Two-thirds of brain metastases give off fluorescence following administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), which could potentially assist surgeons in identifying such tumours.
Doctors at Aster Medcity gave a new lease of life to a 56-year-old woman patient by successfully removing blocks in her carotid artery, after completely the stopping blood supply to the brain.
Binita Ashar, MD, of the FDA’s Centre for Devices and Radiological Health issued a statement on known risk of lymphoma from breast implants.
Compartment resection in oral cancers, which involves the removal of a whole compartment of the oral cavity to prevent the cancer from recurring, continues to divide the surgeon community, going by discussions this year’s at Cancon, held in Bengaluru on 23-24 June.
Technology is all around us. Some of it is even starting to look a bit unreal. Eric Topol, in his book “The Patient Will See You Now - The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands”,
The US Food and Drug Administration has warned the general public and healthcare professionals against serious toxicity in sanitiser products containing methanol.
Asthma is a multifactorial disease with a complex genetic inheritance. Collective evidence suggests that genetic factors account for approximately 60–80% of its susceptibility.
