5 hours ago By Sophie Law, Charlotte Andrews & Marcus White, BBC News PA Media Hamish had neuroblastoma and was given three months to live A mother has admitted giving her terminally ill seven-year-old son a large dose of morphine to stop his suffering and “quietly end his life”. Antonya Cooper, from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, said her son … Read more
20 minutes ago By Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor Eddie’s family Eddie was treated for his cancer at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London Children with cancer are getting better treatment thanks to a genetic test the NHS has been offering, say experts. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) checks the entire DNA code of the tumour to identify … Read more
New Delhi: In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is a fertility treatment that has helped millions of people overcome infertility and start families over the years. However, IVF is still not always successful, accessible, and affordable by a large section of society. Recent technological advances especially granular biology and AI are helping in making fertility treatment more … Read more
Julie Lloyd is trialling the high-tech garment that helps paralysed people’s rehabilitation. Source link
New Delhi: Kathija, looked peaceful as she lay on the operation table at Sparsh Hospital in Bengaluru, and Mako, a surgical robot, went into action. She had stage-4 arthritis in both knees, and had been confined to her home for many months. She finally decided to undergo a knee replacement surgery, hoping to relieve pain … Read more
A view of High Court of Karnataka. | Photo Credit: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash the chargesheet filed against M.R. Seetharam, former MLA, for allegedly helping a public servant to transact his ill-gotten money to pay the tuition fee for the postgraduate medical course of the latter’s daughter. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed … Read more
Balakrishna Shetty. Pro-Chancellor, Malla Reddy University, Hyderabad; H.R. Shivakumar, administrative officer, Karnataka Examinations Authority Bengaluru; Shivakumaraiah, CEO, Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumakuru; Sangappa S.B., national executive council member, Indian Society for Technical Education, and Syed Sadathpasha, career counsellor and UPSC coach, at the career counselling at Siddaganga Institute of Technology in Tumakuru on Sunday. | … Read more
The technique uses an internal camera and aims to reduce patients’ pain and hospital stay. Source link
New Delhi: Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited has invested in building digital expertise across the entire value chain and be it onboarding customers or settling claims, everything is digital, he said. “More than 50 per cent of our policies get issued with zero human touch entirely digitally, and about 90 per cent of our … Read more
She filed for divorce in May 2022 before the divorce was finalised in February 2023. The lawsuit alleges she learned she was pregnant in July 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade , but a month before the state’s trigger law banning abortion came into effect, which made providing an abortion a felony … Read more