Doctors at Ankura Hospital in Hyderabad successfully treated an 8-year-old boy with a rare combination of genetic conditions causing severe intestinal complications. A targeted treatment approach led to significant recovery without further surgery, highlighting the role of precision medicine.
A recent study conducted by the city-based Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Hospitals among the IT workforce in Hitec City has indicated that 80 percent of them are overweight
Data gathered through this initiative taken-up by Founder and Chairman, AIG Hospitals, Dr G Nageshwar Reddy, highlighted that just like children in urban areas, even childhood obesity is on the rise in rural regions.
More than 300 gastroenterologists and surgeons from India, Singapore, United States and other countries, participated in an international conclave on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) organised by Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda.
The burden of pancreatic diseases among the southern states is on the rise and it has the potential to become a major public health challenge in the coming years.
Named after Dr Schindler, who is widely considered as ‘father of gastroscopy’, the Rudolf V Schindler award is the highest category in the Crystal Awards of American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
