Health

Bangalore, September 13, 2023: Canadian International School, Bangalore (CIS), is hosting the Terry Fox Run 2023, in association with the Terry Fox Foundation, at its campus in Yelahanka on Saturday, September 23. The run starts at CIS Campus, travels around the neighbourhood and the lake on Manchenahalli, Yelahanka, and finishes at CIS. The Terry Fox Run […]

Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center – A new school year may be difficult for both students and parents, especially when a medical diagnosis necessitates specific accommodations. Emily Brannon, an Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center hospital instructor and educational advocate, works with families to make the transition as smooth as possible. Emily recently visited […]

Gilead – “I’m exhausted, I’m exhausted.” “When will this be over?” Dr. Eva Natukunda, a pediatric HIV specialist at the Joint Clinical Research Center in Kampala, Uganda, says she frequently hears this refrain from HIV-positive teenagers and young adults.  Eva has been following many of these patients since birth and has discovered that by adolescence, […]

New IOC Mental Health Action Plan – Psychologically Safe EnvironmentsThe Mental Health Action Plan emphasizes the importance of athletes’ mental health needs being just as vital for their performance and well-being as their physical health needs, and that good mental health entails much more than the absence of a mental health symptom or illness.  The […]

Walgreens has announced its participation in the next Friends for Life (FFL) conference as the premier sponsor of Children with Diabetes (CWD), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education and support to families living with type 1 diabetes. Walgreens will be the sole pharmacy sponsor of the annual event, which will be held in Orlando, […]

Angul: JSP Foundation, Jindal Steel & Power’s (JSP) Corporate Social Responsibility arm, took a key step toward eradicating Filaria in the area by flagging off a tableau. The initiative intended to educate villages on the necessity of taking Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) in combination with Albendazole (ABZ) and Ivermectin. In the presence of Prashant Kumar Hota, Group […]

Keysight Report – Keysight has released Vital Signs, a new survey that finds that the healthcare industry falls behind other industries in terms of applying test automation procedures to verify the quality of software used by physicians to offer patient care.  According to the survey, 82% of healthcare executives, decision makers, and IT professionals in […]

Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, and Pillar Biosciences Inc., the innovators of Decision MedicineTM, announced a strategic partnership to commercialize Pillar’s suite of oncology assays as part of the Illumina portfolio of oncology products. The agreement will result in an unprecedented offering of complementary next-generation sequencing solutions, which will […]

For the second year in a row, Alkermes has been awarded the Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health at Platinum. This award, presented by Mental Health America on an annual basis, recognizes our dedication to supporting a mentally healthy workplace.   Alkermes As an institution with a long history of assisting those suffering from major mental […]

17 July 2023 – Walgreens and Freenome have established a multi-year collaboration to develop clinical research of Freenome’s blood-based cancer detection tools. Walgreens will use its national footprint, patient information, compliant recruitment technology, and local infrastructure to engage different patient populations in Freenome’s multi-cancer research initiative.  Walgreens, in collaboration with technology vendor Curebase, will initially […]