The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society™ (WOCN®) today announced its support for the Access to Medical Supplies Act, H.R. 10787, bipartisan legislation that would exclude ostomy and urological supplies from Medicare's Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS)…
Manchester teacher Zoey Campbell-Lowndes tragically lost her baby 30 weeks into her pregnancy Warning: This article contains discussion of baby loss which some readers may find distressing. A British woman is ‘fighting for her life in Dubai after experiencing a heartbreaking…
Antiviral drug remdesivir, approved to treat Covid-19, was administered to patients, including those infected with Nipah virus, at Kozhikode govt medical college hospital in 2024 and 2025 from stock that expired in May 2023, health minister K Muraleedharan told the assembly on Thursday.
Christina Applegate’s advocacy for the multiple-sclerosis community is not going anywhere, despite news of her misdiagnosis. “Even though I don’t have this disease, I’ve fallen in love with everyone that we know, our listeners, our friends that have MS,” she…
The Maharashtra Association of Practising Pathologists and Microbiologists has urged the MMC to warn against unauthorised pathology labs operating without qualified specialists. MAPPM alleged that some technicians issue unsupervised reports and that pathologists' credentials are misused. The IMA has also…
Published - October 29, 2026 07:18 pm IST - Belagavi Upalokayukta B. Veerappa has directed Health Department officers to withdraw all expired medicine from the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital. During a surprise visit to the teaching hospital of the government medical college here on…
In the new study, researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery conducted a retrospective review of hip and knee replacements performed between 2006 and 2010 in the United States using data collected by Premier Perspective. This administrative database contains discharge information from approximately…
Presented by Managed Healthcare Executive and Drug Topics A review of 16 studies linked presurgical melatonin and zolpidem to less postoperative pain, with over 30% less opioid use in some patients. Taking melatonin or zolpidem (Ambien) in the nights before surgery was…
BRS Working President KT Rama Rao lauds Nihari Mandali and the BSMS Trust for providing free reconstructive surgeries and rehabilitation to burn survivors. Hyderabad: BRS Working President KT Rama Rao lauded Nihari Mandali for her commendable efforts in supporting and…
Updated - October 29, 2026 05:22 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram A medical board will be constituted to investigate whether use of expired drug, Remdesivir, led to the deaths of Nipah patients. The board will also look into whether other patients who had been given the…
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