Ayurveda

SRL Analysis Shows That Women All Over India Equally At Risk Of Heart Disease

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

Cardiovasculardiseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally and are the leading cause of death in India also. The most common tests that are done to check the risk of CVD are the lipid tests. The general knowledge is that CVD is more prevalent in men than in women and South Asian men ...

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Feature will connects blood donors and blood banks with those seeking blood

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min read

Facebook will roll out a new feature next month to connect blood donors and blood banks with those seeking them. The feature, said Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, was conceived by Indian product developer Hema Budaraju as part of an internal hackathon.Zuckerberg wrote in a status update announcing the new feature "It can be ...

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?Low birth weight and premature births, the top cause of death for new born babies in India

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min read

Low birth weight and premature births, the top cause of death for new born babies in India, has steadily risen from 12.3 per 1,000 live births in 2000 to 14.3 by 2015. With other major causes of neonatal mortality falling significantly, low birth weight and prematurity accounted for about 55% of all neonatal deaths in ...

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The test, called Oncotype DX, analyses the samples of tumor that is removed during surgery

Opportunity India Desk Oct 03, 2017 - 3 min read

Researchers have developed a new test that can predict the return of the cancer, thus sparing breast cancer patients from unnecessary chemotherapy. The test, called Oncotype DX, analyses the samples of tumour that is removed during surgery and provides a score between 1 and 100 on the likelihood of the cancer returning. Professor Nigel Bundred, said a leading ...

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Vitamin D supplements may decrease the risk of suffering a severe asthma attack

Opportunity India Desk Oct 05, 2017 - 3 min read

Vitamin D supplements along with standard medication may halve the risk of suffering a severe asthma attack requiring hospital attendance, a study claims. Asthma death arise primarily during episodes of acute worsening of symptoms, known as attacks or 'exacerbations', which are commonly triggered by viral upper respiratory infections. Vitamin D is thought to protect against ...

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Baidyanath Plans To Expand Its Business Pan India

Opportunity India Desk Nov 08, 2017 - 1 min read

Shree Baidyanath Ayurveda Bhawan Private Limited popularly known as Baidyanath, is one of the India’s leading manufaturer, exporter, distributor and retailer of Aurvedic products. Established in 1917 by our founder Vaidya Pundit Ramnarayana Sharma practitioner himself. The company currently boast of 9 states of the art modern manufacturing units, functioning as per GMP standars and ...

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Kapiva Ayurveda Plans To Open Its store in Bangalore and Hyderabad

Opportunity India Desk Nov 09, 2017 - 2 min read

Kapiva Ayurveda, a disruptive ayurvedic healthcare startup backed by the Baidyanath group, plans to foray into the Bangalore and Hyderabad markets by the end of this year and raise around $10 million over the next year and a half to fund its expansion into other tier-1 cities across the country as well as build its ...

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Healthie.in Emerges As Leading Healthy Food Brand In India

Opportunity India Desk Dec 13, 2017 - 1 min read

Leading online healthy food delivery startup Healthie.in has been announced as the largest brand in healthy and fresh food delivery startups category within three months of its launch. Healthie.in offers fresh, wholesome and delicious food to customers in New Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The startup is serving more than 25,000 customers through ...

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Patanjali Eyes Diaper And Sanitary Napkin Market

Opportunity India Desk Dec 27, 2017 - 1 min read

After making headway into several markets, Patanjali Ayurveda is now eyeing the diaper and sanitary napkin industry, to take on the international companies. Patanjali spokesperson SK Gupta Tijarawala said “Patanjali will launch both kids and adult diapers and affordable sanitary napkins in the Rs 16,000-crore market in the first quarter of the next financial year.” ...

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FitBit sells 1 mn units of smartwatch 'FitBit Versa'

Opportunity India Desk Jun 05, 2018 - 1 min read

Global wearable brand Fitbit announced that it has shipped over one million units of its "FitBit Versa" smartwatch that was launched earlier this year, priced at Rs 19,999 and was made available for purchase in April. The health and fitness-focussed smartwatch that comes with a long battery life and a "female health tracking" feature that ...

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