Chennai, September 8, 2026: MGM Healthcaresuccessfully performed open surgical chest contouring on a 44-year-old man diagnosed withGrade 3 gynaecomastia and Stage 1 liver failure.Gynaecomastia is characterised by significantenlargement of male breast tissue and, in this case, was associated with excess skin and early-stage liver dysfunction. The patient, a police officer recently approached the hospital after his enlarged breasts began significantlyaffecting his daily life and professionalresponsibilities. He found it difficult to run and wasunable to change comfortably at his workplaceleading to public embarrassment, low confidence, and reduced self-esteem. The medical team at the hospital also diagnosed himwith liver cell failure. In this case, it remains uncertainwhether the gynaecomastia was idiopathic (with noidentifiable cause) or secondary to liver cell failure. Considering the patient’s bleeding abnormalities secondary to hepatic failure, the team decided not to perform liposuction or other conventionaltechniques. Instead, we opted for open surgical chestcontouring, a procedure commonly performedfollowing massive weight loss or as part of gender-affirming surgery for female-to-male (FTM) transition. The surgical team headed by Dr.Read More →

Chennai, September 2026: Club for Diabetes Excellence (C.O.D.E.), Chennai — India’s first integrated club for people with diabetes — organised C.O.D.E. 2.0 (Conference on Diabetes Evolution 2.0) in Chennai today, bringing together leading diabetologists, physicians, researchers and healthcare professionals to discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of diabetes care. Held under theRead More →

Chennaii September 2026: SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre hosted IndiBioCom 2026, a three-day national conference on bioinformatics and computational biology, bringing together leading scientists, researchers, academicians, young scholars and industry experts to deliberate on emerging technologies shaping the future of biomedical research and healthcare. The conference provided a platformRead More →