Category: Top Story
Healthcare to meet technology at the 12th Medical Fair Asia in August 2018
The 12th Medical Fair Asia is set to happen on the 29th to 31st August 2018 in Singapore. The fair is a platform for both drivers and enablers to showcase the latest life-saving technologies. The 3-day exhibition is the region’s […]
Pregnant women, urban poor among Malaysians increasingly hit by diabetes
The number of Malaysians living with diabetes is alarming, particularly among pregnant women and the urban poor. In 2016, about 422 million (8.5%) of the world’s population above 18 years of age were diabetic patients. Of these, 199 million were […]
This technology can detect disease by smelling your breath
Like a super-sensitive human nose, an experimental technology can “smell” and identify the chemical composition of a person’s breath and then diagnose up to 17 potential diseases, according to the scientists who developed it. These researchers, led by Hossam Haick of the […]
Asia’s senior citizens largely uninformed about cataract, survey finds
The Alcon More to See Survey, released in conjunction with the celebration of World Sight Day on October 12th, has found that most senior citizens are largely uniformed about the eye problem cataract. The survey showed that 62% of Asians […]
Stress and how you can manage it
Stress is the feeling of being under too much mental or emotional pressure, and pressure turns into stress when you feel unable to cope. Some of the traits you may feel when stressed include heart pounding, quickened breathing, muscle tensions […]
Record-breaking edition of Medical Fair Thailand concludes successfully
This year’s edition of Medical Fair Thailand ended positively and proved to be the most successful edition to date as it broke attendance and exhibition records once again. Medical Fair Thailand 2017 saw 830 companies from 66 countries, 18 national […]
Thailand sets out to becoming Asia’s healthcare hub
Curving the niche via digitalisation in healthcare Following Europe’s Industrie 4.0, Thailand comes up with its own Thailand 4.0, a value-based economic model driven by innovation, technology, and high-value trade and services. The implementation will be done in four phases […]
HMA 2017: Looking at the future of healthcare in the Philippines, Asia Pacific
MANILA: Strong economic growth in the Asia Pacific region and in the Philippines in particular comes with benefits and challenges for the healthcare industry. Although the region is seeing an increase in hospitals, patients in both rural and urban areas […]
APHM 2017: Unreported medical errors continue to be an “invisible crisis”
Medical errors that go unreported by hospital employees and that are not made public continue to be an “invisible crisis” for the healthcare sector, said Tami Minnier, Vice Chair of Board Joint Commission International at the APHM 2017 conference and […]
APHM 2017: Mastersteel Medical adds a breath of fresh air to patient care
Kuala Lumpur: “With fresh thinking to patient care” as a slogan, Malaysian company Mastersteel Medical Sdn Bhd exhibited for the first time at the 25th edition of APHM (Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia) exhibition, held in Kuala Lumpur recently. […]
