Sedentary lifestyle, poor diet to blame for piles
Nearly 80% of people over 40 suffer from piles. Doctors say due to poor eating habits and inactivity even younger...
Uncomfortable reality: 14% of urban India hit by constipation
In Some Cases, It May Lead To Strokes: Study Piku’s father Bhaskor Banerjee, in the latest Shoojit Sircar flick, suffers...
Rare pancreatic surgery at SGRH removes tumour without a cut
New Delhi: Doctors at a Delhi hospital have successfully removed cancerous pancreas from a 40-year-old woman without an open surgery....
Yoga Effective Against Complications of Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy
April 17, 2008 (Philadelphia) — Adverse effects of stapled hemorrhoidectomy may be mitigated by having patients perform certain bowel-strengthening yoga...
Cauterizing Arteries in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Can Be Both Unnecessary and Dangerous
April 15, 2008 (Philadelphia) — Almost since the inception of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, surgeons have been employing devices that concentrate electrical...
Docs keep the faith
When a friend’s father was wheeled out of the operation theatre, she turned to thank the doctor, who folded his...