A trusty year-round essential, a dressing gown is the ultimate loungewear staple. There are few better feelings than getting home after a long day and hunkering down on the sofa in your favourite ...

Artistic representation of self-healing gels in a mobius-ring form. Credit: Chen Liang / CC BY 4.0 Researchers have developed a new hydrogel that is both strong and self-healing. This breakthrough ...

You really want a small hunting knife to field dress a deer. What you’re doing is akin to surgery, and you wouldn’t want a surgeon to pull your appendix out with a bowie knife. That said, it ...

Dr. Hitender Suri, a Punjab-based physician, has achieved a world record by successfully treating a rare 117-cm fistula using Ayurveda. Swaroop Singh, who struggled for years with the condition ...

Dr Hitender Suri from Punjab set a world record by successfully treating a 117-cm rare fistula using Ayurveda. His achievement was recognised at a ceremony in Dubai. Listen to Story Himachal patient ...

An anal fistula is a tunnel that develops from the inside of the anus to the skin outside. It usually starts near blocked or infected anal glands and forms an abscess (a pus-filled pocket).

Although uncommon, ulcerative colitis (UC) may lead to fistulas due to the inflammation it causes in the intestines. Fistulas are curable, but they can lead to more serious complications without ...