Woman thought it was 'just acidity', kept vomiting after every meal for 8 months; doctors find twisted stomach in chestA 61-year-old woman endured eight months of severe pain, initially treated for acidity. Doctors eventually found a rare paraesophageal hiat...
31 May, 2026, 07.38 PM IST
In 2014, a metal detectorist in Scotland found a hoard that looked like Viking treasure, until scientists scanned what was wrapped insideA metal detectorist's 2014 find in Scotland, the Galloway Hoard, initially thought to be Viking loot, revealed a more complex story. Scient...
29 May, 2026, 02.46 PM IST
Health services, medical education expansion to be driven by modern tech: Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed health and medical education. He stressed improving treatment quality and expanding s...
26 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
Goodbye to the myth that Tanystropheus hunted on land: CT scans suggest a stranger life in the seaPaleontologists have long debated the Tanystropheus, a prehistoric creature with an unusually long neck. Recent CT scans of its skull revea...
25 May, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
SpaceX's Starship flight hits most targets in pre-IPO testSpaceX's latest Starship test flight achieved a significant milestone, deploying mock satellites and executing a controlled splashdown. Thi...
23 May, 2026, 08.49 PM IST
Pompeii victim was likely a Roman physician who fled Vesuvius with his medical kit still in handArchaeologists in Pompeii discovered a physician who died attempting to escape Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, taking his medical kit. Modern tech...
19 May, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Siemens eyes exit from cancer care chain American Oncology InstituteSiemens Healthineers is exiting its Indian cancer care chain, American Oncology Institute. The deal is valued between ₹1,500-2,000 crore. P...
14 May, 2026, 01.00 AM IST
How ultrasound plays critical role in healthcare and why PC-PNDT Act deserves careful reformIndia's PC-PNDT Act, enacted to curb female foeticide, has had a modest impact on sex ratios over 30 years. While the law's intent is valid...
08 May, 2026, 11.48 PM IST
X-Ray Setu plans to on-board 10K doctors for COVID detection in rural areasNon-profit organisation Artpark CEO Umakant Soni said that X-Ray Setu, developed in collaboration with start-up Niramai and Indian Institut...
01 Jun, 2021, 01.24 PM IST
AI, ML to drive digital healthcare management, says Wipro GE Healthcare's Shravan SubramanyamSubramanyam, who took charge as managing director of GE Healthcare India and South Asia last September, said its research and development c...
01 Jun, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
Soon, you won't have to take out laptops, gadgets for security check at airportsBureau of Civil Aviation Security has given its nod to start 3D-based computed tomography scanner at Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad airports
28 Nov, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
Low-dose radiation from X-rays, CT scans does not cause cancerHuman body has the ability to repair damage caused by exposure to low-dose radiation from X-rays, CT scans and other medical imaging, scien...
01 Jul, 2015, 06.40 PM IST
Sophisticated equipment from GE to tackle cancer earlyRao said the company was pleased to demonstrate that the capability to develop the most sophisticated medical technologies in the world exi...
12 Dec, 2014, 08.39 PM IST
New tech may allow people to feel hologramsResearchers have developed a new technology that will allow people to feel haptic holograms of objects & enable surgeons to explore a CT sc...
03 Dec, 2014, 03.49 PM IST
- Ultrasound is Stethoscope of future: Thomas Gentile
Behemoth GE’s global head of medical technology Thomas Gentile speaks of the opportunities for healthcare systems & technologies.
12 Apr, 2012, 03.01 AM IST
- GE Healthcare to invest $ 15 mn to develop PET/CT scan
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, plans to invest $ 15 million in the country to design, develop and manufacture PET/CT mo...
25 Jun, 2010, 08.55 PM IST
- Piramal brings lesion detecting PET/CT scanner to India
Piramal Diagnostics has introduced Asia's first high-definition PET Scanner in India that could detect lesions as small as 2 mm.
19 May, 2008, 10.08 PM IST