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Apart from causing breathing issues, the tumour also restricted her from eating (Photo: AFP)

Doctors remove football sized tumour from 12-year-old girl's face in Africa

A doctor said that Kaltoumi had to suffer due to lack of accessibility to medical facilities and is one of many such children in Africa.

09 Apr 2018 1:11 PM

However, when she undertook the operation, she was surprised to note that she was being checked for abdominal deficiency. (Representational Image)

AIIMS docter does wrong surgery on kidney patient

After the procedure, she said that she did not suffer from any kidney ailment.

05 Apr 2018 6:48 AM

She spent almost Rs 46 lakh on surgery to get a boob job, jaw slimming and forehead fillers (Photo: Facebook)

Transgender woman glad she kept penis as she is attracted to women after dating 100 men

After dating 100 different men, Jolene Dawson has come to the conclusion that she is actually attracted to women.

25 Mar 2018 7:56 PM

Minimally invasive procedure used first time in India

People across the world need to know that this type of treatment is being provided in India.

23 Mar 2018 1:22 PM

The baby was diagnosed with pygopagus parasiticus, a birth condition observed in one in a million pregnancies (Photo: AFP)

Extra limb of baby boy born with three legs removed after surgery that lasted 10 hours

The amputation was delayed since the boy’s family wasn’t in a good financial condition.

21 Mar 2018 7:20 PM

More than 130,000 Americans have had the procedure done since 2011 (Photo: AFP)

Study shows chronic knee pain can be tackled with stomach-narrowing surgery

extremely obese people seeking relief from their knee pain should consider lap-band surgery earlier because the benefits decrease with age.

20 Mar 2018 8:36 PM

Common knee surgery doesn’t help older adults

Despite evidence, there is still a very strong belief by many surgeons and patients that the surgery is effective.

11 Mar 2018 4:05 PM

Dudeoir photos are much liked boudoir photos, the only difference is that these feature a dude. (Photo: Facebook/StephanieArnet)

Husband poses for hilarious “Dude-oir” shoot to cheer cancer-stricken wife, and the photos are

Well, it's true, laughter is the best medicine!

05 Mar 2018 7:21 PM

The hospital said the surgeon, as well as two nurses and an anaesthetist, had been suspended pending an investigation into the operation 'on the wrong patient'. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hours into brain surgery, Kenyan doctors realise operating on wrong patient

The scandal, which prompted an outpouring of horror on social media, is the latest drama to hit Kenyatta National Hospital in recent weeks.

03 Mar 2018 9:46 AM

The hospital has carried out 88 transplants so far this financial year and expects to do 95. It performed the UK’s first successful heart transplant in 1979.

Medics carry out record-breaking five transplants in 36 hours

Transplantation deirector had to draft in extra doctors, nurses for support on their days off as more organs became unexpectedly available.

02 Mar 2018 6:02 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

New tech to help bone marrow transplant patients

A new study evaluated an investigational imaging test called 18F-fluorothymidine (18F-FLT).

02 Mar 2018 12:03 PM

Patients may have longer lives after hip replacement

Here is what a new study found.

01 Mar 2018 12:02 PM

It was a very huge tumour, the size of which was nearly the size of the head. (Representational image: Pixabay)

Doctors remove 'world's largest brain tumour'

Size, vascularity and the involvement of the brain and the bone possessed a challenge in the case.

23 Feb 2018 6:14 PM

Memory became abnormal in 77 out of 670 participants with initially normal memory comprising 18 percent of those who had had surgery compared with 10 percent of those who had not. (Photo: Pixabay)

Surgery affects memory, says study

According to a new study, patients may score slightly lower on certain memory tests after having surgery and anaesthesia.

23 Feb 2018 8:00 AM

Memory became abnormal in 77 of 670 participants with initially normal memory comprising 18% of those who had had surgery. (Photo: Pixabay)

Surgery, anaesthesia may affect memory

According to a new study, patients may score slightly lower on certain memory tests after having surgery and anaesthesia.

22 Feb 2018 3:04 PM

New trick to reduce hospital readmission rates

Here is what a new study has found.

21 Feb 2018 6:46 PM

Babhulkar has adopted the eight-year-old tiger, now housed in the newly-opened Gorewada Rescue Centre in Nagpur.

Maharashtra tiger to get prosthetic limb with surgeon's help

The feline, whose paw was amputated, was two years old at the time of the incident.

07 Feb 2018 2:44 PM

It also reduced length of hospital stay by nearly three days for patients with lung cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Regular exercise cuts complications post-lung cancer surgery

Pooled analysis of the data showed that an exercise programme before surgery reduces the complication rate afterwards by 48 per cent.

03 Feb 2018 2:04 PM

Complications differ in reconstruction surgery for transgender patients

The study also focused on increased phalloplasty risks for trans-male patients and with staged-urethral surgery.

31 Jan 2018 11:32 AM

Push to better track living kidney donors' long-term health

While surgery always brings risks, donor deaths from the operation are rare.

30 Jan 2018 11:32 AM

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