In a unique initiative for a heartfelt tribute to the impactful five decades of the presence of M. A. Yusuffali in the UAE, entrepreneur and visionary healthcare leader Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil has announced a philanthropic contribution to sponsor 50 lifesaving heart surgeries for children, particularly from conflict zones and underprivileged backgrounds. Continue reading

In a major decision towards curbing antimicrobial resistance, the Union Health Ministry has issued a directive asking all registered medical practitioners to mention the indication, reason, or justification for prescribing antibiotics. The Director General of Health Services (DGHS) has also urged all pharmacists to mandatorily dispense antibiotics with a valid prescription from a registered medical Continue reading

Homeopathy was discovered by Dr. Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann in the year 1796. It is based on the theory of like cures like. This means that a disease can be cured by a medicine that produces similar symptoms in healthy people. Homeopathy also supports the law of minimum dose, wherein as homeopathic medicines are diluted Continue reading

A two-month-old baby girl from Karwar became one of the youngest recipients of Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) in the country. Anisha, born with bubble baby syndrome, underwent the procedure in Mumbai a couple of days ago. Anisha Bandekar, the infant, was born in Karwar, Karnataka, in October 2023. She was referred to Parel’s Wadia hospital Continue reading

In a major breakthrough, Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Center, in collaboration with IDRS Labs in Bangalore, has developed the nation’s first and only chemotherapy drug in liquid form: 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP). The syrup will be available in the market under the trade name ‘PREVALL’. Continue reading

Homeopathy witnessed substantial positive support in 2023, bringing cheer to its patrons. Several key developments are outlined below: 1) Every year, World Homeopathy Day is celebrated on April 10. The theme for the year 2023 is One Health, One Family. 2) The First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit took place on August 17 and 18, Continue reading

Three medical siblings from Siwan, Bihar, have chosen a unique path for their careers by turning into educational consultants for aspiring MBBS students wishing to opt for foreign universities. This was because they failed to clear the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE), which is a mandatory requirement to be eligible to practice in India after Continue reading

Shriram Sonawane, a pharmacy graduate and an MBA dropout from Symbiosis, floated his startup Rentomed this summer to cater to the medical equipment needs of medical professionals through an online medium. The Pune-based entrepreneur has completed 100 rentals till now and is in talks with 20 more hospitals for the expansion of this business. Rentomed Continue reading

A leading international daily has made a shocking allegation at Delhi’s prestigious Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, naming it as being involved in an illegal kidney transplant racket. According to a UK daily, The Telegraph, the cash-for-kidney scam involved poor people from Myanmar giving their kidneys to rich people from the same country in exchange for money. Continue reading

Heman Bekele, a 14-year-old ninth grader from W.T. Woodson High School Annandale, Virginia, has been bestowed the prestigious ‘America’s Top Young Scientist award’ for his breakthrough invention of a non-expensive skin cancer healing soap. He received this honor from 3M and Discover Education. This challenge is recognized as one of the premier middle school competitions Continue reading