20-Jun-17 The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences has taken over the Kochi Bourn Hall Fertility Centre in Kerala, India, that was part of the UK-based Bourn Hall Clinic and will now be renamed Amrita Fertility Centre. [image: ET Healthworld].

15-Jun-17 Six out of the top 30 companies in the Nikkei Asia300 list are healthcare players, including Indian and Indonesian pharma companies, and two Malaysian rubber glove makers. Overall, Indian players held 10 of the top 30 spots. [image: Reuters]

14-Jun-17 14.4 mn kids in India are obese, the second highest after China with 15.3 mn. Egypt topped the list for adult obesity at about 35 percent. Lowest were Bangladesh and Vietnam at 1 percent. [image: ET Healthworld]

13-Jun-17  Economic improvements in India are resulting in a "dual-disease burden", a rise in communicable diseases and a spurt in non-communicable diseases, that cost the government USD81 bn in 2013 and are projected to grow at 17% to 2020. [image: ET Healthworld]

13-Jun-17 India's Portea Medical has partnered with Physitrack to develop a solution for its physiotherapy patients to access customised video-based exercise programs, physiotherapists, educational content, clinical questionnaires, as well as consult with physiotherapists via an online portal. [image: ET Healthworld]