health

    Kolkata, Mar 31: CK Birla Hospitals, hosted a conclave on patient experience in healthcare, bringing together senior hospital leaders, clinicians, and industry experts to examine how care is delivered and perceived across the patient journey. The event focused on identifying and sharing practices that improve communication, service consistency, and patient engagement across the group’s institutions.   Healthcare institutions have long measured performance through clinical metrics. What is changing is the recognition that patients experience care well beyond the clinical encounter, through how information reaches them, how processes…

New Delhi: The upcoming India Pharma 2026 is set to spotlight India’s transition from volume-driven production to an innovation-led growth model in the pharmaceutical sector. Industry leaders and policymakers are expected to use the platform to highlight the need for stronger research and development, advanced manufacturing, and greater global competitiveness. The focus is shifting from producing large quantities of generic medicines to developing high-value drugs,…

New Delhi: The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has joined hands with Anuvadini AI to make Ayurveda research more accessible to people across India by translating it into 13 languages. The initiative aims to bridge language barriers that often limit access to traditional knowledge, especially in a country as linguistically diverse as India. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the collaboration will enable wider…

First systematic review to track long-term trends across pre- and post-pandemic periods finds dramatic rise in screen use among children and adolescents.   Screen time among children and adolescents has increased significantly over the past three decades, with clear rise occurring after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new systematic review conducted at the University of Turku, Finland. The review analysed 60…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has become the first care provider in the region to offer adaptive radiation therapy, marking a significant advancement in personalized cancer treatment. This innovative approach leverages artificial intelligence and state-of-the-art technology to deliver highly precise radiation therapy. By using a linear accelerator integrated with real-time imaging, clinicians can assess the tumor’s size, shape, and position during each session, allowing for…

Houston, Mar 28:  In recognition of their significant achievements to advance cancer care and research, Theresa Guise, M.D., and Stephanie S. Watowich, Ph.D., from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).   This honor ranks among the highest distinctions in the scientific research community. Since 1874, AAAS has recognized leading scientists…

Mar 27: HDFC Bank has announced a strategic partnership with Smile Foundation to deploy eight Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) across underserved regions in North India. The initiative aims to provide integrated primary healthcare services to over 4 lakh individuals across Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand. The programme, launched under the bank’s flagship CSR initiative Parivartan, will be implemented from April 2026 through March…

By Shawn Sefton, MBA, RN A circulator flips through a picklist that doesn’t match the back table. A surgeon asks for a device, and the nurse hesitates, “Is it even here?” A supply tech finds an expired implant just as the case is closing. The nurse tries to document the implant, but the scanner isn’t working and she can’t find it in the item master.…

Study links support cells to improved cancer cluster survival in bloodstream   HOUSTON, TX (March 27, 2026) – Metastasis, the spread of cancer from a primary tumor to other parts of the body, is difficult to study in the lab, in part because researchers lack reliable ways to recreate the conditions cancer cells encounter as they travel through the bloodstream. Rice University bioengineers report a new platform designed…

    Greater Noida, UP | Mar 26: As frontline workers continue to keep cities clean under challenging conditions, an Eye Screening and Health Camp was organised in Greater Noida under theSafai Mitra Sarthak initiative, with CSR support from itel – a leading technology brand of India and in collaboration with the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA). The camp was held at Sector 36…