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  • Consumer Seminar by Gaksung Global for Indian Customers

    Ghaziabad : One of the world’s leading organizations in the healthcare industry, GakSung Global organized a seminar to express gratitude to their customers for their support. The grand seminar of Gaksung Global held at Ghaziabad Centre, III K 128, Rakesh Marg, Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on 7th Dec 2018 was chaired by Mr. Cho Je Yun, […]

    Apomorphine, new medication for treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, launched in India

    Bengalure: In a boon to patients in the middle stages of Parkinson’s Disease, Vikram Hospital Bengaluru, in association with the UK-based specialty pharmaceutical company Britannia Pharmaceuticals, has launched Apomorphine for the first time in India. This powerful new drug stimulates the production of dopamine by nerve cells in the brain, providing quick and effective relief to […]

    BioSig Technologies To Commence First–in-Human Studies at Mayo Clinic

    Santa Monica, CA,: BioSig Technologies, Inc. , a medical device company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to address an unmet technology need for the $4.6 billion electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, today announced that the Company has signed an agreement with Mayo Clinic to conduct First-in-Human studies using the PURE EP™ System. These First-in-Human […]

    Aster CMI hospital conducts successful bariatric surgery on a Sudanese patient weighing 207 kgs

    Bangalore : In yet another successful treatment of an international patient, doctors at Aster CMI hospital treated an overweight 51-year-old Sudanese woman by conducting bariatric surgery and enabling her to walk like normal people. The patient, who weighed 207 kgs, was treated under Dr. H V Shivaram, Chief of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery at Aster CMI Hospital along […]

    Building an inclusive organisation should be a priority for all corporates, says Dr. Azad Moopen

    Bengaluru : To commemorate International day of Persons with Disabilities, Aster DM Healthcare organized an event called “Common Ground” for the differently abled employed with the Company across India and GCC. Hosted at Aster Medcity Hospital in Kochi, the event was held to recognize the efforts of differently abled individuals and highlight their contributions across the […]

    Eisai and UCL Commence Preparations for Phase I Clinical Studies in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Tokyo : Eisai Co., Ltd. and University College London (UCL) announced today that they have commenced preparations for Phase I clinical studies on E2814, the first clinical candidate from their drug discovery collaboration, in Alzheimer’s disease patients within fiscal 2018. E2814 is an anti-tau monoclonal antibody which is designed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease […]

    MRI scans may predict dementia risk before symptoms appear

    Scientists have found that MRI brain scans can help predict whether a person will develop dementia in the next three years before the symptoms of the disorder appear. In a study, researchers from Washington University and the University of California, San Francisco in the US used magnetic resonance imaging  MRI, brain scans to predict dementia […]

    “ Beat the Stigma and Discrimination”

    Authored by – Dr. Swati Rajagopal, Consultant-Infectious Disease, Aster CMI Hospital “Know your status” was the theme of the 30th anniversary of the World Aid’s Day that is celebrate. We have made significant progress since 1988, and now three in four person’s living with HIV know their status. However, like any other ailment, we have […]

    Bengaluru hosts a first of its kind symposium on Next Generation Antibody Platforms

    Bengaluru : Syngene International, a global Contract Research Organization in association with industry leaders, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Amgen Inc., hosted a two -day scientific symposium titled ‘Next Generation Antibody Platforms’ on December 3rd and 4th in Bengaluru. The symposium was hosted under the aegis of “INNO”, a platform that aims to facilitate knowledge-sharing among scientists across […]

    New study sheds light on medication administration errors leading to death – omission is a common cause

    Medication administration errors leading to death are common with anticoagulants and antibiotics in particular, according to a new study that analysed incidents reported in England and Wales. The most common error category was omitted medicine, followed by a wrong dose or a wrong strength. In half of the reported incidents, the patient was aged over […]