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Telangana govt hospital doctors perform liver transplantation on patient suffering from Marfan’s and rare syndrome

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Telangana govt hospital doctors perform liver transplantation on patient suffering from Marfan’s and rare syndrome

Osmania General Hospital doctors from multiple specialisations coordinated to perform liver transplantation on a patient suffering from Marfan’s syndrome and hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL In a medical breakthrough, doctors at Telangana government-run Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad have successfully performed a liver … Read more

Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules

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Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules

Jim Reed BBC News Reporting fromSupreme Court, London Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC Parents of the deceased children heard doctors involved in their care could be named Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the Supreme Court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell … Read more

New York Court Blocks Texas From Filing Summons Against Doctor Over Abortion Pills

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New York Court Blocks Texas From Filing Summons Against Doctor Over Abortion Pills

A New York state court on Thursday blocked Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas woman. The unprecedented move catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level, setting the stage for a high-stakes legal battle between states that ban abortion and … Read more

AI will not replace doctors, but doctors who know AI will replace those who don’t: Dr D Nageshwar Reddy – ET HealthWorld

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AI will not replace doctors, but doctors who know AI will replace those who don’t: Dr D Nageshwar Reddy – ET HealthWorld

Hyderabad: “Like many doctors, I too didn’t like AI. I had a lot of apprehension about it because I believed it would only become effective in five or six years, by which time I would have retired. I thought AI was too complicated and not something I would use in my lifetime. But over the … Read more

Doctors try to stop under-eights drinking slushies

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Doctors try to stop under-eights drinking slushies

Getty Images Slushies contain a sweetener called glycerol, which stops them freezing solid Children should completely avoid “slushy” ice drinks containing glycerol, which can make them very ill, until they are at least eight years old, say researchers calling for official public-health advice to change. The researchers studied the cases of 21 two-to-seven-year-olds in the … Read more

Doctors didn’t warn women of ‘risky sex’ drug urges

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Doctors didn’t warn women of ‘risky sex’ drug urges

Noel Titheradge BBC News Investigations correspondent Curtis Lancaster BBC South Investigations BBC Claire says she began to feel unprecedented sexual urges after taking the drugs Patients prescribed drugs for movement disorders – including restless leg syndrome (RLS) – say doctors did not warn them about serious side effects that led them to seek out risky … Read more

Doctors in Bengal concerned about adverse ecological impact on female reproductive health

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Doctors in Bengal concerned about adverse ecological impact on female reproductive health

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Healthcare professionals in West Bengal are grappling with rising public health challenges, especially in female reproductive health, with the increasing impact of climate change. Gynaecologists practising in West Bengal cite environmental stressors such as malnutrition, prolonged exposure to high temperatures, poor air quality, and limited … Read more

Epilepsy AI tool detects brain lesions doctors miss

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Epilepsy AI tool detects brain lesions doctors miss

Philippa Roxby Health reporter University College London A consultant radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital reviews the brain scan and AI report of a child with complex epilepsy An artificial-intelligence tool can detect two-thirds of epilepsy brain lesions doctors often miss, say the UK researchers who have developed it, paving the way for more targeted … Read more