The interventional answer to heavily calcified coronary lesions could reside in a balloon catheter that blasts calcifications with bursts of acoustic energy, suggests doctors at Apollo Hospitals. They recommend the use of breakthrough procedure Intravascular Lithotripsy or shock wave lithotripsy to remove calcific hard blocks. Dr. G. Sengottuvelu, India’s leading Interventional cardiologist and senior consultant […]
Studies showing how fertility experts can leverage the next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist infertile couples in their arduous parenthood journey are growing with promising results. The latest study to have come out in this regard is in the United States. Researchers have claimed that the results of their study could help enhance the […]
Aster Hospitals Dubai, a world-class facility under Aster DM Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare in the Middle East and India, recently hosted international medical education program PACESprep course at its unit in Al Qusais. The PACESprep is a preparatory course for physicians, who aspire to become Members of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) […]
Several children have a curve in their spine, which leads to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis – a condition where there is an abnormal curvature of the spine, which can cause unsightly deformity of the chest, back and in some cases, patient might even have truncal shift. In severe form, this deformity can also lead to severe […]
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA), and NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) launched the UAE Healthy Future Study in Dubai on Thursday. The launch of a new recruitment clinic at the Dubai Blood Donation Center in Latifa Women and Children Hospital, was also announced during the event. The opening of the new recruitment clinic follows a MoU […]
Although some treatments have little to no effect on the reproductive health of a patient, in certain other cases, cancer treatments are likely to impair the ovaries or testes, causing temporary or permanent infertility. Hence it is essential for patients to consult their oncologists or other treating doctors on the long-term impact such treatments can […]
Peritoneum is the inner thin lining in the abdomen that protects and covers the intestines, uterus, rectum, and bladder. Peritoneal cancers usually mean two things. those which arise in the peritoneum itself like mesothelioma and primary peritoneal cancers those originating in other organs like ovary, colon etc and later spread to the peritoneum Dr. Anil […]
Aster Hospitals Dubai, a world-class facility under Aster DM Healthcare, a leading healthcare provider in the Middle East and India, has achieved diamond level accreditation status from Accreditation Canada reaffirming the confidence of residents in the qualitative healthcare services provided by Aster Hospitals. This new accreditation confirms Aster Hospitals’ status as a truly world-class provider of health services […]
A delegation from the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs (MFNCA) marked World Cancer Day (February 4) with a visit to children receiving cancer treatment at Dubai Hospital, where participants sought to spread positivity and happiness among the young patients receiving treatment at the facility. Headed by the MFNCA’s Undersecretary His Excellency Tariq […]
(TSESI) Tarabichi – Stammberger Ear and Sinus Institute will now also be providing state of the art eye care as Moorfeilds Eye Hospital comes on-board; the internationally renowned Moorfield Eye Hospital was founded 200 years ago in London, making it one of the oldest eye hospitals in the world, widely known for its comprehensive clinical […]
