Beauty & Wellness
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 28, 2019 - 2 min readSelfies are notorious not only for causing injuries and death among people lost in the act of clicking themselves with a phone camera; they also have a disastrous psychological impact, leaving selfie-takers feeling more anxious, less confident, and less physically attractive. The feelings of inadequacy are intense enough to drive many of them to undergo ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 28, 2019 - 2 min readFor couples struggling to have children, infertility is becoming an issue which needs immediate redressal or else it has the potential of dangerously spiraling out of control. Keeping in view the urgency of the issue, a first of its kind two-day national seminar on management of infertility in Ayurveda called 'Prajnanam' will be conducted at ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 03, 2019 - 1 min readAs part of its 'Tandarust Punjab' mission, Punjab government will provide free-of-cost blood in all its government-run hospitals across the state from January 1. Brahm Mohindra, Health and Family Welfare Minister, said, "Not only shall be blood provided free of cost, but it will also be ensured that the blood is available round the clock ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 24, 2018 - 1 min readIn less than 90 days since the launch, more than 6 lakh people have received treatment under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). Launched on 23rd September by the Hon'ble Prime Minister from Ranchi, the scheme has provided secondary and tertiary care benefits worth over Rs 800 crores to beneficiaries across the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 24, 2018 - 2 min readIn an acknowledgement of the advanced capabilities of Aster CMI hospital and its doctors and surgeons, the Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India (OSSI) accredited the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery unit of Aster CMI Hospital as a first Centre of Excellence (COE) in Karnataka and recognised Dr. H V Shivaram as its Programme Director. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 19, 2018 - 2 min readLumenis Ltd, world's largest energy-based medical device company for surgical, aesthetic and ophthalmic applications, organized a two-day laser workshop for head & neck oncologists at India's best cancer treatment and research Centre, The Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. The event was specially designed to provide training for oncologist surgeons practicing in the field of head ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 17, 2018 - 1 min readThe Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) have jointly convened an orientation workshop for the HEAD-start (Hepatitis C Elimination through Access to Diagnostics) project. With support and guidance from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of the Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, ILBS and FIND are ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 17, 2018 - 1 min readMedAchievers Academic Council, a global initiative of MedAchievers, and Labindia Healthcare have launched an 'open orthopaedic surgery simulator' based on artificial intelligence in India. The technology will be available at some medical colleges at undergraduate and post-graduate levels across the country. AI-based technology will offer hands-on training to young medical graduates. It will give them an experience ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 07, 2018 - 1 min readTexila American University (TAU), an overseas provider of medical education, ties-up with Yashoda Hospital &Research Centre, Ghaziabad to launch a fellowship program in non- invasive cardiology in India. Non-invasive cardiology focuses on the detection and treatment of heart disease, using external tests—rather than instruments inserted into the body—to evaluate and diagnose cardiac disorders. Saju Bhaskar, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 07, 2018 - 1 min readZydus Wellness announced on 6th December 2018 that they are planning to raise Rs 2,575 crore by issuing its shares on a preferential basis to fund the acquisition of Heinz India. According to an exchange filing, Zydus Wellness explained that they would be raising funds by allotting preference shares worth Rs 2,575 crore to Cadila ...