Medical aspirants will benefit from 171 additional postgraduate seats approved by the NMC across various clinical specialties. Counselling authorities are directed to include these seats immediately for the 2025-26 academic year, following appeals by medical colleges against earlier decisions. This move aims to maximize seat utilization and provide more opportunities for aspiring doctors.

Guwahati: Assam govt will be the first state govt in the country to purchase a cutting-edge radiological equipment, a proton therapy machine, for cancer care.Briefing the media about the mega plans for different sectors on New Year, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, at a cost of Rs 500 crore, the machine is being procured…

Boffins have been left baffled by the Orange Manbaby’s claim that he had a "preventative abdominal MRI" in his newly released doctor’s note which claimed he was in top physical condition

Donald Trump’s recently disclosed MRI doctor’s note is causing more confusion than clarity, as medical professionals argue that the screening detailed in the former president’s report is not a part of standard clinical practice. This has sparked renewed worries about what his team might be attempting to hide. In the 24 hours since Trump’s doctor…

My New Year’s resolution was realized early in May last year. That was also the time I began to meet the strongest version of myself when I quit smoking cold turkey. I had a lung cancer scare. When I thought that the cigarette was an ally to allay all mylife’s concerns and fears, abandoning it…

Donald Trump’s recently disclosed MRI doctor’s note is raising more questions than it answers, with medical experts suggesting that the screening detailed in the former president’s report simply doesn’t exist in routine clinical practice. This has sparked fresh worries about what his team might be attempting to hide. Within 24 hours of Trump’s doctor releasing…

A recent study published in the journal of Radiology showed that dynamic chest radiography (DCR) may serve as an effective alternative to traditional pulmonary function tests (PFTs) for screening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study from a single medical center investigated the diagnostic potential of DCR in a cohort of more than 500 participants,…

Arunachal Pradesh: In a major boost for medical education in the state, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has recently approved the commencement of 11 MD/MS courses by the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS). This college was established by upgrading the existing General Hospital. TRIHMS is Arunachal Pradesh’s first medical college, established…

Vijayawada: A total of 784 postgraduate (PG) doctors will be posted as senior residents in secondary and teaching hospitals across Andhra Pradesh for a mandatory one-year service starting January 1, 2025. The service period will include six months in teaching hospitals and six months in secondary hospitals.Out of the total, 393 doctors will be posted…

After more than 80 days into the so-called ceasefire agreement, signed in October 2025, Israel continues to kill and injure Palestinians across the Gaza Strip while bombing, shelling and destroying areas across the vague yellow line – a line which is constantly moving further westwards. Israel is also still preventing the entry of shelters and…