Evolution of the Medical Marketplace model

Articles/Features |  Features | By Nivesh Khandelwal | 0 Comment | 16 Jul, 2018

As the healthcare landscape in the country is fast evolving, a bevy of marketplace business models such as value-based care models, new payment and decentralized healthcare paradigms etc ar...Read more

The reasons behind recurrence of miscarriages

Articles/Features |  Features | By Dr Duru Shah | 0 Comment | 13 Jul, 2018

Unfortunately one out of every 5 to 6 pregnancies ends in a miscarriage i.e. the pregnancy is lost! And if it happens not once, not twice but three times in a row to a couple, then it can b...Read more

Does joining a clinical trial make you a guinea pig?

Articles/Features |  Features | By Indian Society for Clinical Research | 0 Comment | 10 Jul, 2018

Clinical trials are carefully designed and monitored for research studies to test drugs, devices or procedures to find out if they are safe and effective before they can be approved for mar...Read more

Cardiac Disease Management- Partly Genetic, Partly Lifestyle

Articles/Features |  Features | By Dr Sanghamitra Mishra | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2018

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a condition where the blood vessel supplying blood to the heart is blocked due to a waxy deposit called ‘plaque’. When the plaque completely blo...Read more

Advance pre-natal screening to curb fetal mortality

Articles/Features |  Features | By Amit Chopra  | 0 Comment | 04 Jul, 2018

Worldwide, approximately 76,000 pregnant women and approximately half million babies die annually because of pre-eclampsia and severe preeclampsia. In India, every year roughly 12 percent (...Read more

Healthcare Affordability- Expectations Vs Cost!

Articles/Features |  Features | By Dr Arun Bal | 0 Comment | 29 Jun, 2018

Indian Healthcare sector is at crossroads. In recent past, there have been incidents of various types with wide publicity in print and visual media, as well as social media, creating doubts...Read more

Recent advances in Cochlear Implants

Articles/Features |  Features | By Dr Dillon Dsouza | 2 Comment | 28 Jun, 2018

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 sounds and delivers them to the...Read more

The uncertainty of cancer treatment

Articles/Features |  Features | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2018

Cancer, one of the deadly diseases, has been growing day by day. It is the one that can develop in any part of the body. The negative or the cancerous cells keep growing in the body and cau...Read more

Is India jumping the gun on e-cigarettes?

Articles/Features |  Features | By Samrat Chowdhery, Director, Association of Vapers India | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2018

India is planning to ban e-cigarettes even as regulators and public health agencies in developed countries like the US and UK see vaping as a much safer way of consuming nicotine, which als...Read more

Mapping women hygiene through innovation

Articles/Features |  Features | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2018

Women’s hygiene in India has always been a topic that has raised a lot of controversy and hearsay. Around 70 per cent of all reproductive diseases in India are caused by poor menstrua...Read more

Govt.’s healthcare and S&T policies forward looking: Industry

Articles/Features |  Features | By Dr Manbeena Chawla | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2018

In the area of science and technology, the BJP observed that India has been a knowledge economy and a leader from the ancient times. India now needs policies and programmes to reclaim its g...Read more

Nipah Virus: 11 Deaths, Central Team on constant review

Articles/Features |  Features | 0 Comment | 23 May, 2018

  Following directions of the Union Health Minister, J P Nadda, a multi-disciplinary Central team from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is presently in Kerala constantly rev...Read more

The bright future of male infertility

Articles/Features |  Features | By Dr Duru Shah  | 0 Comment | 23 May, 2018

Infertility is the inability of a couple to have a child, despite having unprotected sexual intercourse for more than one year. Of the many causes leading to infertility, male partner is re...Read more

Nurses a Boon to the ailing patients

Articles/Features |  Reports/white papers | By Col Binu Sharma | 2 Comment | 12 May, 2018

Columbia Asia hospitals have created an environment that supports nursing practice and focuses on professional autonomy from decision making at the bedside, nursing involvement in determini...Read more

Good hand hygiene: Simple, cost-effective way to save lives

Articles/Features |  Interviews | By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh | 0 Comment | 09 May, 2018

Good hand hygiene is the cornerstone of safe and effective health care. Just 20-30 seconds of washing with an alcohol-based product, or 30-40 seconds with soap and water, will help anyone i...Read more

Latest Parkinson’s disease therapies are redefining lives

Articles/Features |  Features | By Dr. Guruprasad H, Dr. Raghuram G | 0 Comment | 25 Apr, 2018

Parkinson's disease (PD) usually develops in people over the age of 50 years and the symptoms begin to surface slowly over time. Some of the most obvious symptoms are shaking, rigidity of t...Read more

Understanding the Cancer of the Colon and the Rectum

Articles/Features |  Features | By Dr. Sreenivasa D | 0 Comment | 25 Apr, 2018

The very word ‘Cancer’ strikes fear into people. What comes to mind is an unconquerable disease with no solution, only stop-gap measures. The truth is that we fear what we do no...Read more

Can hard steps ensure affordable medicines to masses?

Articles/Features |  News | By Dr Manbeena Chawla | 0 Comment | 14 Apr, 2018

After tracking procurement and pricing patterns from not one but four hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR), the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has revealed that ...Read more