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  • Doctors Day: Salute to all the medical practitioners

    Ms. Pritika Singh, CEO- Prayag Hospital and Research Centre, NOIDA A doctor leads a selfless life and seldom prioritizes his own life to accommodate his patients’ concerns. The Hippocratic Oath demands that he/she upholds specific ethical standards above anything and everything. The entire community of medical practitioners is one of its kind, whose self-sacrificing conduct […]

    Generous gesture by a family changes the lives of seven

    Bangalore: 53 year old woman gave a new lease of life for seven patients as the family agreed to donate her organs. Nirmala Bhat, wife of Vasudev Bhat from Karkala met with a road accident on June 22 and was referred to Kasturba Medical College (KMC) Hospital in Manipal. She was admitted to ICU around 1 AM the […]

    This National Doctors’s Day- Few healthcare startups using immense technology and acting as doctors in our lives

    We have heard of Valentine’s Day, Daughter’s Day, Father’s Day, but do you know when we celebrate Doctor’s Day in India? It’s celebrated on 1st July every year, on the birth date of the legendary physician Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy.  We have come up with some brilliant startups on this occasion which are using immense […]

    540 units of blood collected through camp organized by Enviro

    Gurugram: a total of 540 units of blood was collected for Thalassemia patients through a blood donation drive held by Enviro – the facilities management wing of Vatika Group organized and National Thalassemia Welfare Society. The drive was conducted at various Vatika commercial complexes in Gurugram. Commenced in the second week of June, the drive was successfully concluded on 27th June 2018. “Though I had heard about Thalassaemia , […]

    Drinking changes young adults’ metabolite profile

    Adolescent drinking is associated with changes in the metabolite profile, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows. Some of these changes were found to correlate with reduced brain grey matter volume, especially in young women who are heavy drinkers. The findings shed new light on the biological implications […]

    Self-monitoring of type 2 diabetes reduces follow-up costs by more than half

    Self-monitoring of type 2 diabetes used in combination with an electronic feedback system results in considerable savings on health care costs especially in sparsely populated areas, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Self-monitoring delivers considerable savings on the overall costs of type 2 diabetes care, as well as on patients’ travel […]

    FDA Approved Non-Surgical Balloon Weight Loss Method Helps People Shed Up To 50 Pounds

    Americans spend almost 60 billion dollars annually in pursuit of weight loss with gastric bypass surgery being the most common type of weight-loss surgery; an option that isn’t for everyone. Like any major procedure, gastric bypass has significant health risks and side effects. In addition, to be a candidate for the procedure, one must have […]

    Health n Us, Nutrition Institute and Nutrition experts come together to build a Responsible Nutrition Platform

    Mumbai: Nutrition industry Experts and premier institutions on nutrition came together to discuss the critical and urgent need to increase awareness, education and effective self-regulation among all nutrition stakeholders. Health n’ Us – A venture of Nutressent under close association of the experts launched Responsible Nutrition Platform that would enable the critical purpose of taking […]

    OXYGEN THERAPY

    Dr. Prasanna Kumar Thomas, Pulmonologist, Fortis Malar Hospital 50 years ago the air that we breathed was clean and pure and free of environmental / domestic /industrial pollution . While we agree that we have DEVELOPED in every walk of life this cannot be true about the poor atmospheric air quality Which is been further […]

    KIMS Announces Strategic Growth Investment from General Atlantic

    Hyderabad : Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS Hospitals), a leading multi-disciplinary provider of healthcare services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, announced today that it has received a strategic growth investment from General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm. As part of the transaction, General Atlantic invested over USD 130 million, in a combination […]