The health journal of CareClinic is one of the most exciting features, helping you manage your condition in an effective manner. You can record symptoms in the journal, as well as medication, potential side-effects and response to certain treatments or therapies. It is possible to add information about your current diet, as well as physical […]
Author Archives: Mayur Kumar
Types of Doctors Women Should See once annually
Information around women health can be contradictory, overwhelming and, at times, confusing. The web is filled with article upon article recommending a certain type of doctor or screening for different ages, ethnicities and health conditions. To simplify, and to allow us all to take a deep breath, we’ve enlisted experts to help us hone in […]
The Future of Cloud Computing in Healthcare
Why Move to the Cloud? The Cloud Computing wave has been seeping through industries for a while now. There are 3 types of basic services available in Cloud Computing – Infrastructure as a services (IaaS), Platform as a Service(PaaS), Software as a Services(SaaS). By utilizing IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) an enterprise can rent Infrastructure […]
Why pharma companies aren’t exiting Russia
Even as the war in Ukraine has prompted an exodus of international companies — from fast-food chains and oil producers to luxury retailers — from Russia, U.S. and global drug companies said they would continue manufacturing and selling their products there. Airlines, automakers, banks, and technology giants — at least 320 companies by one count — are […]
The Future of Smart Wearable in Healthcare
Smart Wearable technology in healthcare has come a long way from its humble origins in the 1700s with the wristwatch’s invention. Today, wearable technology can come as a watch, a ring, a pair of contact lenses: a patch, or even a tattoo. The commonest wearable technology in healthcare by far, for now, are fitness sensors […]
Bionic eyes aim to restore a sense of vision, enabling people to once again ‘see the light’
What does a bionic eye see? The bionic implant sees a blurred image made from flashes of light rather than a steady visual perception. The flashes of light provide visual information in the form of a basic shape. This basic shape can indicate the height and width of an object and its approximate location. Who […]
Lowering the costs of prescription drugs
ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) respectfully submits the following statement for the record to the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs: Reducing Barriers to Market Competition. ASHP represents pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in acute and ambulatory settings. The organization’s nearly […]
How the Covid pandemic ends: Scientists look to the past to see the future
Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, an end might finally be in sight. Experts say that Covid will likely lose its “pandemic” status sometime in 2022, due largely to rising global vaccination rates and developments of antiviral Covid pills that could become more widespread next year. Instead, the virus will likely become “endemic,” eventually […]
Could Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuel the spread of Covid and other infectious diseases?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could lead to a surge of COVID-19 cases among civilians trapped in the war zone or fleeing to neighboring countries as crowded conditions and a shortage of medical care take their toll, health agencies and experts say. “The COVID-19 pandemic is still here. It will not stop because of conflict,” said […]
India’s healthcare sector digital transform post the pandemic
This history of pandemics shows that the lessons learned can help digital transform, or the status quo can continue to exist. The pandemic has tested the healthcare sector in India like never before — the lack of hospital beds, medical and paramedical talent, broken supply chains of medical consumables and drugs, paucity of ventilators and […]