Digital Health News

Pristyn Care doubles its surgical centres and crosses 1Mn patient interactions. Becomes the leader in Secondary-care surgeries

Pristyn Care, a health technology start-up specialising in secondary-care surgeries, has doubled its surgical centres to 800 in 2021. Pristyn Care surgical centres are now functional across the 7 metro cities – Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata – and  35 tier 2 & 3 cities across the country. Operating in over 12 […]

Drug Updates

Eyestem Research moves one step closer to finding a treatment for Dry AMD

Eyestem Research, India’s leading cell therapy company, announces the successful completion of its dose-ranging study in animals for Eyecyte-RPE. Eyecyte-RPE is a suspension of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells for treatment of Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration. 170 M people worldwide suffer from this disease, 40 M of which are in India. Eyestem Research is one of […]

Hospital Updates

Aster Aadhar Hospital, Kolhapur Commemorates a Successful 10 Year Journey

Over the past decade, Aster Aadhar Hospital, Kolhapur has carved a niche for itself in Western Maharashtra as a seamless & modern healthcare service provider. Commemorating its 10-year anniversary, Aster Aadhar marks this major milestone as a testament of its efforts in assuring quality care which has led to clinical excellence and the best patient […]

Drug Updates

Pharmactive Black Garlic Extract For Blood Pressure Management

In a new clinical study of individuals with moderately elevated cholesterol levels, Pharmactive Biotech Products, S.L.U.’s Aged Black Garlic (ABG+®) demonstrated new potential to balance blood pressure favorably. ABG+ is grown and cultivated locally, just two hours from Pharmactive’s facility, and gently processed using green technology. The process generates very low waste and significantly reduces […]

Hospital Updates

Dr. Lokeswara Rao Sajja’s Randomized Study In Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Received Global Recognition

India’s first Randomized Control Trial in Cardiac Surgery by Dr. Lokeswara Rao Sajja (Internationally Acclaimed Cardiothoracic Surgeon) has received global attention through the inclusion of the study in the latest updated meta-analysis of Coronary Bypass Surgery which is published in February 2022 issue of the International Journal of Surgery, published by Elsevier Publishing Company. Shri […]

Digital Health News Mental Wellness

MediBuddy records a 48% increase in consultations relating to mental health

MediBuddy, India’s largest digital healthcare platform, witnesses a 48% increase in mental health consultations in the last three months. As COVID-19 cases continue to surge with the advent of a new variant, mental health concerns amongst individuals also rise parallelly on the digital platform. The data reflects consultations recorded twice more often in men than […]

Digital Health News

Crosscope and BALCO Medical Centre Partner for More Effective Cancer Diagnosis via AI-enabled Digital Pathology Platform

Crosscope Inc, a Silicon Valley-based leader of AI-enabled Digital Pathology Software, and BALCO Medical Centre, flagship unit of Vedanta Medical Research Foundation (VMRF), are joining hands for the digital transformation of their pathology department. This collaboration will focus on using an AI-enabled Digital Pathology Platform from Crosscope, thereby, transforming analog histopathology workflow to AI-enabled digital […]

Digital Health News

Application deadline extended for Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award worth US $250,000 to 15th Feb

Launched on International Nurses Day in May 2021 by Aster DM Healthcare, with an aim to recognize the phenomenal contribution of nurses to the healthcare delivery system globally, Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award has been receiving an overwhelming response from nurses worldwide. The application system is completely online via www.asterguardians.com, where a nurse can submit her own application for […]

Hospital Updates

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) unit inaugurated at Narayana Health City

Narayana Health City today announced the launch of a dedicated Regenerative Medicine with a Hyperbaric Oxygen facility at its campus. The department was inaugurated by Mr. John Shaw – Vice Chairman, Biocon in the presence of Dr. Devi Shetty – Founder and Chairman, Narayana Health, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw – Executive Chairperson and Founder, Biocon, […]