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6 Tests in Full Body Packages That Rarely Change Your Treatment

The appeal of a full body health package is easy to understand. One appointment, one bill, a printout that says you are fine. But the tests inside these packages are not all equal, and some have a weak record of prompting any change in treatment for people who had no…

Times Life · Oct 22

Dialysis Three Times a Week: The Real Kidney Treatment Burden Indian Families Carry

The numbers behind the scheduleIndia adds roughly 2.2 lakh new end-stage renal disease patients every year, according to data published in the Indian Journal of Nephrology. Of those, fewer than 10 percent receive any renal replacement therapy at all, dialysis or transplant. For the families who do manage to get…

Times Life · Sep 27

How Kidney Stone Formation Begins in Your Renal System and How to Stop It Early

What Actually Happens Inside the KidneyYour kidney filters roughly 200 litres of blood every day, pulling out waste and excess minerals and sending them out in urine. Most of those minerals stay dissolved. A stone begins when one of them stops dissolving and starts crystallising instead.The most common type is…

Times Life · Aug 12

Biogen Conference: Lupus, Kidney Programs Take Center Stage in Immunology Push

Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) is continuing to position immunology as a larger part of its strategy, with late-stage lupus and kidney disease programs expected to shape the company’s next phase of growth, Adam Meyers, head of the company’s immunology and new disease areas franchise, said at Bank of America’s

MarketBeat · May 14

Drummond Rennie obituary

Doctor and medical editor who inaugurated the International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025

6 habits that seriously damage the kidneys and how to reverse it

The kidneys are the body’s hardworking filters, processing about 50 gallons of blood daily to eliminate waste, toxins, and extra fluids. Despite their vital role, many of our everyday habits can harm them, without us realising it. The reported prevalence of Kidney disease in different regions of India ranges from…

The Times of India · Nov 26, 2024

AIIMS Delhi performs first dual kidney transplant of 78-year-old woman

The Department of Surgical Disciplines and Department of Nephrology of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in collaboration with ORBO performed the first dual kidney transplant of a 78-year-old lady on December 22, last year. Read further on Dynamite News.

Dynamite News · Mar 16, 2024

Telangana Governor inaugurates three-day nephrology conference

Governor inaugurates conference on critical care nephrology, with global experts exchanging insights on AKI and CRRT.

The Hindu · Jan 27, 2024

Patients suffer as shortage of doctors plagues govt. hospitals in Malabar

Kerala's Malabar districts, incl. Kozhikode, suffer from acute doctor shortage, with population-to-doctor ratio of 8217:1. Of the 443 sanctioned posts of doctors in Kozhikode, 23 are vacant. KGMOA urges govt. to sanction more posts of CMOs & doctors in FHCs, 24-hr delivery points, & super-specialty cadre posts in cardiology &…

The Hindu · Nov 9, 2023

Chennai hospital to help Chad govt. develop healthcare facilities

MMM to help Chad set up healthcare facilities; training of personnel, telemedicine services to be provided. Raju George, CEO of MMM, and Mahamat Hissein Ali, Deputy Medical Director of Hospitalier Universitaire La Renaissance, agree to collaborate. MMM to provide training, telemedicine services, and help set up pathology, nephrology, cardiology, rheumatology,…

The Hindu · Oct 26, 2023