Interventional Radiology – Current Practices & Future Trends : Ms. Prasanna Vadhana Kannan, Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan Technical Insights  Healthcare Team
Interventional Radiology – Current Practices & Future Trends : Ms. Prasanna Vadhana Kannan, Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan Technical Insights Healthcare Team

[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]


Interventional radiology has undergone tremendous advances owing to the development of new imaging technologies and interventional devices. This has paved the way for applying IR to a vast number of medical conditions that are otherwise performed using invasive methods.

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA
NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital introduces the cyberknife robotic radio surgery system which is designed to treat tumours anywhere in the body.

Fortis ties up with International Oncology
Fortis ties up with International Oncology

Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare has tied up with International Oncology, a US-based company formed by a group of Indian doctors working overseas. As per the tie-up, a team of about 12 doctors from International Oncology has started offering cancer care treatment, including radiation therapy, medical oncology, surgical oncology and bone marrow transplant at Fortis’ Noida hospital.

The first MR guided breast biopsy in India : Dr. A. Jena, Chief of MRI, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre and Dr. Sangeeta Taneja, Radiologist, MRI Department, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre
The first MR guided breast biopsy in India : Dr. A. Jena, Chief of MRI, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre and Dr. Sangeeta Taneja, Radiologist, MRI Department, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre

[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research center, India has taken yet another quantum leap by conducting the first MR guided breast biopsy on 15 December 2008 in the country.

NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS
NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the November 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

For the business news updates of the health care industry for the month of November 2008, browse through the pages of eHealth.

Health in emergency to be on concurrent list
Health in emergency to be on concurrent list

The Health Ministry is working on a Bill which, if all goes to plan, will place public health in times of natural disasters, epidemic outbreaks and acts of terror in the Concurrent List before the end of this year, giving the Centre the power to independently promulgate laws and lay down rules. Public health is so far a state subject, exclusively in the domain of state governments.

Scoping Radiography
Scoping Radiography

[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The radiography market has been seeing great innovations of late and with each new innovation there is fresh debate on the pros and cons of the technology vis-�-vis, ease of use, accessibility and return on investment.

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