Think your cucumber, mint and lemon detox water benefits you? Apollo doctor says your liver and kidney are real detox machinesApollo Hospitals’ Dr. Anshuman Kaushal has debunked the popular “detox water” trend, calling it a marketing gimmick rather than a medical r...
11 Nov, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
China surgeons perform first Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant. Ray of hope for cancer patients?American surgeons have in recent years transplanted hearts and kidneys from genetically modified pigs into a small number of living patient...
09 Oct, 2025, 09.58 AM IST
31-year-old ignored by doctors for 4 years as 'too young' for serious illness ends up losing nearly half her organs to a preventable, deadly conditionChelsea Davies, 31, endured four years of dismissed symptoms, repeatedly told she was “too young” for serious illness. After ten doctor vis...
28 Sep, 2025, 09.51 PM IST
AI-guided cameras make solo surgery possible in step towards surgical automationIn Santiago, Chile, a surgeon successfully performed a gallbladder removal using an AI-guided camera system. The technology, developed by L...
10 Sep, 2025, 04.42 PM IST
Florida surgeon removes liver instead of spleen leading to patient's immediate deathA tragic incident occurred in Florida where a surgeon mistakenly removed the liver of William Bryan, 70, instead of his spleen during an em...
05 Sep, 2024, 03.07 PM IST
New data reveals why patients from the US and UK are flocking to India for organ transplantsIn 2023, India conducted 1,851 organ transplants for foreign nationals, accounting for nearly 10% of all transplants. The majority of these...
04 Aug, 2024, 11.09 AM IST
Madhya Pradesh traffic police establishes 310 km green corridor from Jabalpur to Bhopal for organ transportationMadhya Pradesh traffic police have successfully established a green corridor spanning 310 kilometers to facilitate organ transportation wit...
22 Sep, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortageWhile regrowing kidneys isn't as far along, "I was completely stunned" at the progress so far, said Dr. Ron Shapiro, a kidney transplant ex...
27 Dec, 2022, 09.54 PM IST
How to keep your Liver healthy, and how a toxic liver affects youThe liver can get clogged with harmful stuff like alcohol, too much fat in the diet
08 Oct, 2021, 12.36 PM IST
- UAE doctors save newborn with liver outside body
Dubai, May 20 (IANS/WAM) Surgeons in Abu Dhabi have saved a child who was born with a portion of his small intestine as well as his entire ...
20 May, 2017, 07.55 PM IST
Avoid high-calorie food, drink wisely and exercise right for a healthy liverLiver diseases are typically linked to alcohol abuse. But obesity too can lead to non-fatty liver disease.
24 Jan, 2017, 08.30 AM IST
Mastering multi-organ transplants to save the critically illA week ago, doctors at a private hospital in Kerala did an elbow-level double hand transplant for a 22-year-old whose hands were burned.
08 Aug, 2016, 11.35 AM IST
Effective tips to deal with bad breathUnpleasant breath doesn't just indicate health problems but could also be one of the crucial reasons for a relationship problem.
25 Dec, 2015, 06.12 PM IST
New device can revive dead hearts for transplantTransplant surgeons claim to have used a 'heart-in-a-box' device to "revive" hearts from people who have recently died and use the organs t...
07 Sep, 2015, 04.34 PM IST
Patient dies during live surgery workshop at AIIMS62-year-old patient died on July 31 when he was being operated upon by a Japanese surgeon as part of a live surgery workshop at AIIMS.
09 Aug, 2015, 02.29 PM IST
No quality control for life-saving generic drugs, government apatheticA case in point is a life-saving drug, Liposomal Amphotericin B, which is used to treat fungal infections in critically-ill patients.
16 Sep, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
How authentic are claims 'scientific breakthroughs' made by hospitals true?Hospitals which brag about their scientific breakthroughs is a cause for worry as it involves a fraternity that has sworn allegiance to the...
12 Feb, 2012, 12.16 PM IST