Tag: Health

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India), June 6: Signia, a leader in the hearing aid industry, is celebrating 25 years of driving innovation, improving hearing health, and transforming lives across India. Part of the globally recognized WSA Group, Signia marks this tremendous milestone with a track record of making hearing impairment less of a challenge and more of an empowering journey. For 25 years, Signia has been at the forefront of revolutionizing hearing aid technology in India, never ceasing to amaze. The ‘Brilliant Sound Galaxy (BSG)’ concept stores, introduced across multiple cities, have proven to be a game-changer. Providing a unique interactive platform for people to self-discover, self-screen, and indulge in a live hearing experience, Signia has transformed the path of auditory enhancem...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5: Dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD) is the largest cause of incurable blindness in the world for patients over 50 years. 170 million people suffer from this disease around the world, 25 million of which are in India. These numbers will, unfortunately, increase in the coming decades as our population ages. The more severe version of dry AMD is geographic atrophy, and no therapy is available to arrest or reverse this loss of vision. Eyestem Research today announced the submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the Central Drugs Standards Control Organization, India (CDSCO) to begin first-in-human trials of Eyecyte-RPEfor subjects with medium- and late-stage geographic atrophy, secondary to dry AMD. Dr. Rajani Battu, Chief...

Kindness Practice Foundation NGO free cancer awareness camp at Mumbai Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 5: Keeping in view the rapid rise of the number of cancer cases in India, Kindness Practice Foundation, a Section 8 NGO in the space of preventive and mental health, organised a free Cancer Awareness Camp to spread clinically evidenced information as well as free diagnostics cancer screening to those who attended. “Cancer does not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, race or health status,” explained Dr Rachna Chhachhi, Founder of Kindness Practice Foundation. “Early detection can lead to more positive outcomes,” she said. Rachna is an Integrative Cancer, Nutrition and Mental Health Expert and has been treating cancer patients across 27 countries for 15 years. Free screening ...