Woman With Two Uteruses Successfully Treated Through Laparoscopic Surgery
A 56-year-old woman who had two uteruses has been successfully treated through total laparoscopic hysterectomy, reveal doctors.
Even after three pregnancies -- two successful, and one with intrauterine death of the baby -- the woman's rare ...
Do Doctors and Nurses Need to Nap During Night Shifts?
Doctors and nurses who work long hours need at least a 20-minute power nap during their night shifts to keep patients safe as revealed by a new study.
Why Power Nap is Important?
A review at this year’s Euroanesthesia congress in Milan, ...
Teenage Boy Gets His Voice Back After 7 Years
Shrikant, a 13-year-old boy, underwent a rare surgery and got his voice back after seven years at a Delhi hospital.
Shrikant had suffered a head injury and had to be kept on a ventilator for a long time. The long-term ventilation narrowed his ...
New Guidance for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Prevention
Five medical organizations advise best practices for preventing hospital-associated pneumonia.
Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Events, and Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Acute-Care ...
Over 200 Kidney Stones Removed from a Man in Hyderabad
About 206 kidney stones have been removed from a 56-year-old patient at Aware Gleneagles Global Hospital in Hyderabad, India.
These stones caused the patient to suffer from severe pain in the left loin for over six months, which got aggravated ...
No Peace, No Health: Attack on Healthcare Facilities is War Crime
Attack on healthcare facilities is considered to be war crime and it must stop. There can be no health for all without peace.
Slogans like 'every life matters' sound so clichéd and hollow when we see the ground reality in the ongoing ...
Rare Brain Surgery in Sitting Position Saves 6-Year-Old Boy
A 6-year-old Mongolian boy who was suffering from a brain tumor was successfully treated by doctors. The tumor was more than five centimeter in size.
The patient, named Monkh, was suffering from bouts of headache and vomiting from last one ...
Study About the Disappearance of Same-day Hernia Repair Method
A team of doctors led by Dr. Joanna Mills, a PhD candidate of the University of Sydney’s Northern Clinical School, have informed that same-day inguinal hernia repair was recognized as safe and effective 65 years ago.
However, only 18 of the ...
Greenery Ease Confusion, Anger in Navigating Hospitals
Introducing nature into large hospitals can humanize the institutional environment and reduce the stress of patients, visitors, and healthcare providers, according to a study published in the Health Environments Research and Design Journal .
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Indian Doctors Treat Nigerian Girl Born With Organs in Sac Outside Body
An eight-year-old Nigerian girl who was born with her liver and most of the intestines protrude outside of her abdomen in a sac-like structure was treated successfully by Gurugram doctors.
In a challenging, 5-hour-long surgery, doctors at ...
Woman Who Suffered 4 Cardiac Arrests in 1 Week Saved!
New lease of life was given to a woman who suffered four massive heart failures in one week due to severe Tuberculosis.
The patient was admitted to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute's emergency ward with severe breathlessness and body swelling. ...
Laughter Disorder: Rare Surgery Performed on a 3-year-old
Hyderabad Doctors successfully performed a rare surgery on a 3-year-old girl suffering from gelastic seizures.
Gelastic seizures are usually present in childhood, even in the newborn period, and are manifested by frequent attacks of ...
Hyderabad Doctors Remove 156 Renal Stones from a Man
Doctors had successfully removed 156 kidney stones from a 50-year-old man at a Hyderabad hospital.
Doctors at the Preeti Urology & Kidney Hospital, a leading renal care facility in the city, removed the kidney stones through keyhole opening. ...
Can Selfies Taken After Surgery Find Infections?
Pictures of post-surgical wounds taken by patients in their phones and then assessed by clinicians can help with the early identification of infections, a study has found.
This practice could help manage surgical patients’ care while they recover ...
Man With Brain Hemorrhage and Heart Attack Treated Successfully
Brain hemorrhage and heart attack has occurred at the same time in a 67-year-old man. He was successfully treated at Manipal Hospital.
The patient was brought to the hospital with a complaint of headache and chest discomfort. After several ...
