Can X-rays and CT scans cause cancer?

Can X-rays and CT scans cause cancer?

New York, Feb 4: The widespread belief that radiations from X-rays and CT scans can cause cancer has flaws and is based on an unproven theoretical model, suggests a study. To estimate cancer risk from low-dose radiation, scientists used a model known as linear no-threshold (LNT) in the study published in American Journal of Clinical […]

Universal access to banking through Jan Dhan Yojana, has enabled plugging of huge leakages

Universal access to banking through Jan Dhan Yojana, has enabled plugging of huge leakages

( PM Narendra Modi’s speech at The Global Business Summit: Excerpts) Entrepreneurship is one of India’s traditional strengths. It was sad to see it neglected in the last few years. “Business” and “profits” had become bad words. We have changed that. We need to value enterprise and hard work, not wealth. Our programs ranging from […]

Set up counselling system for students: UGC to universities

Jan 29, 2016: New DELHI: UGC has written to all universities to put in place a “student counselling system” for redressal of problems and challenges faced by students in the backdrop of massive outrage over the suicide by a dalit research scholar in Hyderabad University. This system should be interactive and target-oriented, involving students, teachers […]

Zika Virus -Spreading Explosively

World Health Organisation The World Health Organization rang a global alarm over the Zika virus, saying that the disease was spreading explosively in the Americas and that as many as four million people could be infected by the end of the year. WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, will convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on […]

India’s unique challenges: An opportunity to innovate

India’s unique challenges: An opportunity to innovate

Guruprasad S., General Manager, Healthcare Practise,?Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions guruprasad.s@in.bosch.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj1kiQpEDNs&feature=em-upload_owner India’s unique challenges: An opportunity to innovate? Affordable Healthcare 1,287,372,705 People Urban  Rural inequity in HC access 5480 Towns/Cities; 638,000 Villages Doctors: 8,88,741 urban / 29,562 rural High Out of Pocket HC Spend Estimated at >75% of total Sector Growth forecasts till […]

China domain “.cn” becomes world’s largest

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — China’s country code domain “.cn” is now the world’s most commonly used. It had 16.36 million users by the end of last year, topping Germany’s “.de,” according to data released on Friday by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), which manages the domain. The .cn domain is also world […]

CanSAR, the largest database for cancer drug now in 3-D

ICTpost News Network London, Jan 6: The world’s largest database for cancer drug discovery has been updated by adding three-dimensional structures of faulty proteins and maps of cancer’s communication networks, reports a study. The updated database, developed at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, will allow scientists across the globe to design new cancer treatments […]

Indian Insurers look to Digital Insurance to create new markets

Mumbai: November 1, 2015 Most Indian insurance companies expect to increase their IT budgets in 2016, and are expected to spend 140.8 billion rupees on IT products and services ? a 9.6 percent increase over 2015, according to Gartner Inc. This forecast includes spending by insurers on internal IT (including personnel), hardware, software, external IT […]