In a first, British hospital livestreams surgery in virtual reality savita16 April 2016 4:03 PM ISTTaking the benefits of the virtual reality (VR) technology in healthcare sector to a new level, doctors at Royal London Hospital  successfully...
Zika: UN health agency launches database on worldwide virus research savita16 April 2016 3:56 PM ISTBrazil : The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a new Zika Research Projects List, a...
China to punish hundreds of officials over vaccine scandal savita15 April 2016 4:11 PM ISTThe Chinese government has promised to punish 357 officials over a scandal involving the illegal sale of vaccines.State media say 192 criminal cases...
Doctor escapes punishment for sending naked selfie savita12 April 2016 9:14 AM ISTLondon : A leading British neurologist escaped disciplinary action for sending a woman patient a naked selfie video from his hospital email account...
US doctors report first esophagus regrowth case savita11 April 2016 5:21 PM ISTA young man has become the first patient in the world to regrow an esophagus inside his body.The US doctors reported the first case of the patient,...
Diabetes causes 1.5 mn deaths a year: UN chief savita8 April 2016 11:31 AM ISTUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said diabetes now causes some 1.5 million deaths a year, and called for healthier lifestyles on this year's World...
Tej Kohli Cornea Institute launches first Eye Bank in Oman savita6 April 2016 1:42 PM ISTFollowing the success  of the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute []TKCI] at LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), in partnership with Dr May Griffith and her team...
First HIV to HIV liver transplant performed savita31 March 2016 1:15 PM ISTMiami: The world's first liver transplant from a donor infected with HIV to an HIV-positive recipient was announced by US doctors, three years after a...
Yellow fever outbreak kills 178 in Angola: WHO -Prof.RamHarshSingh25 March 2016 9:17 AM ISTJohannesburg: The World Health Organization says the first yellow fever outbreak in Angola in decades has killed 178 people.The organization said that...
Hazardous haze: Over 64,000 patients hospitalised in northern Thailand savita24 March 2016 9:17 AM ISTBangkok: As many as 64,108 people were hospitalised because of haze in Thailand's northern provinces, while more patients are expected as a result of...
Bangladesh reports first case of Zika virus savita23 March 2016 9:50 AM ISTBangladesh on Tuesday reported the country's first case of the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease that has been linked to birth defects and other...
Chinese boy recovers eyesight after cornea transplant from pig savita14 March 2016 11:07 AM ISTBeijing : A Chinese teenager in Guangdong province has recovered his eyesight after receiving corneal transplant from a pig's eye, the media reported...
