Category: Top Story
Beware: Pigeon feeding can be at your health’s cost!
New Delhi -The 1960s movie “Mary Poppins” immortalised it with “Feed the birds, tuppence a bag” but beware – what 42-year-old Balwant Singh and many do-gooders in the capital and elsewhere practice every morning – feeding pigeons grain – could […]
Do falling stock prices drive people crazy?
Falling stock prices lead to increased hospitalizations for mental disorders, according to the first large-scale study of stock market volatility and its effect on mental disorders. In their research, published in the journal Health Policy and Planning, the researchers assessed […]
Adoption scam hits hospitals, nursing homes in Karnataka
A scam of shocking proportions, which involves alleged sale of infants and ‘misuse’ of unwed or single mothers in various hospitals and nursing homes, has come to light in Karnataka. Sources in the government and registered adoption agencies revealed shocking […]
Asia’s bitter pill to swallow in hospital services
Plagued by cost overruns and a $4.2 billion deficit, Taiwan’s National Health Insurance set out in 2012 to find out what lay behind the problem. The results were a mixture of the expected and unexpected. Other cities, it turned out, […]
Medical tourism in Asia goes under the knife
Medical tourism in Asia is booming. People from both Asia and the West are being attracted to cities and ‘hubs’ of medical excellence in a number of countries, such as Malaysia, Thailand, India, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea. This tourism […]
Rising costs, overprescription head list of setbacks in Asian health care
HONG KONG–Plagued by cost overruns and a US$4.2 billion deficit, Taiwan’s National Health Insurance set out in 2012 to find out what lay behind the problem. The results were a mixture of the expected and unexpected. Other cities, it turned […]
Why are so many elderly Asians killing themselves?
SINGAPORE — It is a question that has puzzled mental health experts in Asia for some time: Why are so many elderly Asians committing suicide? The past decade has seen astonishing spikes in the rate of Asians over 65 choosing […]
Robots, imaging technology lead in the Asian healthcare market
The Asia-Pacific market’s vibrancy has particularly aided the healthcare industry, where private hospitals are looking to make the most of this trend by investing in assistive technologies, according to a survey by Frost & Sullivan. Higher disposable incomes, deeper penetration […]
Asian women urged to recognise symptoms of ovarian cancer
Asian women in the North West are being urged to recognise the signs of ovarian cancer The campaign has been specifically designed to increase awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer and encourage South Asian women to see their doctor […]
Victory over Polio for India!
One of India’s biggest public health success stories, which was believed to be impossible to achieve- the eradication of polio, will now be celebrated on Tuesday by Indian leaders. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as well as the […]
