Medicine

Uses surgically implanted clusters of electrodes that read his thoughts

1.8 million died from the bacterial infection in 2015

Repatha cut the combined risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart-related death by 20 per cent

Says new system will end spurious medicines issue

PMA demanded of the government to immediately declare a medical emergency in view of the fresh wave of terrorism

Smartphones can already act as pedometers, count calories and measure heartbeats

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, weighs around 500 kilogrammes (1,100 pounds)

With 400 Pakistani and 40,000 international doctors on board, this platform is serving patients via internet

The transplant to the wrist was performed on December 15 in an operation that lasted 13 hours

Duterte on Monday revealed that he used to take fentanyl, often prescribed for cancer pain and other chronic ailments

The team is working on developing similar capsules to deliver drugs against other tropical diseases

More than 300 transplants and 260,000 dialysis sessions were carried out in 2015 alone

Says producing these drugs no longer a ‘lucrative option’

The brains could help uncover new discoveries in biological psychiatry science

The demand came at the 5th meeting of the council held

Thermo will change the way we measure body temperature, completely

Technical and financial bids of pharmas to be submitted simultaneously.

Mohammad Abad decided to have another operation after losing his virginity and finding sex too painful

Consciousness during brain surgery helps surgeons protect vital functions

The girls had spent the year since their birth facing each other like mirror images

CM had directed officials to digitalize medicine records at public sector hospitals

Lower-cost copies of complex biotech drugs could save the US and Europe's markets as much as 98 bln euros

The product is a fixed dose combination of paracetamol, phenylephrine and caffeine

From algebra to coffee, here are a few notable innovations that are accredited to Muslims around the world

People at high risk include those with a history of heart or artery disease, stroke, diabetes or heart failure

The technique known as CRISPR named breakthrough of the year due to its potential to revolutionise health and medicine

We have recently seen wrist bands being developed to monitor vital signs of pregnant women

India spends just 1.3 per cent of its GDP on health, according to a 2013 World Bank report

Gym owner Rubina Rehman not only defeated the deadly disease, she came back with a resolve to help others

Modified embryos will not become children as they must be destroyed within 14 days and can only be used for research

The EC took the action after an Indian firm contracted by drug companies to test the medications manipulated data

Partially sighted British pensioner has had most of his vision restored thanks to the device

The couple decided to create several embryos and have them cryogenically frozen