Mumbai docs perform state’s first valve in valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure
A 59-year-old businessman from Solapur had a few episodes of fainting after which he underwent an ECHO test, which revealed the previously implanted tissue valve had degenerated and he had severe stenosis (choking) of the valve. This is 14th such procedure carried out in India
Mumbai team of doctors perform the state’s first valve in valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure on a 59-year-old businessman. The Solapur resident had a few episodes of fainting after which he underwent an ECHO test, which revealed the previously implanted tissue valve had degenerated and he had severe stenosis (choking) of the valve. “Kishore […]
After being restricted from using all his gadgets for a month during exams, 12-year-old Aayush Kadam’s mother has a new worry. She complains that with the exams over, her son has gone back to his gadgets again, and which she admits, is a sign of an addiction. “Nowadays, it is so difficult for parents, especially 
Quashing a criminal case lodged against a doctor, the Supreme Court has held that an ‘error in judgment’ by a doctor does not make him guilty of criminal negligence under Section 304-A IPC. The allegation against the doctor was that after having called for a physician, she did not wait in the hospital and did 
On the eve of World Health Day, eminent psychiatrist Dr Harish Shetty addressed the Bombay High Court staff on how to deal with stress in daily life. This year, World Health Organisation (WHO) has chosen depression as theme for World Health Day, which is observed on April 7 to spread awareness on various health topics. 
A dad-of-two who made history when he fought to receive a breast cancer drug only available to women is now battling the disease for a third time – despite having a mastectomy more than a decade ago. Payroll clerk Stuart Weaver, 48, was initially diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago. Now, Stuart is battling 
In times when youngsters in urban landscape are succumbing to the pressures of adulthood, meandering towards depression and eventually, some even ending their precious lives, there is an inspiring tale of a 22-year-old girl living in a village nestled in the interiors of Maharashtra. Shirin Tabassum hails from Yavatmal (formerly known as Yeotmal) district of 
The father of an eight-month-old baby at the centre of a High Court life-support treatment battle has pleaded with the judge to give his son “a chance”. Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London believe it is time to stop providing life support treatment to Charlie Gard, however, his parents want to be 
The state government on Wednesday provided 584 security guards at its 10 medical colleges to curb incidences of assaults by patients or their relatives on doctors. With this move, the state has fulfilled the promise it made to the resident doctors on safety, within the given deadline. “As per the promise made by Girish Mahajan, 
Mumbai doctor filed a petition in the Bombay High Court (HC) for single permissible alcohol age group on Wednesday. Presently, the state has irrational law on consumption of alcohol in terms of permissible age. Dr Sagar Mundada, Psychiatrist, had earlier written a letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to have only one specific age for 
At the peak of his career as an entrepreneur, Vijay Nallawala had no hint of how life would confront him with a depressive illness and put him into a phase, which he today defines as ‘a very tough time’. Nallawala, a Mumbai resident, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2003, at the age of 48.