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Dr. Mehta's Hospitals launches Advanced LASER Treatment for Prostate

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Chennai, 22nd September 2023: Dr. Mehta's Hospitals, the leading healthcare with 90 years of clinical excellence, is bringing state-of-the-art advanced LASER Treatment for prostate enlargement. Prostate enlargement, or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), has long been a medical concern affecting countless individuals. Traditional treatment methods, while effective, often carry limitations that impact patient comfort and recovery time. With LASER Treatment, Dr Mehta's Hospitals aims to improve life quality.  Press meet youtube video link ЁЯСЗ  " We envision LASER Treatment as a turning point," remarked Dr Kabilan Saminathan , Consultant and head of the Urology Department Dr Mehta's Hospitals. He added that "the hospital's dedication to reshaping patient care has culminated in this remarkable advancement."    Also, he emphasized that the traditional method - Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), long considered the golden standard for treating...

Alzheimer’s Disease: Never too Early, Never Too Late!

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  This year, 2023, World Alzheimer's Day theme is "Never too early, never too late", which underlines not only the pivotal role of Alzheimer's disease risk factors identification but also the espousement of proactive risk reduction measures to hamper, and if possible, prevent the onset of dementia. Prevention is better than cure goes the old adage. A healthy lifestyle, good diet and sleep regimen with mental activity , exercise and socialisation is good for all people as they age. Early diagnosis is accomplished by taking a simple memory test (see below) administered by a psychologist or doctor. If in doubt one should do this immediately. If the test validates the dementia possibility then a detailed evaluation for treatable causes as well as treatment with drugs and non-drug interventions as detailed herein is important. Hence the message on World Alzheimer’s Day 2023, never too early! Once a progressive dementia has set in, both patients and their families tend to ...

Gleneagles Global Health City Saves a Patient by successfully removing Two Mirror Image Brain Tumors

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The procedure was completed by the doctor in a timely manner, saving the patient's vision from going blind and his life Chennai, September 21st , 2023: Gleneagles Global Health City a leading tertiary care hospital in Perumbakkam, Chennai has successfully performed India’s first breakthrough complex brain surgery of a 38-year-old man from Chennai. A team of expert Neurosurgeons effectively removed two tumors in Mirror Image fashion in both left and right side of the eloquent brain. Usually, this surgery is very risky in nature, because if complications occur the patient could turn blind. They went ahead and risks were explained to the patient and surgery done in timely manner to save the life of 38-year-old professional. The surgery was conducted in two-stages and took just over 10 hours in total.  Press meet youtube video link ЁЯСЗ  38-year-old professional from Chennai had a rare incidence of having tumor on both the right and left side of the brain. The size of each tumor wa...

Indian Basketball Federation to hold 3X3 Senior National Championship 2023 in Chennai from Sep 22-24

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Chennai: The Nehru Indoor Basketball stadium is fully set for the 3rd 3x3 Senior National Championship of both the Men and Women’s Category from 22nd to 24th September 2023 at Namma Chennai, Tamil Nadu .  Press meet youtube video link ЁЯСЗ  The 3x3 basketball (pronounced three-ex-three) is a variation of basketball that features two teams of three players competing in a half-court set-up with one basket.3x3 basketball is a great way for coaches and players to evaluate and improve on individual skill development. The Game is a single period of 10 minutes. The winner is the first team to score 21 points or the team with the highest score at the end of 10 minutes. The 3rd 3x3 Senior National Championship will witness 56 teams, consisting of 224 Best players all across the country. L to R:-Aezaz Ahmed, Secretary, TNBA,  Arjun Aadhava, President of BFI & Norman Isaac, Chairman, Technical Committee, BFI . This 3rd 3x3 Senior National Championship is qualification event for ...