Surgery

Did amputations occur 31,000 years ago? What a new skeleton reveals?

The findings suggest that Stone Age hunter-gatherers living in what is now Indonesia's East Kalimantan province had sophisticated medical knowledge of anatomy and wound treatment

Mohammed Azaruddin meets Noel David, assures him Hyderabad Cricket Association will pay for his kidney surgery

The 51-year-old David, who has played four ODIs for India, has been suffering from kidney ailment for the last few years and underwent a surgery on Wednesday

Centre authorises post-grad Ayurveda practitioners to be trained to perform surgical procedures

AYUSH Ministry Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha said the notification by the CCIM does not amount to any policy deviation or any new decision

Cancer patients infected with Coronavirus are three times more likely to die: Study

However, it is also important that patients receive their treatments on time and visit their doctors regularly.

Medication, lifestyle changes as effective as stents and bypass surgery in reducing risk of heart attack, finds study

The results from a new study says that procedures such as bypass surgery and stenting are no better at reducing risk of heart attack in patients with ischemic heart disease than medication and lifestyle changes

New medical procedure promises to postpone menopause in women by up to 20 years

This procedure is available to women upto 40 years, can take upto 30 minutes and can cost £11,000.

Surgeons restore arm function in paralysed patients by transferring nerve systems

Two years later, most participants in the trial can reach out their arms, open and close their palms and manipulate objects.

Heart-sealing adhesive: Bioglue can now heal broken hearts without surgery or sutures

The non-toxic gel made from gelatin & water solidifies under UV light & seals heart injuries in under a minute.

Cockroach-inspired surgical bot slithers into pig's heart with no human guidance

The device finds its target but takes seconds longer than a doctor to perform routine tasks.

Babies' spines corrected while still in the womb in rare and promising surgery

Children that underwent the pre-birth surgery had better brain and motor function long-term.