Young gym-goers developing severe hip conditions due to protein powders and steroids, warn health expertsIndian orthopaedic experts are reporting a disturbing rise in hip problems among young gym-goers, linking it to steroid misuse and unregula...
13 May, 2025, 03.42 PM IST
Alkem arm ties up with Exactech for knee, hip replacement implantsAlkem Laboratories has announced a partnership through its subsidiary, Alkem MedTech, with US-based Exactech Inc to manufacture and market ...
22 Aug, 2024, 05.32 PM IST
How Shalby Hospital's EBITDA margins are among highest in industry & why a high protein diet can prevent knee problemsDr Vikram Shah, CMD of Shalby Hospitals, discusses the strong financial performance of the company, highlighting that their margins have co...
17 Jan, 2024, 03.59 PM IST
IIT Guwahati researchers develop AI model to predict the healing of thigh bone fracturesThe results of this research have recently been published in the open-source journal, PLoS One, in a paper co-authored by Dr. Souptick Chan...
27 Oct, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
64 lakh have benefited from Ayushman Bharat so farAs of November 28, 2019, 63.7 lakh beneficiaries had availed of hospitalisation services and almost 20,000 public and private hospitals acr...
04 Dec, 2019, 12.10 PM IST
Not all who received Johnson & Johnson hip implants may get damagesThe proposal will be taken up for discussion by a regulatory expert committee in a meeting on April 24.
20 Apr, 2019, 11.20 AM IST
A Johnson & Johnson helpline that really doesn’t help people seeking compensationIndians whose lives were ruined by J&J's faulty hip are now having a harrowing time getting compensation.
15 Sep, 2018, 04.30 PM IST
Working with government on compensation: Sushobhan Dasgupta, MD, Johnson & Johnson Medical IndiaUS medical devices maker Johnson & Johnson is under a cloud internationally for its faulty ASR hip implants.
08 Sep, 2018, 06.38 AM IST
J&J to work with govt to provide "further" compensation to ASR hip implant patientsThe development follows a letter sent by the country's apex drug regulator on Tuesday directing it to comply with "all" recommendations of ...
07 Sep, 2018, 09.12 AM IST
J&J hip implants: Govt sets up new panel to decide final compensation for patientsThis committee has been formed upon recommendations of another expert group set up last year to look into the issue of these implants.
05 Sep, 2018, 07.55 AM IST
Implants in repeat knee surgeries can cost as much as Rs 9 lakh: Pricing RegulatorA revision knee surgery requires a completely different implant and instrument set, according to companies that manufacture knee implants.
10 Aug, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
- This automated, robotic drill may perform surgery in 2.5 minutes
New York, May 1 (IANS) A computer-driven automated drill that could perform a type of complex cranial surgery 50 times faster -- decreasing...
01 May, 2017, 05.45 PM IST
A startup to choose best hospital deals and EMIs for surgeriesHealthcare startup Letsmd.com, a person can choose the hospital, the doctor and get the price/cost comparisons from 300 of the 500 speciali...
28 Mar, 2017, 10.55 PM IST
Johnson & Johnson faulty implants: Indians left in lurch due to 'differential treatment' compared to US counterpartsPharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson recently agreed to pay over Rs 15,000 crore as compensation to around 8,000 US citizens who had sued...
04 Dec, 2013, 11.59 AM IST
- Nearly 5 lakh foreigners throng India for cheap treatment
Nearly five lakh foreign patients seeking "dirt-cheap" treatment have visited India in the last one year, boosting efforts to make the coun...
25 Apr, 2010, 10.31 AM IST
- Health woes in the West are big bucks for Kerala
After Kerala’s beaches, hillocks and houseboats, it now seems to be the turn of specialised hospitals and clinics to rope in international ...
09 Mar, 2007, 02.55 AM IST
- Special treatments a hit with tourists
His friends and relatives thought he had gone dotty when 63-year-old American national William Darling, announced plans to go to India for ...
07 Mar, 2007, 02.40 AM IST