She sneezed one morning; by the next day, she couldn’t walk: Delhi ortho surgeon reveals chilling case of a 29-year-old who ignored subtle signsA 29-year-old woman experienced sudden paralysis after a simple sneeze, revealing a massive slipped disc compressing her spinal cord. Initi...
21 Oct, 2025, 07.29 PM IST
Squeezing naps whenever you wish? You might be doing serious harm to your body, doctor warnsSleep experts warn that grabbing naps haphazardly can harm your spine. Dr. Themistocles Protopsaltis of NYU Langone Health explains that po...
13 Oct, 2025, 11.04 PM IST
7 back pain myths busted by experts — discover what actually eases the acheBack pain affects everyone at some point, yet myths frequently cloud understanding. Physical therapy, mindful movement, and proper ergonomi...
08 Oct, 2025, 12.39 AM IST
Elon Musk predicts robots will surpass best surgeons in 5 years, sparks fierce debateElon Musk predicted that robots will surpass skilled human surgeons within a few years, sparking skepticism online. Users question the feas...
28 Apr, 2025, 08.16 AM IST
How Delhi doctors helped Austrian athlete walk again two years after paragliding accident in LadakhAustrian big mountain free rider and filmmaker Fabian Lentsch, who was paralyzed after a paragliding accident in India, has regained the ab...
03 Sep, 2024, 02.42 PM IST
What are neurological disorders, how to identify them, prevention and treatment? Here are expert viewsThe diversity of these disorders makes them challenging to identify, manage, and understand. Here, it becomes important to understand what ...
08 Nov, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
Jasprit Bumrah undergoes back surgery in NZ, likely to be out for six monthsBumrah is expected to be out of action for six months which would rule him out of the Asia Cup. His return, if everything goes according to...
08 Mar, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
Drug for spinal muscular atrophy disease already exempt from import duty: FMGiving a clarification on the issue raised by Congress Vivek K Tankha during Zero Hour on March 17, Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha said the memb...
19 Mar, 2021, 01.28 PM IST
Largest batch of AIIMS resident surgeons to learn basics of robotic surgeryIn the largest such initiative so far, a group of 70 young surgeons specialising in oncology at the premier medical science institute in Ne...
20 Feb, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
Some who recover from Covid get debilitating spine infectionWhile post-Covid syndrome is a well-known entity in which some patients continue to experience Covid-like symptoms for months, city doctors...
29 Dec, 2020, 10.14 AM IST
IIT researchers develop robot for less painful, more affordable spine surgeriesThe project is India's first robotic system for spinal surgery - making such procedures right-first-time across skill level of surgeons and...
27 Aug, 2019, 05.13 PM IST
View: Surgical strikes better for surgeon than the patientIndia is no more secure than before. Yet the government keeps crowing about how fabulous the surgical strike was, and how well it was execu...
07 Oct, 2018, 10.24 AM IST
- Why astronauts become visually impaired on longer missions
New York, Nov 28 (IANS) The visual problems that affect astronauts on long space missions is related to volume changes in the clear fluid w...
28 Nov, 2016, 06.10 PM IST
- Spine Navigation Technology can ease surgery complications: Doctors
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Spine Navigation Technology -- an image-based medical technology -- can be the best way to perform delicate and co...
23 Nov, 2016, 07.20 PM IST
Meet Sergio Canavero, the neurosurgeon who will carry out first human head transplant next yearThere were several attempts at head transplants since 1954 but all were unsuccessful.
14 May, 2016, 07.44 AM IST
- South Korea aims to become Asia's new medical travel hub
After building its economy on semiconductors, ships and steel, South Korea is touting its surgeons' skills in the beauty business to carve ...
29 Apr, 2008, 08.48 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