U.S. troops burst into a Swedish charity-run hospital in Afghanistan and tied up patients’ relatives and staff, the charity said on Sunday, in what it called a...

Lakhs of hapless patients who cannot afford the vagaries of the so-called five star and other omnipresent private hospitals in India become victims of the government...

There are various charitable organisations that regularly visit patients in Israeli hospitals. Some bring sandwiches to give to people visiting the patients, others...

A doctor who said he could not help having affairs with his patients was struck off the medical register at his own request yesterday morning.

Tired after waiting for hours on the platform, an 11-year-old brain tumour patient fell ill at Howrah station during Wednesday’s Citu shutdown. Ironically, it was...

Cancer patients have been left free of the disease after being treated with a new drug which harnesses the power of their own immune cells.

An Indian origin doctor in Australia has been indefinitely banned from practising medicine for secretly taking “up skirt” photographs of women patients while giving...

Most patients with vitamin D deficiency were found to have a history of fragile bones that exposed them to the risk of osteopororis, according to a study.

Yes # People can already buy and sell human sperm, eggs, bone marrow and blood. Why draw the line at kidneys and other organs? # Allowing people to sell off their...

In India, doctors are no less than God for ordinary citizens. They approach their men in white with a lot of reverence and hope. People’s illnesses may vary from...