effective in south Asian people – new research

Clopidogrel may not be effective for many British south Asians

Many poor patients forego operation

They don't have family attendants to care for them after surgery

16 people lose eyesight after cataract surgery at a camp in Punjab

Preliminary findings to be submitted by Friday evening

Atrial fibrillation patients at greater stroke risk when exposed to air pollution: Study

AFib is a common heart rhythm disorder that affects more than 2.7 million Americans

Overweighing balance

Bariatric surgery to treat obesity is gaining ground. But the potential side-effects after the surgery are often overlooked

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Surgical site infections worsening globally

Surgical site infections are the third-most common hospital-acquired infections in the world

In Brazil, patients risk everything for the 'right to beauty'

In Brazil, patients are thought of as having the “right to beauty.” In public hospitals, plastic surgeries are free or low-cost

Cataract blindness hits women more than men in India

Women are 69% more likely to develop cataract — clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye — than men

Researchers discover new biomaterial to heal detached retina

They created a biopolymer that can act as a natural vitreous substitute, a clear gelatinous substance that fills the cavity between the eye lens …

Scientists develop natural material for faster blood clotting

The biomaterial with enhanced blood clotting efficiency can treat injuries in people with impaired blood clotting capacity 

First heart surgery on foetus in India, 3-D printing saves another baby in US

Despite cutting-edge technologies being available, such surgeries are not easy to perform, say doctors

'If humans, robots work together productivity will be higher'

Naresh Kantoor, managing director of Gurugram-based Encon Systems International, a firm that assembles industrial robots, says these machines do …

IIT Madras develops surgical robot for medical colleges

The use of robots offers greater precision and helps surgeons minimise loss of blood by restricting incisions to smaller areas

Treated, but partly

The Indian government has heavily slashed the prices of coronary stents. Will patients with heart conditions benefit from it?

Pure patriarchy: Hymenoplasty commodifies women, breaches privacy rights

Women are expected to retain their virginity prior to marriage and continue to be subjected to the patriarchal doctrine of the Indian society

Punjab, Chandigarh have most senior citizens with ocular morbidities: LASI

Comprehensive studies are needed to study changing trends in eye-related problems to reduce the instances of resultant eye diseases

Now bone implants can be 3D printed

A US firm comes up with a technology to help prevent multiple joint replacement surgeries

India’s burden of heart diseases: Study says elderly, women more at risk

About a third of the senior citizens have been diagnosed with hypertension, 5.2% with chronic heart disease and 2.7% with stroke  

Cataract top cause of blindness in India, finds survey

The condition is responsible for 66.2 per cent of blindness cases in people above 50, according to the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey