eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter: 11 April, 2014   Volume 11, Issue 13
  
India is a healthcare destination for Africans
“More than 50 percent of foreign patients coming to India are from the African region. We work closely with patients from their stay to visa to their medical treatment.../
UCSF launches online registry to boost brain disease research
A new online project led by researchers at University of California, San Francisco promises to dramatically cut the time and cost of conducting clinical trials for brain diseases, while...
New Guideline for Thalassaemia in Pregnancy Announced at the RCOG World Congress
New advice for clinicians on the management of women with thalassaemia in pregnancy, a condition that affects more than 70,000 babies worldwide each year, is published today (28 March) by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and launched at the annual RCOG World Congress in Hyderabad, India.
New smartphone app may help travelers beat jet lag
Those of you who have ever been on long-haul flights will understand the frustration of jet lag. Now, investigators from the University of Michigan have created an iPhone app that they say offers “shortcuts” to help travelers adapt to different time zones efficiently and quickly.
Discovery of 2 genes that modulate risk of breast and ovarian cancer
Today we know that women carrying BCRA1 and BCRA2 gene mutations have a 43% to 88% risk of developing breast cancerbefore the age of 70.
MEDANTA – Abode of Rapid Strides in Healthcare
A world class healthcare facility at an affordable rate continues to be my mission,’ says Dr NareshTrehan, Chairman and Managing Director, Medanta – The Medicity. He discusses with Shahid Akhter, ENN, the gamut of technology and excellence in healthcare that makes Medanta a medical marvel and yet accessible to all
NHM is so Ambitious that you can never Achieve it
There is huge shortage of doctors and whatever we have, they are not inclined to serve in rural areas. Dr A K Mahapatra, Director, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar in an interview with Mohd Ujaley says “our programmes such as National Health Mission (NHM) are so ambitious that you can never...
Accreditation Ensures Quality
Dr B K Rana, Joint Director, National Accreditation Board of Hospital and Healthcare Providers India (NABH), in conversation with Ekta Srivastava, ENN, talks about the process and benefits of getting NABH accreditation among the blood banks



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