Trends in medical devices distribution: 2019 and beyond

Columns |  Views | By Sanjay Jha, Director, ColMed | 0 Comment | 17 Jan, 2020

Much like drugs, medical devices and equipment is today a key input in the healthcare sector. Widespread availability and easy accessibility of quality medical devices is critical to the re...Read more

Lifestyle changes help in dealing with Refractory Epilepsy

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Sowmya M Consultant Neurologist, Aster RV Hospital | 0 Comment | 25 Nov, 2019

We are living in fortunate times when there is an abundance of information and awareness about health and one’s body. However, despite there being so much information, there still is ...Read more

The cornerstone strategy in TB control

Columns |  Views | By Ahana Chatterjee | 0 Comment | 15 Nov, 2019

Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a global epidemic with more than 9 million people affected and 25% of the population having latent TB. With timely diagnosis and t...Read more

Recent advances in cochlear implants

Columns |  Views | By Dr Dillon Dsouza | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2019

What is a cochlear implant? A cochlear implant is an electronic device that takes over the work of the human ear in converting sounds to electrical signals that the brain understands as so...Read more

Huge Untapped Potential of AI in Healthcare

Columns |  Views | By Dr Suraj Baliga | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2019

A lot has been spoken of the potential of machine learning(ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to disrupt industries. AI is already seeing a wide application in industries such as Finance,...Read more

Understanding BRCA1/2 genes

Columns |  Views | By Dr Vidya Veldore | 0 Comment | 04 Nov, 2019

With an annual incidence of approximately 1.6 lakh new cases of breast cancers in India, it has now become the most common female cancer in urban India (Globocan, 2018).  It is project...Read more

Air pollution has emerged as the single most hazardous threat to the health of Indians

Columns |  Views | By Dr Dharminder Nagar | 0 Comment | 21 Oct, 2019

Even as we work scrupulously to reduce malnutrition, check the country’s infant mortality rate and ensure wider coverage of immunization, a silent killer is quietly sucking the life o...Read more

Improve Healthcare Operational Efficiency with Patient Engagement with RPA

Columns |  Views | By Mr. Nilesh Jain, Founder & Managing Director – CliniVantage | 0 Comment | 10 Oct, 2019

Multiple partners in the healthcare industry, ie. patients, doctors, labs, hospitals etc are faced by challenges that disrupt streamlining of processes as a whole. Clinivantage RPA© is...Read more

From Swab to Registry in stem cell donation

Columns |  News | By Patrick Paul | 0 Comment | 16 Sep, 2019

Blood cancer and blood disorders like Thalassemia and Aplastic Anemia is on a rise and every 5 minutes, someone in India receives the shattering news that they have been diagnosed with the ...Read more

Opening 75 medical colleges-A brilliant move

Columns |  Views | 0 Comment | 10 Sep, 2019

The ambitious project of opening up 75 new medical colleges by 2021- 22, is towards getting the existing doctor patient ratio of India towards world averages. Although this announcement has...Read more

Applying sentiment analysis in healthcare industry

Columns |  Views | By Nikhil Singhal | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2019

With the intrusion of technology across all the industries, business leaders are revamping their approach to serve their customers better and faster. Healthcare industry is one among those ...Read more

How MedTech players are transforming the Indian healthcare sector

Columns |  Features | By Pooja Kadambi, Project Manager, InnAccel  | 1 Comment | 05 Sep, 2019

Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) (aka Ayushman Bharat Scheme) launched in September 2018 by the honourable prime minister Narendra Modi is the world’s largest state-funded health insurance ...Read more

Affordable digital mammography systems for early detection of Breast Cancer

Columns |  Views | By M Brahadeesh | 0 Comment | 28 Aug, 2019

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers that affect Indian women with high mortality rate & increasing incidences and early diagnosis of the disease is imperative for better sur...Read more

Understanding liver cirrhosis: what you should know

Columns |  Views | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2019

There has been a paradigm shift in the dynamics of liver diseases in India in the last few years. Estimates indicate that these diseases affect 1 in 5 Indians and are the tenth most common ...Read more

Growing diagnostics market in India

Columns |  Views | By Dr Ravi Gaur | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2019

The diagnostic market in India is around Rs 75000 crore market divided into two parts -- private and government. Out of this Rs 75000 crore, Pathology and radiology in private sector is abo...Read more

Artificial Intelligence is driving the transformation in Healthcare

Columns |  Views | By Vikram Venkateshwaran | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2019

The future of healthcare in India will be determined by Artificial intelligence (AI). AI has the potential to enhance the capacity to process & store large amounts of data in an intelli...Read more

Day-time and Night-time Hypertension

Columns |  Views | By Dr M.Vishwanathan | 0 Comment | 12 Aug, 2019

Hypertension is a major contributor to cardiovascular diseases and controlling blood pressure (BP) by appropriate antihypertensive therapy is important to prevent it. The timing and amplitu...Read more

Genetics of Head and Neck Cancers

Columns |  Views | By Dr Vidya Veldore | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2019

Head and Neck Cancers refer to a group of cancers inside the mouth, nose and throat. The cancer types included in head and neck cancers are lip and oral cavity (upper palate, lower palate, ...Read more