Are MRI scans safe? Top Hyderabad-based doctor wants you know 6 things before you step inDr. Sudhir Kumar clarifies the safety and potential concerns surrounding MRI scans, highlighting their radiation-free nature and accuracy i...
12 Jun, 2025, 10.23 AM IST
Alkem Labs diversifies into medical devices bizAlkem Laboratories has become the first Indian drugmaker to diversify into medical devices after partnering with US-based Exactech to manuf...
23 Aug, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
Bengaluru court asks hospital and doctors to pay Rs 5 lakh for leaving needle in woman's spineThe patient, 46-year-old Padmavathi, underwent severe abdominal pain, backache, and trauma for over six years until she had the needle remo...
24 Jul, 2024, 03.56 PM IST
US-based Zeda plans to raise up to $200 million for India forayUS-based Zeda Holdings plans to raise $200 million for its India expansion, led by CEO Shri Shetty. The company uses 3D printing for orthop...
03 Jun, 2024, 12.57 AM IST
Revolutionary brain implants enable paralyzed man to regain ability to walkA groundbreaking achievement has occurred as a paralyzed individual, Gert-Jan Oskam from the Netherlands, has experienced the ability to wa...
25 May, 2023, 01.34 AM IST
Rate tweaks to make up for inefficiencies in value chain; states conscious of inflation impact: FM Sitharaman"Technology may correct anomalies for inefficiencies and therefore may have a possible impact on revenue collection. But the revenue-neutra...
29 Jun, 2022, 08.11 PM IST
GST Council Meet: Rate changes on some items on cards, states' compensation tops agendaApart from rate rationalisation, the Council is expected to see a stormy discussion around compensation payout to states with Opposition-ru...
26 Jun, 2022, 10.17 AM IST
GST dept may soon clarify on exemptions to IVF, tax on honorarium paid to guest anchorsA committee of tax officers from the Centre and states, referred to as the Fitment Committee, has informed the GST Council that healthcare ...
24 Jun, 2022, 04.10 PM IST
A paralysed man walks again, after a 'miracle' spinal cord implant in JapanThe implant sends electrical pulses to his muscles, mimicking the action of the brain.
09 Feb, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
Suffering from chronic backache? New pain disruption therapy can bring reliefPeople with back pain may get lasting relief with an innovative treatment that short-circuits pain.
15 Oct, 2018, 07.55 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
Soon, AIIMS to launch 'adopt a patient' policyThe adoption scheme, officials said, will fill the gap between demand and supply in donations for AIIMS patients.
03 Jun, 2016, 11.29 AM IST
New device to reduce chronic back pain developedScientists have developed a simple, low-cost spinal fusion device to reduce chronic back pain that may help avoid the need for more invasiv...
25 Jan, 2016, 12.43 PM IST
Mumbai doctors perform rare surgery on Bamboo Spine patientA team of doctors at a city hospital here have performed minimal access spine surgery on an 82-year -old 'Ankylosing Spondylitis' patient.
28 May, 2015, 11.06 AM IST
Beijing scientists replace boy's vertebra with a 3D-printed boneFor the first time in history, medical researchers have used this transformative technology to replace an essential bone in the spine of a ...
29 Aug, 2014, 01.18 PM IST
Zimmer India eyes up to 15 per cent revenue growth in FY'15"We are looking at a growth of around 15 per cent in the current fiscal year. The revenues would be around Rs 250 crore,"
05 Jun, 2014, 04.57 PM IST
Rupee fall brings more medical touristsPrivate hospitals in Chennai say that they have seen a 10% to 15% increase in medical tourism in the past one year.
23 Aug, 2013, 04.29 PM IST