What is most attractive about this phenomenon and has been a key driver is the low waiting time treatments in India; added to this is the cost of treatment, which is less than 60% of a comparable cost of treatment in countries like the US or the UK. Procedures ranging from cardiac surgery to renal transplants, gastric bypass, laparoscopic gastric banding and joint replacements are some of the treatments which prove to be very cost effective when carried out in India.

India is at par with international standards in medical technology, infrastructure, equipment and facilities; and the medical professionals are amongst the most well-trained and experienced in their field of specialisation.

Doctors in India have postgraduate degrees and training that are accepted internationally. Another advantage that Indian doctors have over their counterparts in other countries is the high volume of patients that they treat; as a result of which they are more experienced than a lot of their counterparts in other countries. Doctors and nurses in India are fluent in English and therefore communication is, in most cases, made simpler.

Building on the world focus on India as a medical treatment destination, the Sai Medical Group is promoting Indian healthcare on a global scale at the upcoming Medical Tourism Convention being held in California.

The event is organized by the World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress and is scheduled to last from September 9th to 12th, 2008. The sole intention of the event is to promote the inclusion of medical tourism as part of health insurance plans of various international companies. The convention, dedicated to medical tourism, will have attendees from over 40 countries and will feature over 40 professional speakers from all around the world.

According to the sources, the Sai Medical Group is largest corporate entity in the Indian Medical Tourism Industry. It is also India's most experienced and self-sufficient company that offers various options for those seeking immediate, cost effective private medical treatment in India at the best hospitals along with offering various options for affordable high quality accommodation and top of the line retreats and spas.

The management of the Sai Medical Group aims at representing the Indian Healthcare industry as well as various Indian corporate hospitals. It also aims to bring business to the Indian Medical Tourism sector through this convention. With the continuous effort of various healthcare facilitators, we hope to put India on the global map as one of the best medical tourist destinations.

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The World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress, announces the first medical tourism convention in California, USA which would be held from September 9th to12th, 2008. The sole intention of the event is to bring the employers, insurance companies, government, health insurance facilitators, medical tourism companies, international hospitals, medical tourism analysts and self funded health plans at a common platform where they can interact, learn and develop contracts to make medical tourism industry flourish. The convention would increase the implementation of medical tourism in health insurance plan of various reputed international companies.

The only largest event dedicated to medical tourism would be having attendees from more than 40 countries featuring over 40 professional speakers from all around the world. The list of top officials includes senior government representatives from ministries of Health and Tourism of several countries. The event would be held every year to promote one-to-one private networking sessions for long-lasting business relations.

When the world is looking forward in promoting medical tourism for their country through this convention, how can the most preferred destination be left behind? Undoubtedly, India-the most favorable medical tourist destination and the only company representing India is Sai Medical Group. The company says to be the largest Medical tourism company promoting Indian Medical tourism industry globally. By centering all its efforts only on India, Sai Medical Group is India’s most experienced, self-sufficient company bringing out various options & outlook for those seeking immediate, cost effective private medical treatment in India - from the best Hospitals, experienced Doctors, renowned Dentists, Surgeons and Consultants to completely affordable high class accommodation added with the most relaxing retreats, spas and places of rejuvenation for post surgery recovery and recuperation are few of the significant areas of our specialization. For delegates seeking more information on India as healthcare destination can approach Sai Medical Group in the World medical tourism convention being held in United States.

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Mr. Ravikant Singh, Chief Coordinator, Doctors For You, said that “In the first phase of operation, we will be targeting the six worst affected districts namely, Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Araria, Purnia & Katihar. Our interim relief team is already in the process of setting up control rooms at Mansi & Katihar railway stations for this operation. In the 2nd phase, we will be undertaking rehabilitative work for 3 month after the floodwaters recede.”

He further added that “We appeal to all to help the victims of this catastrophe by sending food, clothes, medicines, waterproof tents, cooking utensils & water purification plants.
We also appeal to media to create awareness against the possibility of an epidemic after the flood waters recede. People from all walks of society must come together to deal with this human tragedy. We call upon every human being with a conscience to show solidarity with the victims of this catastrophe by immediately extending all kinds of help in our relief, rescue & rehabilitation operations. Next week or next month may be too late.”

"Recently, there was controversy that doctors avoid rural postings, here is an example of doctors willing to go to rural places by themselves to help people in distress", said Dr KaushalKant Mishra, President, Youth for Equality.

Those who want to volunteer (Medical or Non Medical), please contact:

Dr. Ravikant Singh, Chief Coordinator, "Doctors For You": +91-9324334359
Jainendra Kumar, Patron, "Doctors For You": +91 – 9811382902
Dr KaushalKant Mishra, President, Youth for Equality,+91-9868340420

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Doctors for You

"Doctors For You" is a social organization which aims to provide efficient effective and equitable heath care and education to all. Doctors for You comparises of professionals from both and non medical fields. It includes identifying and training new staff of health workers, developing new means of surveillance to track a disease, spread awareness and then taking measure to control the same.

We organize and administered public heath functions in more effective ways. Former president A P J Abdul Kalam, Ad-Guru Prahlad Kakkar, Writer Shiv Khera, Spiritual Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, are some of the patrons of "Doctors For You". For more details, please visit http://www.doctorsforyou.org/

With the support of Dr. Kamala Krishnaswamy, the recently ex-president of the NIN, and ex director of the Nutrition Society of India, as the contests chairperson, the one and a half months campaign (starting 1st July – till 15th August 2008) registered an enthusiastic participation of about 296 schools nationwide. A sum of Rs. 3,00,000 shall be distributed amongst the winners including 9 regional winners who would be given prize money of Rs. 20,000 to each winning student and to each of their corresponding schools. Top 200 entries would be given certificates of participation from NutritionVista.

In anattempt to create nutritional awareness amongst children in India, the campaign was conceptualized and initiated by NutritionVista in order to focus children’s attention on the importance of Health and Nutrition in their growth and development. Congratulating children participants, their schools and parents on their contribution towards the success of the campaign Ms. Mrinal Jhangiani, Managing Director, NutritionVista said, “We are very proud of these children who have made a tremendous effort to, research, write, edit, and upload their essays, but have also gone to great lengths in involving their parents and teachers as well. We at NutritionVista aim tohave a sustainable impact on the future of children's nutrition and health in India. This campaign was successful in grabbing the attention of everyone with recognition of achievement and monetary rewards to the winning children and their schools. I would also like to thank our associates i.e. Disney Adventures and ICS for their support towards the campaign." She further added, “It has been observed that nearly 50% of children in India are suffering from Malnutrition and health related problems like anemia, this initiative is our first commitment towards spreading awareness on Nutrition. By involving children in this debate, we have successfully moved forward in reaching out to their extended families, on the importance of healthy eating and moderate exercise.”

Present on the occasion and associate of the campaign Ms. Amrita Ganguly-Salian, Editor, Disney Adventures said, “Being the only lifestyle children’s magazine in India, we closely follow the behavioral patterns in children. Hence, we support the concerns that Nutrition Vista has brought to the fore whole-heartedly. We know first-hand that the best-intended information works with children only when it is packaged in the right format. This essay contest was a brilliant idea to spread the message to children across the country.”

The evening ended with recitation of the top two winning essays, and a couple of regional essays by the children themselves. Children and parents from various states and cities of India were present to receive the recognition from NutritionVista.

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About NutritionVista:

NutritionVista was founded on the basic premise that for most working adults access to healthy eating and weight management is not only time consuming but also unreliable.

To meet this unmet need, NutritionVista offers a convergence of both online and off-line tools built around the services of their well-trained dieticians who are certified by the Indian and/or American Dietetic Associations (IDA, ADA) respectively. A US based company now with an Indian presence, NutritionVista brings the latest in health assessments and innovative tools that will help consumers get better guidance, training and support on nutrition and related health issues.

The newly established and customised study program would give nurses from India, and particularly those from Punjab, an opportunity to enhance their knowledge and to be acquainted with best international nursing practices - which in turn, would assist them, take up the global challenges of the ever changing healthcare scenario. The students would have to complete a foundation course at INSCOL’s facilities in Chandigarh before commencing the nursing study program at the University’s campus in Sydney. The first cohort of 25 students would start their studies in January’09.

University of Western Sydney is Australia’s major urban university spread over six campuses in Greater Western Sydney. The University is culturally diverse, with over 2000 staff and about 35000 students drawn from Australia and around the world. The School of Nursing at this University is recognised as a national leader in nursing and midwifery education, research and scholarship, with the largest undergraduate nursing degree program in Australia and are committed to providing students with a contemporary, quality education in a stimulating and rewarding environment.

INSCOL, through its partner Universities in UK, Australia and soon in Canada, is the largest provider of post registration nursing education in India. Since 2004, more than 700 nurses, mainly from Punjab, who have enrolled into the GLOBAL NURSE PROGRAM, have benefited immensely from these new learning opportunities and have been able to take up challenging assignments in UK, USA, Canada and Australia.

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On the occasion of the launch, Dr. C Munichoodappa, Managing Director, The Bangalore Hospital said, "Opening of the Cath lab is yet another major development for our hospital, which is always striving to improve the standard of Healthcare. Our hospital has always adopted a compassionate attitude and in no way do we ever compromise in offering the latest medical technology to our patients." Dr. K. S. Shekhar, Chairman, The Bangalore Hospital, added, "The Cath lab in The Bangalore Hospital currently is amongst the most advanced in the city. This new system is expected to play a critical role in helping clinicians treat a growing number of chronic heart and vascular conditions."

Also present during the launch, Mr. Dinesh Lodha, VP, Wipro GE stated- "GE's Innova Flat Panel Cathlab systems are the world's most advanced cardiovascular imaging systems utilizing an all-digital flat panel detector to produce extremely detailed images of the heart. Specifically, the Innova 2100IQ is a state-of-the-art cardiac X-ray system that enables cardiologists to clearly visualize fine vessels from the heart to the legs both during diagnostic procedures and during placement of interventional devices. We are extremely pleased to associate with The Bangalore Hospital where we believe that the full potential of the equipment would be realized."

The Innova is the only flat panel cardiovascular imaging system proven to significantly reduce radiation dose. The typical diagnostic cardiac exam, which usually consists of seven to ten coronary scans, could be reduced to 2 left coronary angiography scans and one coronary spin scan using the "InnovaSpin" technology. This would mean taking fewer images, thereby exposing the physician and patient to lower X-ray radiation dose and also subjecting the patient to less contrast media. It could also produce time economies that speed up life-saving diagnoses and procedures. The system's 20 centimeter-square detector allows a cardiologist to visualize the entire heart in a single view.

The Bangalore hospital was an initiative of about 44 medical specialists. Way back in 1991 they joined hands and started the multi-disciplinary hospital adding a big landmark to medical development in the city. Even today, it is completely run by doctors, sustaining high medical ethics and standard of treatment. The hospital's primary objective is to render specialty and high standard medical care at a reasonable cost to its middle and upper middle class patients, who comprise the majority. The Hospital is equipped with most of the medicine and surgical facilities including super specialties in Cardiology, Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Neurology, Neuro Surgery, Urology and Renal Transplantations, Gastroenterology and Radiotherapy among others.

The hospital has been intensely involved in modernizing various departments and also has extensive future plans for innovation and expansion. Suvidha, a retirement settlement project has been planned for Rs. 45 crore and Rs. 60 crore is being invested in infrastructure expansion including acquisition of neighbouring properties. A super specialty cancer hospital is also on the anvil by The Bangalore Hospital.

In recent times our advanced lifestyle has induced various forms of cardio vascular diseases. Heart disease is no more associated with ageing and it can affect just about anyone. Such is the gravity of the situation in India that the World Health Organization estimates that by year 2010, 60 per cent of the world's cardiac patients will be from India itself. Improvisation of the cardiac department in the Bangalore hospital definitely is an important step taken for the society, which is so prone to cardiac diseases.

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About The Bangalore Hospital

The Bangalore Hospital, established by Sushruta Medical Aid and Research Hospital Limited in 1991, is a premier 180 bed hi tech multi specialty hospital in the corporate sector. Around 44 eminent medical consultants and specialists trained both in India and abroad, joined hands to establish this landmark hospital. Ever since their inception it experienced phenomenal growth to reach a present strength of over 500 healthcare professionals and administrators. The Bangalore Hospital also has its own Nursing School. Students from socio economically backward groups are selected only from Karnataka. Capitation fee or donations are not charged, besides giving them stipend and facilitating to get loan from various bank to complete their education. The hospital provides all kinds of medical facility from Cardiology, Neurology, Radiotherapy to Ophthalmology to name a few. The main object of The Bangalore Hospital is to provide specialized medical care at a reasonable cost. It ensures ethical medical practice and transparency at all levels of its function.

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The HOLEP Technique uses the 100-Watt Holmium Laser by which even the 280 gms prostate was successfully operated. Also HOLEP Technique can be used on even those BPH patients who are using cardiac pacemakers, or those who are denied surgery due to complications expected from open surgery. This is because HOLEP Technique can operate upon prostate irrespective of the size of prostate; it is not an open surgery; it requires short hospital stay, is safer, and offers faster recovery as compared to the conventional technique TURP. RG Stone Urology Centre is the only institute in entire Karnataka to possess the HOLEP Technique. This information was given here today by Dr. Anand M., Chief Urologist, RG Stone Urology Centre.

The first patient, Dr. Venkatesh Patil, an Ayurvedic Practitioner aged 58, was diagnosed with BPH at RG Stone. His prostate weighed about 100 gms, and his being a cardiac patient further complicated the problem. He was operated upon using the HOLEP Technique considering all his co-existing problems. HOLEP achieved complete enucleation in a single sitting, which was followed by an uneventful & quick recovery.

The second patient, Mr. Vishwamitra Cibal, a Bank employee aged 57, too was diagnosed with BPH. He is a physically challenged person, suffering from polio in both legs. Diabetes and Hypertension complicated his case even more. He was found to have a prostate weighing 140 gms. Considering his multiple problems, he too was operated upon using the HOLEP Technique. Here too, HOLEP achieved complete enucleation in a single sitting, which was followed by an uneventful & quick recovery.

The third patient, Dr. Murali Saletore, a retired scientist from Boeing Aircraft Division-Seattle, USA, too was diagnosed with BPH, with a prostate weighing 110 gms. He too, successfully underwent HOLEP surgery, achieving complete enucleation in a single sitting, followed by an uneventful & quick recovery.

Speaking on the HOLEP Technique Dr. Anand said, "The advent of laser application in urology has revolutionized treatment of prostate and stone disease in recent times. Most of the patients have large prostates with significant co-morbid illnesses and several of them are on anti-coagulants which pose significant risk to the conventional procedure of TURP. However because of the HOLEP advantages, all of them can have complete enucleation in single sitting regardless of prostate size and an uneventful & quick recovery. Also, so far none of our patients have required blood transfusions as the bleeding during HOLEP is negligible. Unlike TURP, HOLEP is also a viable option for patients with cardiac pacemakers as HOLEP does not use electrocautery which interferes with pacemakers. Even during the follow-ups patients have not had any problems with sequlae like strictures or bladder-neck scarring which are seen more often following TURP."

Speaking at the press conference, Dr. Manish Bansal, Managing Director- RG Scientific Enterprises Ltd, said, "We, at RG Stone, are highly pleased to announce a host of benefits for the people of Karnataka, to celebrate the Independence Day. There will be a 50% discount on OPD consultations, followed by a 10% discount on procedures, for all the senior citizens of Karnataka. Also, we will be conducting free camps every month at our Bangalore centre for all the patients who are suffering from any urological disorder like Kidney Stone, Enlarged Prostate, Kidney/Prostate Cancer, Female Urinary Incontinence etc. Tests like Ultra sound, Blood, Urine, Uroflowmetry, PSA, worth Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 2,500, will be done free at the camps."

"Furthermore, RG Stone, located at the heart of the city in Suguna Hospital, Rajajinagar, will also be extending its services towards the South East of Bangalore before the year end. RG Stone is also extending its services to the stone belt areas like Kolar, Tumkur, Pavagada, with its Information Centers & Clinics, and will soon be present in seven more districts across the state," added Dr. Bansal.

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The RG Stone Urology & Laparoscopy Hospitals Chain is India's only national chain of Super Speciality hospitals for Urology and Laparoscopyoffering all available modalities of Stone Disease Management and Prostate Disease Management. The ISO 9001:2000 certified organization, was established in 1987 with its foundation in Mumbai. Today RG Stone centers are present in 12 cities in India including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Rajkot, Goa, Mohali, Jaipur, Agra, Chennai, Ludhiana, Moradabad and Bangalore. The founder CMD of the chain, Dr. Bhim Sen Bansal, is widely recognized as the 'Father of Lithotripsy' in India. He began with a vision of providing new & revolutionary technologies in the field, and quality standards at par with international ones, to the masses of India. Today the hospitals offer US FDA Approved, state-of-the-art equipment along with medical specialists with unmatched expertise in the field. The combination of the most advanced equipment with the best doctors in the field has helped RG Stone achieve many "first"s and "only"s in India.

RG Stone holds the Guinness Record for treating a 13 cm Kidney Stone. RG Stone is the first Super Speciality Urology Hospital in India. It is also the first hospital to install Siemens Lithotripsy in India and the first to install 100 Watt Holmium Laser in India. RG Stone is the first institute in India to treat a kidney stone patient with permanent cardiac pacemaker. It is also the first institute to perform Laparoscopy assisted PCNL for a Pelvic Kidney Staghorn. RG Stone has treated stone patients as young as 9 months & as old as 107 years. With over twenty years of experience in the field, the RG Hospitals have treated over 100,000 patients all over India including 6,500 patients from abroad. ***

Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Shobana Kamineni, Executive Director Apollo Hospitals Group said, “Children are a strong foundation for a bright future. With the increase in child obesity and other health related problems, it is the right time for us to wake up and start evaluating the holistic and cognitive development of our children. The Apollo Amaze school health program will enable us to evaluate children on one-on-one basis through a detailed questionnaire which will highlight their health and wellness status.”

Mr. Shrijeet Mishra, HUL Executive Director–Foods said,” Increased urbanization, changing diets and lifestyles have lead to imbalanced diets and high intake of empty calories. For a child’s holistic development stimulating environment, good education, parental careand a nutritious diet are very essential. This detailed health scan will help the mother realize that she has to focus not only on the academic report card but also on the child’s overall health and cognitive development.”

To help the mother make the correct choice with respect to nutrition for brain development Hindustan Unilever Limited have introduced Amaze Brainfood. Each serving of Amaze is specifically designed to give children 33% of the required quantity of key nutrients for mental development daily. It is based on international dietary guidelines recommended for school going children.

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APOLLO HOSPITALS-

The Apollo Hospitals is India’s leading Hospital which has transformed the landscape of healthcare in India. The group owns and manages 41 hospitals in and around India, becoming the largest healthcare provider in Asia. Over the years, Apollo Hospitals has also founded various group companies to empower its flagship company, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, to create a healthcare powerhouse that has a leadership position in every sphere of healthcare. With nursing and hospital management colleges, pharmacies, diagnostic clinics, medical transcription services, third-party administration and telemedicine, Apollo's leadership extends to all aspects of the healthcare spectrum. Apollo’s latest foray is in the Wellness space, with wellness clinics, corporate health and school wellbeing.

ABOUT HINDUSTAN LEVER LIMITED-

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company, touching the lives of two out of three Indians. HUL’s mission is to “add vitality to life” through its presence in over 20 distinct categories in Home & Personal Care Products and Foods & Beverages. The company meets everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene, and personal care, with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.

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Kissan Amaze brainfood is the first specifically designed brainfood launched by HUL in three states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Each serving of Amaze is specifically designed to give children 33% of the required quantity of key nutrients for mental development daily. It is based on international dietary guidelines recommended for school going children. It is a purely vegetarian product which is healthy and tasty as well, developed by the scientists at Hindustan Unilever Research Centre.

Amaze has been launched in three exciting formats – milk mixes (vanilla and chocolate flavors), bars (orange honey and milky mango flavors) and bites (chocolate and strawberry orange flavors). This makes it available in formats that kids can eat everyday.

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The GEI team presented the successful results of the revolutionary first Pilot Study of Ologen Implant in Phaco-Trab at the WOC, the Most Prestigious Platform for Ophthalmology in the world. The Original Research Work done by GEI was presented under the title of 'Adjunctive Use of Biodegradable Porous Collagen-Glycosaminoglycan Implant in Phaco-Emulsification combined with Trabeculectomy for Surgical Management of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma' to over 10,000 delegates from all over the world.

Speaking on the success of the pilot study, Dr Grewal said, "It is a matter of great pride & honour for us to be at the forefront of revolutionary research work in the international arena and to be the flag-bearers for our country at highly prestigious platforms like the WOC. We are highly pleased with the pilot study results of the use of Ologen Implant in Phaco-Trab for simultaneously surgically treating both Cataract & Glaucoma. Uptil now, when an ophthalmologist decides to undertake treating both Cataract & Glaucoma of the eye in a single surgery, the conventional method available is 'Phaco-Trab with Mitomycin-C'. The use of Mitomycin-C in Phaco-Trab many times leads to significant post-operative complications in the eye."

"It is a great achievement for us that we, at GEI, are playing our humble part in the development of a safer and better alternative technique, the 'Ologen Implant in Phaco-Trab'. After the resounding success of the pilot study and the exceedingly encouraging response at the WOC, we are highly hopeful that as more and more comprehensive research is done on this technique and as it becomes the primary treatment for simultaneous Cataract-Glaucoma, millions of patients, not only in India, but all over the world, will benefit from our hard work," adds Dr Grewal.

In the conventional method 'Phaco-Trab with Mitomycin-C', Mitomycin-C is used as a Chemotherapeutic Agent. Its purpose is to maintain the surgically created passage by inhibiting fibroblast proliferation. But its use leads to significant complications. The major drawbacks of using Mitomycin-C are delayed wound healing, excessive drainage & shallowing of anterior chamber of the eye, thin cystic bleb area, and late wound dehiscence & high incidence of late endophthalmitis where patient develops very serious infection in the eye years after the surgery. Also the use of Mitomycin-C decreases the likelihood of an aggressive post-operative fibro-blast mediated scarring process; it is radiomimetic, may cause widespread cell death, induce acellularity and apoptosis, alter bleb morphology, and increase risk of complications such as hypotony maculopathy, corneal toxicity, wound leakage, infection and endophthalmitis.

The 'Ologen Biodegradable Collagen Matrix Implant' is a new, safer and more effective alternative. Ologen is a Collagen Matrix Implant, a biodegradable scaffold, which can induce a regenerative non-scarring wound healing process without the use of medicines like Mitomycin-C. The Ologen Implant is a 3D collagen-glycosaminoglycan copolymer that leads to a random reorganization of regenerating myofibroblasts, fibroblasts and the extra-cellular matrix i.e. collagen. This matrix has an added advantage that it is fully biodegradable with time.

This collagen implant improves the remodeling of the regenerating tissues and prevents scar formation. Ologen Collagen Matrix induces the fibroblasts to grow randomly, and leads to the wound healing normally. The collagen's porous structure can work as reservoir, a buffering system, and controlled drainage. It randomizes the growth of myofibroblasts and creates a new physiologic environment between anterior chamber and subconjunctival space. Unlike anti-fibrotic agents like Mitomycin-C which reduce the physiologic barrier by inhibition, Ologen Implant maintains the physiologic barrier by regeneration which keeps the function of bleb and normalizes the dynamic aqueous balance to create a safe conjunctival system.

The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) (www.icoph.org) is an organization founded in 1927 with the aim of educating ophthalmologists and helping them participate in a worldwide community to share information, tools, and support. The ICO is a federation of more than 100 national and subspecialty societies of ophthalmologists and related organizations worldwide. The ICO hosts a variety of proactive programs, including the biennial World Ophthalmology Congresses.

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Grewal Eye Institute, with facilities at Chandigarh & Panchkula, is the world's fourth JCI accredited (thehighest quality accreditation)and also India's first ISO 9001:2000 certified eye care hospital chain. GEI is the single stop for all eye care needs under one roof. The institute offers internationally benchmarked, premium quality eye care with many cutting edge techniques like the 'iLASIK', the ultimate in laser vision correction, available at a single premises. GEI has been at the forefront of bringing new technological and medical tools not only to the region, but also to India. GEI became the first institute in the entire Indian Sub-Continent to offer the revolutionary 'Collagen Crosslinking with Riboflavin' (C3R) Treatment for the dreaded Keratoconus disease.

The Grewal Group also offers India's first professional BSc (Hons) degree course in Optometry and Ophthalmic Techniques under the GEI School of Optometry. Roshni, an NGO by the group, aims at assisting poor eye patients in need of treatment. The institute, through tie-ups with major national & international insurance firms, offers cashless transactions. The informative & user-friendly website ' gei.co.in' assists patients both from India & abroad. The institute keeps conducting various eye camps, public education seminars and symposiums for the Continuous Medical Education of Ophthalmologists, on a regular basis. ***

This rapid test is designed to simultaneously detect and differentiate IgG and IgM antibodies to dengue virus in human serum, plasma or whole blood and comes in packing of 15 tests per box.

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has categorized this disease as ‘Infectious’ and Dengue is recorded to infect 50-100 million people every year. The virus is known to cause 3 manifestations namely Dengue fever, Dengue hemorrhagic fever and Dengue shock syndrome, leading to death in 5% of the infected cases.

Dengue is caused by a Flavivirus (type of arbovirus). Known vectors of transmission are mainly mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus). There are 4 known distinct serotypes (dengue virus 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Dengue is considered to be the most important arthropod-borne viral disease due to the human morbidity and mortality it causes.

Symptoms of Dengue:

GRADE I: Fever with other symptoms such as vomiting, headache, muscle and joint pain, skin rash: positive tourniquet test is the only evidence of hemorrhaging

GRADE II: Grade I symptoms + spontaneous bleeding

GRADE III*: Failure of circulatory system, clammy skin, rapid & weak pulse, restlessness

GRADE IV*: Severe shock, no measurable blood pressure or pulse

*Considered Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS)

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TRANSASIA BIO-MEDICALS LTD.is a leader in the Clinical DiagnosticsSegment across the Indian healthcare sector, providing Total Solutions for Clinical Diagnosis. The Company has successfully developed and manufactured hi-tech In-Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) instruments & Reagents and has become a name to reckon with, in India and 55 countries across the world.

Transasia has strategic alliances with some leading names in the diagnostic world like Sysmex Corporation-Japan, Medica-U.S.A, DiaSys-Germany, Wako-Japan, Biohit-Finland, Grifols-Spain, CAN Ag-Sweden and Diesse-Italy among others.

TRANSASIA’s success is based ontotal commitment to the customers for providing them with Quality products and services.

Speaking on the refurbishing of its marketing and distribution force, Mr. Deepak Sarda, Vice President, Marketing, Bal Pharma limited said “We have taken this strategic step to market aggressively in South India with a prime focus in Andhra Pradesh; one of India’s largest pharma market. The company has a strong establishment in other three states of South and feels this is a right time to look towards largest South market, especially when the company has won acknowledgement at the international level too. We are looking at an exponential growth taking the present AP market to 20 crores in the next 4 years. This step will also support our vision to be a 1000 crore company in the near future.”

Bal Pharma Limited has embarked on a greater expansion keeping in view of the ambitious vision plan of 1000 Cr by 2012.The total Indian Pharma market is estimated to be around 32409 Crores growing at the rate of 15 %. Andhra Pradesh contributes 9.5 % to total Indian Pharmaceutical Market. The pharmaceutical market in Andhra Pradesh is estimated to be 2900 Crores growing at the rate of 14 %. In A.P, the total market size of the therapeutic segments like Anti-Diabetes (OHA’s) is 130 Cr, Cardiology: 331 Cr, PPI: 130 Cr, Antihistamines: 51 Cr, Gynecology (Nutraceuticals like Calcium & Iron Preparations): 94 Cr, & Antibiotics groups like Macrolide 44 Cr,. Currently, Bal Pharma represents in these therapeutic segments of A.P market with its well established brands like Aziwin ,Diabend-M, Lipofix and new introductions, added Mr. Sarda.

Recently, Bal Pharma has already introduced few promising molecules like TELONG (Telmisartan 20, 40 & Telmisartan-H) for Hypertension, RABIFIX (Rabeprazole 20 mg &

Rabeprazole 20 mg with Domperidone 30 mg) PPI, GLYVOG (Voglibose 0.2 & 0.3 mg) for Diabetes & AZIWIN-AX (Azithromycin with Ambroxol) for Respiratory infections. Bal

Pharma plans to launch many molecules in various therapeutic segments like Cephalosporin’s, Anti-Arthritis, Nutraceuticals, Anti Hypertensives, Anti-Diabetes (OHA’s), Anti-Allergics & New Lipid lowering Agents, on all India basis which will boost up the net sales of Bal Pharma in the months to come.

Going ahead, the company is planning to file more DMFs in next few months, and this would comprise of a basket of products being required by the market as the country has an advanced healthcare system and demand for all types of pharmaceuticals is high. The company would be entering 15 new countries within the next financial year. With manpower of more than 1000 in the company, the company is committed to develop, manufacture and market innovative Pharma products. The company with its international quality systems, excellent infrastructure and outstanding manpower skills is working aggressively to become a reckoning name in the Indian & Global Pharmaceutical industry.

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ABOUT BAL PHARMA

Bal Pharma Ltd, a pharmaceutical company listed at Bombay Stock Exchange & National Stock Exchange is a leading manufacturer, marketer and exporter of pharmaceutical products in India and abroad. Established in 1993, the company has an envious track record of providing its immaculate services in the health care market. The company’s strength spans a range of Branded formulations, APIs, Generics including Parentereals, and Intermediates, to Herbals. Bal Pharma has three manufacturing units, one for APIs coupled with R & D, the second for formulations both located at Bangalore and a third unit for Parentereals at Pune; all equipped with ultramodern state-of-the-art technology. All units conform to the GMP standards as laid down by WHO. Bal Pharma is also one of the top companies in the country having the latest Form Fill and Seal (FFS) technology.

Facial deformities are usually present at birth and cause lot of concern in the society around the child that is born with such deformities. This is because so much importance is placed on facial features in the present day society. So far facial deformities like cleft lip and palate defects are being addressed by some organizations and hospitals for treatment. But a large number of patients with more complex deformities are not treated because of the lack of skills and infrastructure present in India.

Every Year 30,000 children are born with cleft and craniofacial defects in India and 2,000 children are born in Andhra Pradesh alone. The incidence of such child births in Andhra Pradesh was done as a pilot study by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2000. Most children born with such defects are born to parents with low socioeconomic background. This is because the major causes of clefts in India are undernourished pregnant mothers.

The need for Know How Transfer

Since most patients born with facial deformities are too poor to afford treatment they need help in the form of free treatment. Each child with such defects requires multiple procedures that cost between Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 50,000 each. This includes cost of infrastructure, treatment materials and Human Resource. The present need in this field of medical care is to employ a skilled work force that can give this treatment all year long. There is also a need to provide good infrastructure to such needy patients. All this needs to be done through donations as the patients themselves cannot pay for these services.

Know-how transfer helps Indian Children

The Hyderabad Cleft Society (HCS) was set up in 1997 to help children born with facial deformities get treatment done so that they are accepted into the society as normal individuals. The HCS has done more than 10,000 cleft and craniofacial surgeries since 1997. The Hyderabad Cleft Society has started the GSR Institute of Craniofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery in 2005, a 50-bed hospital to provide free treatment for children born or suffering with cleft and craniofacial defects. This Institute is equipped to do more than 1200 cleft and craniofacial surgeries every year free of charge to the patient. The Institute also provides free Speech Therapy, Orthodontics, Pediatric counseling and Psychological counseling for such children and adults.

All this has been possible because of know-how transfer programs like the one that is in progress now. It has enabled the Medical Community treating such children learn the cutting edge surgical practices and technologies used in developed nations to help children in India. It has also helped medical centers procure the latest equipment used around the world to benefit Indian children. All this can be given free of cost to the patient.

Until now the Hyderabad Cleft Society has received more than two million US Dollars as donations towards patient care and infrastructure procurement.

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The Hyderabad Cleft Society (HCS) was set up in 1997 to help children born with facial deformities get treatment done so that they are accepted into the society as normal individuals. The HCS has done more than 10,000 cleft and craniofacial surgeries since 1997. The Hyderabad Cleft Society has started the GSR Institute of Craniofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery in 2005, a 50-bed hospital to provide free treatment for children born or suffering with cleft and craniofacial defects. This Institute is equipped to do more than 1200 cleft and craniofacial surgeries every year free of charge to the patient. The Institute also provides free Speech Therapy, Orthodontics, Pediatric counseling and Psychological counseling for such children and adults.

All this has been possible because of know-how transfer programs like the one that is in progress now. It has enabled the Medical Community treating such children learn the cutting edge surgical practices and technologies used in developed nations to help children in India. It has also helped medical centers procure the latest equipment used around the world to benefit Indian children. All this can be given free of cost to the patient.

Until now the Hyderabad Cleft Society has received more than two million US Dollars as donations towards patient care and infrastructure procurement.

Up to 500 million people around the globe need malaria treatment each year. Today’s agreements make prices for malaria drugs more affordable and sustainable to help meet growing global demand. The prices will be available to the 69 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean that make up the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) purchasing consortium. “Nearly every life lost to malaria could have been saved with access to effective medicines,” President Clinton said. “My Foundation has helped organize markets for HIV/AIDS drugs and green technologies, and I am proud that we have been able to extend this model to malaria. Today's announcement is an important step forward in global efforts to increase access to affordable and effective malaria treatment, and I applaud the commitments of these companies to lower volatility in this market and offer low and sustainable prices that will save more lives.”

The scale up ACT access has been challenged by significant volatility in the artemisinin market. Beginning in 2004, a rapid but uneven increase in ACT demand led to the price of artemesinin fluctuating by more than 700 percent. Novartis, the dominant ACT supplier to date, absorbed much of the financial impact, shielding patients from higher prices which would have decreased access. However, acting alone Novartis cannot meet increased future demand across the globe. Today’s agreements will help to mitigate risk so new suppliers can enter the market.

Under the agreements negotiated by CHAI, Ipca and Cipla (both based in Mumbai, India) will offer a co-blister formulation of artesunate+amodiaquine (AS+AQ)—one of the most widely used ACTs—at or below an average ceiling price of 48 cents per treatment, a reduction of more than 30 percent from current market rates. They also will offer artemether-lumafantrine (AL), the other most common ACT, at or below an average ceiling price of 91 cents, the current price available from Novartis. Among the other manufacturers party to the agreements, Calyx (Mumbai) and Mangalam (Mumbai) are active ingredient suppliers, and Holleypharma (Beijing) and PIDI (Guangzhou) are suppliers of the raw material, artemisinin. “I come from a family of farmers and know first hand about both agricultural production and pharmaceutical production,” said Premchand Godha, Managing Director of Ipca. “Poor planning, bad weather and other factors can dramatically influence price and cause volatility. We appreciate the Clinton Foundation’s holistic approach to reducing that volatility and making lower drug prices sustainable in the long term.” “Since 2001, Novartis has supplied more than 180 million treatments of Coartem® to malaria-endemic countries,” said Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO of Novartis. “We know first-hand addressing the health problems of the developing world is challenging and no single player can be successful. To make a meaningful and sustainable impact for patients, governments, international institutions, industry, and civil society must join forces.”

CHAI has taken several additional steps to ensure a sustainable supply of ACTs. In June, CHAI published a global ACT demand forecast to improve the predictability of demand and enable suppliers to make informed production planning decisions. CHAI also has provided extensive technical assistance to partner ACT manufacturers to expedite regulatory approval. As the Global Fund, UNITAID, and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative increase funding for ACTs, this support will help expand the set of high-quality suppliers able to meet growing demand. In addition to their price commitments, Ipca and Cipla have agreed to pursue rapid development and regulatory approval of a fixed-dose combination for AS+AQ, which is not yet available from any supplier approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) but is preferable to the co-blister form.

CHAI is committed to ensuring that its agreements offer high-quality products at sustainable prices, and these products meet the quality assurance standards of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Ipca’s AS+AQ formulation has been approved by the WHO. All other formulations included in the agreement have been submitted for review with data establishing bioequivalence, based on studies conducted by contact research organizations that have been successfully audited by the WHO or a stringent regulatory authority. In many countries, half or more of all malaria patients buy their drugs from local shops, where ACT prices include distribution mark-ups and are too expensive despite the low prices offered by

manufacturers. To help ensure these low prices are translated to access for everyone who needs ACTs, CHAI has piloted the use of subsidies to lower prices in these shops. This pilot has had rapid impact, decreasing retail prices from $10 to $0.50 and increasing ACT access among children by 60-fold. CHAI now is helping Tanzania and other countries take this model to scale.

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About Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative

Since 2002, the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) has assisted countries in implementing integrated and large-scale programs for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. CHAI partners with 22 countries to provide technical assistance, mobilize human and financial resources, and facilitate the application of best practices. CHAI also helps to reduce prices for drugs and diagnostics, which can be accessed by 69 countries in its Procurement Consortium. Today, 1.4 million people are benefiting from medicines purchased under agreements negotiated by CHAI. With the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CHAI began working on malaria in 2007 with an initial focus on supporting expanded access to ACTs.

Chiaki Murata was engaged by Microsoft to design the console for the Xbox 360 in 2005. In the same year, he announced the creation of Metaphys, a company to develop a range of designer products that would meet the functional needs of consumers. In this approach to the OSIM uPilot, Chiaki Murata felt that the modern massage chair should rise above its image to become more than just a functional machine.

The OSIM uPilot takes massage therapy to the next level with the state-of-the-art ROBO-Stic. The patented technology of the ROBO-Stic gives you full command over your massages. Paired with the comprehensive control pad, complete control is finally yours.

The ROBO-Stic allows you to effortlessly position the massage rollers exactly at your desired spot, with your desired intensity, speed and action. With this technology, personalize your own massages.

Further uPilot uses advanced optical sensors to detect the vital accupressure points on your body and automatically orientates the rollers to massage around those points. This ensures that you benefit from the full curative effects of a therapeutic massage, which is possible only with accurate detection of accupressure points along your body's meridians.

From you uPilot one can get complete rejuvenation and relaxation from head to toe such as Kneading Massage, Reverse Kneading, Kneading with Hand Touch, Tapping Massage, Rolling Massage, Seat Massage, Calf Massage, Foot Massage etc and more

For free demonstration and more details, visit OSIM, 306, 4th Floor, City Centre Mall, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-34 Tel: 098484-36319

Chiaki Murata was engaged by Microsoft to design the console for the Xbox 360 in 2005. In the same year, he announced the creation of Metaphys, a company to develop a range of designer products that would meet the functional needs of consumers. In this approach to the OSIM uPilot, Chiaki Murata felt that the modern massage chair should rise above its image to become more than just a functional machine.

The OSIM uPilot takes massage therapy to the next level with the state-of-the-art ROBO-Stic. The patented technology of the ROBO-Stic gives you full command over your massages. Paired with the comprehensive control pad, complete control is finally yours.

The ROBO-Stic allows you to effortlessly position the massage rollers exactly at your desired spot, with your desired intensity, speed and action. With this technology, personalize your own massages.

Further uPilot uses advanced optical sensors to detect the vital accupressure points on your body and automatically orientates the rollers to massage around those points. This ensures that you benefit from the full curative effects of a therapeutic massage, which is possible only with accurate detection of accupressure points along your body's meridians.

From you uPilot one can get complete rejuvenation and relaxation from head to toe such as Kneading Massage, Reverse Kneading, Kneading with Hand Touch, Tapping Massage, Rolling Massage, Seat Massage, Calf Massage, Foot Massage etc and more

For free demonstration and more details, visit OSIM, 306, 4th Floor, City Centre Mall, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-34 Tel: 098484-36319

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MCC will offer a mix of world-class products and services in Preventive, Wellness and Beauty care customised for each individual based on his/her lifestyle and family medical history.

Manipal Cure and Care was formed in January 2007 with a seed capital of Rs 50 Crores and launched its first centre in India at Ahmedabad in August last year & thereafter has opened centres in Bangalore and Mumbai. MCC plans to launch 10 centres in cities like NCR, Baroda and Hyderabad by end 2008.

MCC Centres are established in two different formats across malls, neighbourhoods and high streets. The centres will be open throughout the week, with extended hours for convenience.

Dr. Ranjan Pai, CEO, Manipal Education and Medical Group, said, “Wellness and preventive medicine is expected to exceed 1 trillion USD by 2010 worldwide and is yet to be seriously looked at in India. We see it as an opportunity to extend our leadership in healthcare and healthcare education to offering evidence-based preventive, wellness and beauty solutions in a friendly retail environment. We plan to open 50 outlets by 2011 in the first phase and will look at further expansion in Indian and global markets through the franchise model”.

Mr. Somnath Das, Chief Operating Officer, Manipal Cure and Care said, “We have a four-pronged strategy to strengthen our pioneering leadership in the retail healthcare market in India. Our competitive differentiators are introducing products and services created only through proven world class technology, service and counselling by well-trained doctor and paramedical staff, protocols and processes in line with international best practices and an in-store experience that is highly personalised for each customer.”

MCC centres have consultants from the fields of General Medicine, Dermatology, Dentistry, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Endocrinology and Lab Medicine among others.

On the Preventive side, MCC introduceshealth checks with a turnaround time of 45 minutes for diabetic care, liver care, STD screening, Rheumacare, kidney care and lung care, meant for busy professionals. The services include Health Checks Women and Children can avail innovative and ultra-modern Health Checks, augmented by Well Baby and Well Woman care.

Wellness services include immunizations, antenatal care, baby care, adolescent care, eye care, hormonal management, dietary counselling and sexual health advice. Additionally, there are specialized dietary counselling and weight management services

Beauty services include skin care and dental care as well as skin piercing.

MCC has introduced many new things for the first time in India. These include A-M-P-L-E Card (Allergies, Medical History, Past History, List of Medication, Emergency Number), EMR (Electronic Medical Record), Integration of CIMS (Cumulative Index of Medical Specialties – pharmaceutical drug interaction alert) with EMR, Customer Charter and error proofing methodology to name a few. This is drawn from the rich experience of MEMG in healthcare delivery spanning over half a century and spread over three countries.

MCC is the winner of the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Innovative Product / ServiceAward – 2007. For the first time, this award has been bestowed to a health and wellness retail brand, that too within five months of its launch. MCC is certified by the ACHSI (Australian Council on Healthcare Standards International).

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ABOUT MANIPAL CURE AND CARE:

Manipal Cure & Care is an initiative of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG). Founded by the late Padmashree Dr. T.M.A. Pai in 1953, Manipal Education and Medical Group today stands tall with an enviable track record of success in the spheres of Healthcare, Education and Research nationally and internationally. Its operations are spread across India, Middle East and several Southeast Asian countries.

The integrated Manipal Cure and Care (MCC) centres offer a mix of world-class products and services in preventive, wellness and beauty care. They are the first in India to provide qualitative monitoring of healthcare driven by well trained doctors and paramedical staff. They offer health services that are customized based on each individual’s lifestyle and family medical history.

Manipal Cure and Care builds on the experience, know-how and socially-beneficial vision of the Manipal Education and Medical Group itself. This pioneering venture introduces to India the concept of holistic Health and Wellness care in a retail format, providing superior clinical services with related product offerings, all under one roof! MCC has successfully launched products like Robert Schwartz, Living Proof, Snorben, UAS products etc in India and many more are in the pipeline.

For more information please visit www.manipalcureandcare.com or call (Std code) 3989 3979

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) remains a major public health problem, and is the fourth leading cause of all deaths worldwide, said Dr. Surinder Kumar Gupta of Right Chest Clinic, the only DM specialising in pulmonary diseases in the private sector in the city, and organiser of the event.

According to the recent report of Centre for Disease Control 21 million or 35 percent of children are exposed to secondhand smoke on a regular basis, which is harmful especially to young people and is responsible for more than 100,000 lower respiratory tract infections and also is the cause of thousands of hospitalizations each year, Dr. Gupta said.

Dr. Gupta said that half of world’s population and upto 90 percent of rural households in developing countries rely on unprocessed biomass fuels for cooking and heating. According to the report of the Indian Council of Medical Research 28 percent of all deaths due to indoor air pollutions in the developing countries occur in India.

He said in our country 5 percent of males and 2.5 percent of female above the age of 30 years suffer from chronic lung disease caused due to smoking and exposure to biomass fuel and the disease is called COPD.

Prof. S.K. Jindal, Professor and Head of Pulmonary Medicines at PGI said that oxygen therapy is the only intervention which could result in prolongation of life span of patients with chronic lung diseases, and discussed various methods of oxygen deliver devices and doses.

Dr D Behera, Director, LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi emphasised the use of spirometry (pulmonary function tests) to diagnose and measure asthma and distinguish it from smoking-related lung diseases like COPD.

Dr Ashutosh Aggarwal advised the phyicians to recommend the use of inhalers to the asthma patients since they carry less side-effects and are more effective.

Prof Janmeja from Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, spoke about the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea.

The conference was attended by over 200 medical practitioners from the region which was designed to upgrade their knowledge about the latest treatments available in understanding and managing the pulmonary diseases.

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There are several types of mastectomy procedures:

total (or simple) mastectomy: removal of the entire breast, including the nipple, the areola, and most of the overlying skin. In addition, some of the lymph nodes under the arm, also called the axillary lymph glands, may be removed. The bean-shaped lymph nodes under the arm drain the lymphatic vessels from the upper arms, the majority of the breast, the neck, and the underarm regions. Often, breast cancer spreads to these lymph nodes, thereby entering the lymphatic system andallowing the cancer to spread to other parts of the body.

modified radical mastectomy: removal of the entire breast, including the nipple, the areola, the overlying skin, some of the lymph nodes under the arm, and the lining over the chest muscles. In some cases, part of the chest wall muscle is also removed.

radical mastectomy: removal of the entire breast, including the nipple, the areola, the overlying skin, the lymph nodes under the arm, and the chest muscles. For many years, this was the standard operation. However, today a radical mastectomy is rarely performed and is generally only recommended when the breast cancer has spread to the chest muscles.

Risk Factors

A risk factor is anything that increases a person's chance of developing a disease, including cancer. There are risk factors that can be controlled, such as smoking, and risk factors that cannot be controlled, such as age and family history. Although risk factors can influence disease, they do not necessarily cause cancer. Some people with several risk factors never develop the disease, while others with no known risk factors do. Knowing your risk factors and communicating with your doctor can help guide you in making wise lifestyle and health-care choices.Many cases of breast cancer occur in women with no obvious risk factors. This means that women need to be aware of possible changes in their breasts, perform self-examinations, and schedule clinical breast examinations and mammograms. It is likely that multiple risk factors influence the development of breast cancer. The following factors can raise a person's risk of developing breast cancer.

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It is medical tourism company which helps abroad patients to get better healthcare facilities

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Rasiklal Dhariwal said, “This is a significant event in the city of Waghaldhara and will bring about a quantum of change in the quality of care being provided to the suffering cancer patient “. He added, “The centre will aim at a holistic cancer treatment wherein all patients will have the benefit of expert ayurvedic treatment following the Panchgavya Therapy which involves the usage of Goumutra, Ghee, milk & curd which will be collected from the hospital bred cows” Adding further he said, “I am happy to be to be able to help set up a centre which will offer the least necessary treatment with maximum benefit in an ambience of serenity and bliss.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. Shobha Dhariwal, VP-RM Dhariwal Foundation, said, “Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal Foundation always looks at servicing the community at large, hence we decided to help set up this unique cancer Hospital.” Adding further, she said, “Apart from the unique treatment methodology, the uniqueness of this hospital also lies in the fact that, most treatment here is done at subsidized rates and there is special care taken to arrange good quality food for patients and relatives at just Re.1/-.”

Mr.Rasiklal Dhariwal under the banner of RM Dhariwal Foundation operates in the continued endeavor to provide quality Medical services & to promote overall development of the community at large

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About Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal Foundation:

Everything that the Group is today is because of the society that has nourished and nurtured it.

Their commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility echoes in the silent work that has been carried out for the general upliftment of people. The foundation’s initiatives include building education institutes to providing primary healthcare to the people and providing relief during distress times such as natural disasters, riots by monetary contributions, reconstruction like building schools, shelters and provide relief in the form of food and other essentials.

We have built and continuously supported:

Ø Centres of excellence: colleges, schools, hostels, stadiums and providing scholarships to students

Ø Centres of healthcare and wellness: state-of-the-art hospital in Shirur, Cardiac care unit in Pune, donating medical equipment, providing subsidised medical treatment and conduct medical camps etc.

Ø Centres of divinity: temples, ashrams, and supported several cultural and social activities

Backed with 3 years of R&D Easy Clinic has been developed to seamlessly fit with an Indian doctor’s workflow. Most clinical software focus around better patient care as the primary objective. We consider that to be a by-product. Easy Clinic focuses on the doctor. It is designed to assist the doctor which automatically leads to delivery of better patient care by the doctor. This makes a huge difference in the adoption and usability of Easy Clinic. It enables a doctor to maintain electronic medical records and manage his practice better without being slowed down as a result of using a computer program.

Each aspect of a doctor’s workflow has been thoroughly researched and there are many customisation options in Easy Clinic. For example , ordering investigations and prescribing drugs can be done in less than 10 seconds; clinical notes can be written quickly using self defined shortcuts; and bills to patients can be recorded with a single click .

The drugs database in Easy Clinic has been licensed through CIMS India and is updated quarterly. This provides the doctor with the latest drug information at the click of a mouse. It also reduces medical errors by automatically warning about drug interactions and allergies

Practice management features such as accounting have been designed to suit a doctor rather than an accountant. They are extremely simple and intuitive. For example a doctor can bill a patient with a single click and record expenses using simple voucher entries. Easy Clinic automatically generates their day book, form 3C and other financial reports.

Easy Clinic records and presents data intelligently which enables informed decision making; automates routine tasks; provides prompts on clinical activities ; and provides quick hassle-free accounting , thus making the doctor’s day much more organised . The doctor will be able to see a substantial improvement in the management of patient medical records ; and will be able to run the practice more efficiently as a business. Patients will also be much happier, as a result of the sense of professionalism Easy Clinic provides to the practice .

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Novel Medicare Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a provider of clinical and practice management software for Doctors in India. Novel’s head office is located in Kolkata, with a sales and distribution network across major cities in India.

Our team is comprised of Health Informatics researchers, Doctors, Software Developers, Sales, Marketing & Support personnel dedicated to the development and support of new and enhanced products for India’s health care sector.

Our commitment to ongoing software research and development ensures customers are supported both now and into the future in a true partnership. Novel’s medical software is designed by professionals who hold international repute in high quality Medical Informatics research and development.

The proposed hospital will be fully equipped with sophisticated equipments like MRI / CT Scan besides dialysis treatment, a bed strength of 100 with an expertteam of medical and paramedical personnel. The building will be constructed with the state of art design having all amenities to provide better services to the beneficiaries attached with this Hospital at Bhiwadi.The hospital is aimed to cater to the needs of the employees and family members of Rajasthan. At present, there are about 1045 Employers covering about 35,553 employees and 38,822 IPs in the industrial areas of Bhiwadi.

The largest medical infrastructure in India belongs to ESI. But organized sector employees do not use it because of the lack of doctors, infrastructure and medicines. Since public and private competition coexist with them, ESI is reforming and emerging as the preferred option for industrial establishments to cover employees as the initial step towards restructuring. Shri Prabhat C. Chaturvedi, Director General, Employees' State Insurance Corporation has started the process of upgrading of ESIC Hospitals for providing better medical services to the beneficiaries such as ISO Certification of all Model Hospitals and Regional Offices, setting up and starting of Medical Colleges, Nursing Colleges, Dental Colleges and other para-medical schools in ESI Hospitals.

The Employees State Insurance Corporation runs a unique social security scheme which has the feature of an insurance organization as well as service provider for health related needs of the insured persons under the scheme. The Corporation has the largest team of medical and para-medical personnel in India and also has one of the largest medical infrastructures in the world. It has huge infrastructure of 144 Hospitals, 42 Hospitals Annexes, 1388 ESI Dispensaries, 1942 Panel Clinics, 300 Diagnostics Centres, 813 Branch/Pay Offices and 45 Regional/Sub-Regional/Divisional Offices.

Shri Sis Ram Ola, Hon'ble Minister for Mines, Govt. of India graced the ceremony as Chief Guest. The Function was presided over by Shri Santosh Bagrodia, Hon'ble Minister of State for Coal, Govt. of India. Shri Ram Kishore Meena, Hon'ble Minister of Labour & employment, Govt. of India, Shri Narpat Singh Rajvi, Hon'ble Minister of Medical & Health, Family Welfare, Govt. of Rajathan, Shri Ashok Gehlot, Hon'ble M.L.A. besides other dignitaries.

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According to the Progress Report of Children - A Statistical Review December 2007 by UNICEF India, Malnutrition is the underlying cause in up to 50 percent under-five deaths. About 25 percent of children under age five in the world are underweight. In India the underweight prevalence rate is 43 per cent. Average annual rate of decline since 1990 has been 0.9 percent – accelerated progress is needed to meet the solutions of the problem. As this data does not only affect the health status of children but also affect the academic performance of children and later on their productivity. Studies have proven that poorly nourished children are often tired, apathetic, and unable to concentrate on their academic performance, thus results into drop out. Poor enrolment and high school dropout rate are attributed to poor socio-economic conditions, child labor, and lack of motivation and poor nutrition status of the children." she added.

To focus on school health, Government of Gujarat has declared this year (2008) as Healthy School Children year under its SARVA SHIKSH ABHIYAN MISSION. To strengthen this mission, SHARP in association with District Education Council and C.R.C Bakrol has launched a school health checkup program.

The beneficiaries of this project are the underprivileged children of Municipal School in Bakrol. Under this project, health check-up will be conducted for all the students and the collected health data will be stored at SHARP repository. It will be updated regularly by follow up checkup. The health profile of each child will be available on SHARP NGO website at www.schoolindia.org . The children can assess their health profile through ID number allotted to them on their “SHARP Smart Card”. School Health Analysis report will be prepared school wise.

On the basis of this school health data analysis a special camps for mothers will be organized where they will be given education regarding various health issues like malnutrition, sanitation and hygiene, food adulteration and many others issues of day to day life problems of their child health. The mothers of the students will be encouraged to make self help groups (SHG) with the help of Sakhi Mandal Scheme and will be the mothers will be trained to make healthy snacks for children which will take improve the nutritional status of their children and the extra production can be marketed at a local level. The mothers will also be trained to maintain good food hygiene. This will increase the income generating activities for women and will also help to overcome problem of malnutrition.

At the inauguration, Sh. R.N. Joshi, District Collector, Anand, applauded the efforts done by SHARP NGO to promote school health to combat malnutrition. He also appreciated the project conceived by SHARP for Bakrol and would like to replicated the same project in the whole Anand District. He also said that innovative projects like this will surely help Gujarat to become zero malnutrition state by 2010.

According to Ms Urvashi Pande, State Coordinator Gujarat, SHARP NGO, “Our objective of the program is to promote positive health by early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of deficiency and to edify mothers of these children on various issues like problems of malnutrition, unhealthy diet, food adulteration, sanitation and personal hygiene.”

We are proud to be associated with All India Shree LaxminarayanDev Yuvak Mandal, of Shree Swaminarayan Sect Vadtal and Jan Kalyan Mandal, Anand, Who have made it easy task for us by providing the helping hands, financial and moral support in promotion of this project.

“Health is wealth and let our school children enjoy good health with good education, better health with better education and best health with best education.”

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School Health Annual Report Programme (SHARP) is a non-govt. organization (NGO) with scientifically planned health programme for school children, professionally managed under the guidance of eminent medical experts, sociologists, educationist, psychologists, nutritional specialists and others who have vision of promoting healthcare of children throughout the third world countries. The programme is unique in being the first programme to computerise and place health records of lacs of children on the internet in year 1999. The programme’s innovative approach has made it the most popular school health programmeamongst schoolswith lacs of children taking benefit out of it through its various projects.

This award was received by Dr.Soosan Jacob on behalf of Dr.J.Agarwal from Justice S.Jagadeeshan during a fuction at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan,Mylapore,Chennai.

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About ISM :

Indian Science Monitor (ISM) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 with a view to transmit relevance scientific data related to Science, Technology and Medicine to the general pubic and also congenial platform for Indian scientist to echo their opinions.

About Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital:

Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital is a tertiary eye hospital started in the year 1957. Now the Hospital is celebrating its 50 years of quality service with branches in Chennai, Villupuram, Kanchi and Jaipur. The organization has received various awards for its inventions and services. In March 2006, Chairman Dr. J Agarwal was awarded Padma Bhushan for his dedicated service to the poor and needy. The hospital was noted on the global platform for its invention Micro-Phakonit (0.7 mm Cataract surgery) by Prof. Amar Agarwal.

Disclosing this to media persons here today, Mr. Jay Jethwa, Managing Director and CEO of HD Medical Groupsaid, “ViScope is an Audio-Visual Cardiac Screening device that enables doctors to Visulaize the heart sounds along with hearing them better. ViScope also enables the better detection of murmurs and other heart sound components so as to achieve a very effective screening of cardiac anomalies"

Commenting on the agreement, Mr. A. Vijay Simha, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of BPL Limited said, “The ViScope 100 represents the new paradigm in diagnosis of health for the masses, empowering physicians to diagnose with a greater degree of accuracy and efficiency. It is a true example of how advanced technology can potentially bring down the prevailing high costs of health care and make healthcare affordable to the millions”.

Mr Jethwa added that HD Medical Group is a global company with offices in India, USA and Australia. Most of its research and development for the technology is carried out in Chennai. The company was founded in 2005 to commercialise its proprietary and patented heart sound technology. The company has 14 patents pending and one patent that has already been granted in the field of cardiac auscultation.

Mr Jethwa further added that the company is in the process of signing similar distribution agreements in other parts of the world. Mr. Damon Coffman, the global Chief Technology Officer of the company, said that the company would be introducing more advanced diagnostic products in Europe, US and Japan in the near future.

“The company has decided to undertake all its research and development in India as the human talent pool is very good here for all its R&D requirements. The company has strategic collaboration with many leading global institutions for clinical trials and technology validation”, said Mr. Arvind Thiagarajan, the chief inventor.

Mr B Ramakrishnan, CEO, Corporate Clinic, Chennai and the financial advisor of HD Medical Group said that the company had already raised in excess of USD$ 8 Million towards development of the product.

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HD Medical Group is a global company with offices in India, USA and Australia. Most of its research and development for the technology is carried out in Chennai. The company was founded in 2005 to commercialise its proprietary and patented heart sound technology. The company has 14 patents pending and one patent that has already been granted in the field of cardiac auscultation.

Explaining the concept Reema said “My classes are not just fun, high energy and fast paced but each song number that I use in the class is carefully selected and tested at increased speeds of 130 -140 beats per minute (bpms). For my Step Aerobic classes, I use songs remixed at 110 bpms, as this exercise routine requires songs at slightly slower beats per minute”.

Bollywood Aerobics is the next big innovative thing in fitness, which is popularizing dance aerobic classes and is a big motivator for people to exercise. Aerobics has come a long way from being taught to the typical aerobic music, to ‘Bollywood remixes’ and other popular kinds of music The moves are easily followed by men and women, as these are classic aerobic moves with a mix of dance choreography, making them distinct from all other aerobic classes. Reema also teaches ‘Rock Aerobic’, ‘Pop Aerobic’ and marathon advanced ‘Trance Aerobics’, which are helpful in de-stressing and unwind as you workout.

The ‘Bollyfit classes’ by Reema are currently being taught in Hyderabad. She has done many organized Fitness Dance Shows all over the country and has also made a ‘Bollyfit’ music video, which is available for viewing on www.reemafitness.com. In addition, Reema is also the first Indian Aerobic Trainer to launch her own Aerobic Fitness Blog - http://reemafitness.blogspot.com/

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About Reema Sarin -- Fitness Consultant & Master Trainer

Reema Sarin, Leading Group Fitness Instructor and founder of the internationally famous ‘Keep Fit Program’ in India, has been a pioneer of Group Fitness Aerobic activity in India. Representing The International Fitness Group in India, she is a certified Instructor, trained initially by the American Fitness Company & Aerobics Group, 'USA Shape'. As a leading fitness consultants in the country, she has over 15 years of experience and training in the Fitness Industry in the US (New York with Bally's Jack Lalane and with the California Fitness Group),in South East Asia (Singapore) and in Australia. In addition, Reema has done certification courses at multiple Reebok Workshops and Conventions on ’Healthy Living’ and ‘Nutritional Benefits’ program from, USA. She has also launched the Keep Fit Program’ as Motivational Aerobics to different Corporate companies, Schools, Hotels and Resorts all over India. Reema has been instrumental in promoting fitness in, as well as in introducing Aerobics and group fitness workouts at multiple locations in the country. Since 1991, she has showcased the ‘KEEP FIT PROGRAM’, on all the prime TV channels in the country. With many fitness shows to her cre