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Did Ancient Egyptian Doctors Use Breast Milk to Treat Eye Problems? A New Look at a 3,500-Year-Old Medical MysteryAncient Egyptian physicians documented treatments on papyrus, revealing a sophisticated medical system. While most eye treatments involved ...
Unproven treatments can land doctors in trouble. Supreme Court says experimental therapies amount to misconductThe Supreme Court has ruled that doctors who administer unproven treatments, such as stem cell therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder, may be...
From antibiotics to multivitamins: Apollo doctor explains 10 medicine habits could be silently harming youA Hyderabad neurologist highlighted ten common medical practices lacking scientific backing, often prescribed despite weak evidence. These ...
Doctor shares 5 crucial colon cancer lessons everyone should knowColon cancer is increasingly becoming more common in adults under 50, but prompt detection can prevent or cure it. Dr. Karen Zaghiyan empha...
Navjot Singh Sidhu’s diet-based cancer cure for wife called 'unscientific and baseless' by top doctors of Tata Memorial HospitalNavjot Singh Sidhu recently claimed that his wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, overcame stage 4 cancer through a strict diet of turmeric, neem leave...
Scientist treats her own breast cancer with viruses she grew in the lab. All you need to know about the treatmentBeata Halassy, an expert infectious disease researcher, treated her own stage 3 breast cancer by injecting the tumour with lab-grown viruse...
Dengue: Symptoms, precautions and how to treat it at homeThe disease is transmitted by infected mosquitoes and has four virus subtypes. Initial symptoms include high fever, headache, eye pain, nau...
YouTube crackdown on cancer treatment misinformation: Key details you need to knowYouTube is taking stringent steps to check misinformation pertaining to cancer treatment, according to reports.
Can stem cells cure disease? Here are some answersStem cell therapies are currently at a very preliminary stage of development, and only a few treatments have been approved by regulatory bo...
How unproven options like blood washing, ozone treatments are luring long Covid survivorsHealth researchers admit there are few evidence-based treatments for long Covid.
Patients with long Covid are travelling abroad in search of expensive 'blood washing' treatmentThis treatment involves taking blood from the body and "filtering" it.
12 factors to consider before buying cancer health insuranceThe cumulative cost incurred on diagnostics, radiation, chemotherapy and surgery would cause a significant dip in your personal savings if ...
Delhi High Court dismisses with Rs 25k cost plea for change in COVID treatment protocolA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh declined to entertain the plea, moved by two doctors and two research analysts, ...
All you need to know about indemnity-type Corona Kavach health insuranceThe cover will only be applicable if the person insured tests positive for Covid. The policy covers expenses for bed charges, nursing charg...
Macleods' HCQ use for staff raises questionsDrug marker Macleods Pharmaceuticals has decided to put its staff on prophylaxis treatment of hydroxychlroquine (HCQ), even as a debate rag...
Donald Trump says he has finished taking hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus therapyTrump has spent weeks pushing the drug as a potential treatment or prophylaxis for COVID-19 against the cautionary advice of many of his ad...
Coronavirus: HIV drugs can be used in severe cases, says ICMRAccording to ICMR experts, the inclusion of the anti-HIV drugs for treating Covid-19 was based on earlier evidence about their effectivenes...
Low-dose radiation from X-rays, CT scans does not cause cancerHuman body has the ability to repair damage caused by exposure to low-dose radiation from X-rays, CT scans and other medical imaging, scien...
Ayurveda known to have cured HIV, TB: President Pranab MukherjeeMukherjee said for too long Ayurveda has been dismissed as an "unproven" discipline and he would like to see Ayurvedic medicine being demys...
Govt against unethical promotion of drugs by pharma companiesAggressive marketing of drugs by pharmaceutical companies is equal to " irrational use" that needs to be "penalized," the steering committe...