Karnataka- Hospitals

Programme to be initiated to boost organ donations

To give a boost to the organ donation programme in PGIMER authorities are thinking of setting up a network for organ sharing with public sector institutes A network between hospitals for sharing donated organs on the basis of urgency exists in South India and in Western countries like USA In the near future PGI may set up a similar network with ... Read More

Statins cut risk of bowel cancer Danger halved by cholesterolbusting pills

Pills taken by up to seven million Britons to combat high cholesterol could more than halve the risk of bowel cancer according to researchers Statins which cost as little as 40p a day slashed the chances of the disease developing by an average of 57 per cent And in patients taking higher doses of the cholesterolbusting drugs or were on them for ... Read More