Medica Superspecialty Hospital recently organised an interactive session with Dr. Gary S. Mintz who invented the Intra Vascular Imaging (IVAS) and pioneered the technique. He is from the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Columbia Hospital, New York, USA. Dr. Mintz discussed his observation on some...
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a form of lung disease leading to the scarring of lung tissue resulting in breathing troubles and deprivation in the supply of oxygen to the body. Its major cause of occurrence can be related to environmental causes such as exposure to dust or chemicals, ...
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, recently introduced a health check up programme that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and draws on a massive repository of medical records to predict health risks from non-communicable diseases in a simple score sheet and pledges to bring the threat down to the...
Bone cancer develops in the skeletal system and destroys tissue. It can spread to distant organs, such as the lungs. Dr. J. Prakash, MBBS, MS(Ortho), M. Ch(Ortho), ATLS(USA), Fellowship in Orthopedic Oncology(CMC Vellore), Consultant Ortho Onco-surgeon, ILS Hospitals, spoke to BE regarding the treat...
Obesity is a major health problem at present. A medical journal ‘The Lancet’ in 2016 stated that there are about 30 million obese Indians. It is expected that by 2025, this number will cross 70 million. People adopt various measures to overcome this situation but they attain little success. Exce...
Professor Amit Bhaduri was educated in Presidency College and Calcutta University, MIT, USA and Cambridge University. He is a critique of mainstream neo-classical economic theory. He is also an activist and strong critique of corporate led economic growth and ‘development terrorismʼ.He recently g...
BE spoke to some key CSR funders and implementers to understand the diversity and extent of CSR programmes in India. Excerpts below — Funding MandatePublic SectorSteel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL)SAIL is supporting many schools in various steel townships. Around 70,000 students in many governmen...
For any power utility to thrive and grow sustainably, seamless ties with its key stakeholder groups are critical.While in the distribution segment, excellent rapport with the local administration, law-enforcement agencies, and civil society organisations is vital, a generation plant displaces people...
Jalal-ud-din had to leave his studies after the second standard in order to survive. He had worked as a porter, rickshaw-puller and presently, he works as a taxi-driver. In order to fulfill his unfulfilled aspiration, he has set up a small school from his income in order to educate economically marg...
Sharing of personal data with organisations can in return give something of value as opposed to the popular notion of intrusion of privacy. Dr. Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Business, Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, New York University (NYU) Stern School spoke to...