Medicine

Dr Himmatrao Bawaskar, Padma Shri awardee, conducted monumental research and work into finding a way to treat scorpion stings. He brought the case fatality rate down from 40% to 1% in India.

Through its flagship cell therapy product Eyecyte-RPE, Bengaluru-based venture Eyestem seeks to restore sight for patients in the early stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and arrest losses for those in the later stages.

Here’s the story of why a hospital in Hyderabad was renamed after the renowned Sir Ronald Ross, who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1902.

Dr Ananda Prasad from Bihar pioneered the study of zinc deficiency and published over 300 papers and 15 books.

Dr Sandra Desa Souza, the first Indian doctor to perform cochlear implant surgery, has performed surgery on underprivileged children with hearing impairments, winning a place in the Limca Book of World Records and a Padma Shri for her endeavours.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has approved German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim's type-2 diabetic drug Jardiance (Empagliflozin) for marketing in India. Here's what you should know about it.

Dr Rajnish Sardana, Senior Cardiologist at Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj, helps answer all your questions about a heart attack — what to watch out for and more.

Delhi-based Vinay Gupta shares what it feels like to have a ‘silent heart attack’ and Dr Udgeath Dhir sheds light on the symptoms to watch out for.

IIT-Guwahati researchers have invented a biodegradable, low-cost Composite Transparent Wound Dressing Film. The polymer-based hydrogel films have several key advantages.

Preethi Ramadoss, a PhD scholar from Anna University in Chennai, has innovated a biodegradable material to detect blood sugar levels in diabetics through body sweat.