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How a 25-year-old doctor’s daring self-experiment revolutionized heart treatment and won him a Nobel PrizeIn 1929, 25-year-old Dr. Werner Forssmann risked his life by inserting a catheter into his own heart to prove a revolutionary medical theor...- Sidhu Moosewala's parents expecting a baby: What's IVF? Can a 50-year-old woman do IVF? What are precautions?Sidhu Moosewala Mother, Charan Kaur, is expecting a baby soon. The couple is reportedly having a baby through in-vitro fertilization. It is...
- Researchers develop new approach to treat liver cancer with microrobotsResearchers in Canada have devised a groundbreaking method for treating liver cancer using magnet-guided microrobots within an MRI device. ...
- Actor Shreyas Talpade, 47, suffers heart attack. What symptoms younger people should not ignoreBollywood actor Shreyas Talpade health update: The actor known for his notable performances in Hindi and Marathi cinema, including films li...
- India rejects U.S. request on price caps on medical devices: SourcesThe medical device manufacturers argue that India's price control mechanism hurts innovation, profits and future investment, and the USTR d...
- Stent prices under the cosh again, but who will bell the real cat?The decision is a blow for stent makers, who have been clamouring for higher prices and a system to rationalise margins instead of blanket ...
- Surgical strike! Prices of drug eluting stents cutCoronary stents are wire mesh tubes inserted into coronary arteries to clear blockages and prevent heart attacks.
- Drug eluting stents expected to get cheaperThe maximum price that patients should pay for drug eluting, bioresorbable vascular and biodegradable coronary stents was reduced to Rs 27,...
- Consumables now costlier than stents in angioplastyMany hospitals are charging anything between Rs 32,000-42,000 and some even more, well above the cost of a stent, which has been capped at ...
- Devices for disabled taxed at concessional 5% rate: GovernmentThe government today said that assistive devices for the physically-challenged will be charged at a concessional 5 per cent.
- Companies, hospitals make a killing out of medical devicesDistributors in the supply chain earn a profit margin ranging from 20%211% on balloon catheters and 64-119% on guiding catheters.
- Focus shifts to expensive pacemakers, lenses, cathetersAfter the capping of cardiac stent prices, the Rajya Sabha petitions committee has turned its attention to overpricing of other medical dev...
- Reusing single-use devices: FDA warns Fortis hospitalsFortis had received the notices and was "evaluating the observations" and would respond appropriately, its spokesperson told PTI.
- Private hospitals reuse disposables, make you pay for themSome cardiologists in private hospitals admitted that reuse was common but said it was not a problem if the items were properly resterilise...
- Now a stent made from polylactic acid,will lead to fewer complications in heart patientsDoctors are using device to treat those too ill for open-heart surgery to try and restore normal blood circulation by preventing mitral val...
- Budget 2014: Medical device industry expects incentives in R&D, manufacturing hubs and duty cutsThe association has also called for the inception of benefits such as reduced Customs duty on raw material, excise duty concessions, VAT ho...
- Indian-origin scientist develops leadless pacemakerThe world's first wireless pacemaker, developed by an Indian-origin scientist, has shown promising results after one year of human trials.
- Budget 2012: Exempt all life saving medical devices from customs duty, says FICCIFICCI in its pre-budget memorandum has given the following recommendations for the Medical Equipments and Devices industry
- Silver will continue to be a good investment betAccording to experts, silver would continue to be a good investment bet due to its widespread use in scores of industries.
- BP works on another attempt to plug oil leakBP PLC technicians were gingerly moving joysticks to guide deep-sea robots and thread the 6-inch tube with a rubber stopper into the 21-inc...
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