Hospital Updates

This year’s theme for World Hearing Day is ‘Hearing care for all’

“WORLD HEARING DAY. HEARING CARE FOR ALL.” Hearing is very important for our communication. Our sense of hearing and fully functional ears are crucial in our lives. As an audiologist and speech-language pathologist for 30 years, Ms. Devangi Dalal says, “In today’s difficult time, I feel that communicating is more important than merely listening through […]

Digital Health News

Livpure strengthens its product portfolio, launches Spine back support cushion

Livpure, a leading manufacturer of water purifiers, air conditioners, and other home-focused solutions, has added a much-needed product to its newly-launched sleep and wellness range. Presenting Spine, the most comfortable, innovative, and high-quality back support cushion. Whether you’re working at home, or driving to the office and sitting for long hours at work, your back […]

Pandemic Pulse

First batch of Sputnik V vaccine delivered to Mexico

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) announces the delivery of the first batch of Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus to Mexico. On February 3, 2021 the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk of Mexico (COFEPRIS) approved Sputnik V under the emergency use authorization procedure without additional clinical trials in […]

Pandemic Pulse

Consult Family Doctor Before Getting Vaccinated For Covid-19: Suggests Doctor

Vaccine can be described as a product that stimulates one’s immune system in order to produce immunity for protecting one towards any diseases. Covishield and Covaxin against Covid-19 are currently administered to doctors and paramedics in the initial phase. In the later phase, children, senior citizens and adults will be given the vaccine. Before taking […]

Hospital Updates

Diagnosing Cancer At An Early Stage Saves Lives: Warns Doctor

India is witnessing a surge in cancer cases and the graph is continuously increasing. Before lockdown, the number of people coming for tests to diagnose cancer was high. During the pandemic, the numbers dramatically declined.  Now, the focus is again on appealing to everyone to go for regular health checkups like Pap smear, oral checkup, mammography, […]

Hospital Updates

World Cancer Day 2021: DKMS Announces The Milestone Of Giving 90,000 Blood Cancer Patients Worldwide A Second Chance At Life!

February 4th is marked as World Cancer day every year. This day is observed to spread awareness about the disease and its increasing burden. In line with the theme for this year “Create a future without cancer. The time to act is now”, DKMS BMST Foundation India, a non-profit organization with a mission to provide a second chance at […]

Authored Articles

Spreading Wellness: ‘How can you maintain that fitness routine you’ve been wishing to have’

At GALF we get many queries about our clients suddenly finding their fitness routines boring and repetitive; causing them to get off track. Several individuals take up new year resolutions about hitting the gym every day, losing weight, building a set of abs but tell us that they aren’t able to follow through with these […]

Hospital Updates

Global Hospitals, Mumbai Parel Launches A Comprehensive Clinic for Treatment of Mucormycosis And Other Invasive Fungal Infections

There has been a surge incases of a black fungus infection, Mucormycosis, linked with Covid-19. This infection has become a grave matter of concern, that requires prompt medical attention. Patients who already have underlying conditions, like diabetes, are more susceptible to the infection. Infected patients run the risk of losing their eyes, palate and even risk […]

Hospital Updates

P.D Hinduja Hospital & MRC creates awareness on “World Cancer Day” with an 8-feet-long ribbon installation

In celebration of World Cancer Day, a global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), P.D Hinduja Hospital & MRC is proud to present an 8-feet-long cancer ribbon-shaped installation lit with LED lights to raise awareness around the deadly disease.  The burden of “Cancer” in India has doubled in the last […]

Authored Articles

Advanced Trauma Life Support: How can lay people save lives of accident victims?

The author of this article is Dr Kaushal Malhan, Director-Orthopedics and Joint Replacement, Fortis Hospital, Mulund A total of 151,113 people were killed in 480,652 road accidents across India in 2019, an average of 414 a day, or 17 an hour, according to a 2019 report published by the Government’s Transport Research Wing.  India has […]