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Fortis launches ‘Adayu Mindfulness’, dedicated vertical for mental healthcare – ET HealthWorld

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Fortis launches ‘Adayu Mindfulness’, dedicated vertical for mental healthcare – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Fortis Healthcare launched ‘Adayu Mindfulness’, a dedicated vertical for comprehensive mental healthcare, alongwith an exclusive collaboration of United We Care and Adayu. This collaboration will leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance mental well-being and accessibility of care for individuals everywhere, powering it further by Adayu’s trained team of mental health … Read more

Clirnet collaborates with multiple African Medical Associations – ET HealthWorld

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Clirnet collaborates with multiple African Medical Associations – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: Clirnet announces a collaboration with multiple African Medical Associations. The company believes this partnership heralds a new era in advancing healthcare education. The collaboration aims to equip African healthcare professionals (HCPs) with seamless access to cutting-edge tools for enhancing medical learning. The initiative, which comprises 75 CME sessions from clinical experts, is designed to … Read more

Endimension Technology raises Rs 6 crore in Pre-Series A round – ET HealthWorld

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Endimension Technology raises Rs 6 crore in Pre-Series A round – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: Endimension Technology has raised Rs 6 crore in a Pre-Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures. Other investors in this round include Sucseed Indovation, SINE IIT Bombay and individual angel investors. The funds will be utilised to fuel artificial intelligence (AI) research and development, team expansion, and software enhancement. These strategic investments aim … Read more

Alzheimer’s drugs might get into the brain faster with new ultrasound tool, study shows – ET HealthWorld

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Alzheimer’s drugs might get into the brain faster with new ultrasound tool, study shows – ET HealthWorld

Washington: Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer’s drugs seep inside the brain faster – by temporarily breaching its protective shield. The novel experiment was a first attempt in just three patients. But in spots in the brain where the new technology took aim, it enhanced removal of Alzheimer’s trademark brain-clogging plaque, researchers reported … Read more

New AI tool may help better detect, treat cancers: Study – ET HealthWorld

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New AI tool may help better detect, treat cancers: Study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that interprets medical images with unprecedented clarity and may help clinicians diagnose and better treat cancers that might otherwise go undetected. The tool, called iStar (Inferring Super-Resolution Tissue Architecture), and developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, US, provides both highly detailed views … Read more

Fitterfly launches JEDi: A Leap Forward in AI-enabled Diabetes Interventions in India – ET HealthWorld

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Fitterfly launches JEDi: A Leap Forward in AI-enabled Diabetes Interventions in India – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: India is at the brink of a diabetes epidemic, with over 101 million people living with diabetes and over 130 million with a very high risk of developing it in the next 5 years. Despite advances in healthcare, the world is staring at a ticking time bomb that threatens the ability of India to … Read more

AIIMS, IIT-D design AI-based neurosurgery simulation training – ET HealthWorld

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AIIMS, IIT-D design AI-based neurosurgery simulation training – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, in collaboration with IIT Delhi, has designed AI-based simulators to train and evaluate budding neurosurgeons for minimally invasive microscopic and endoscopic surgical skills. According to experts, this is aimed at changing the way neurosurgical skills especially precise actions that make a huge difference in brain surgery — … Read more

Artificial intelligence lowers barrier to ultrasonic brain treatment – ET HealthWorld

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Artificial intelligence lowers barrier to ultrasonic brain treatment – ET HealthWorld

Sejong: Using ultrasound energy to target specific millimetres of the brain, including deep areas, focused ultrasound technology is a non-invasive therapeutic approach that treats neurological disorders without necessitating opening the skull. Because it doesn’t harm nearby good tissue and reduces side effects like infections and difficulties, it has been used to treat a range of … Read more

AI-model found to recognise patients’ emotions in therapy session, including fleeting ones – ET HealthWorld

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AI-model found to recognise patients’ emotions in therapy session, including fleeting ones – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: An AI-driven system was found to be able to recognise facial expressions conveying emotions such as happiness and sadness, even fleeting ones, that researchers say could help support psychotherapy. The AI system that the researchers used for the study was a freely available artificial neural network trained to detect six basic emotions – … Read more

2023 in Reflection: AI and the Continuum of care in the Indian healthcare system – ET HealthWorld

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2023 in Reflection: AI and the Continuum of care in the Indian healthcare system – ET HealthWorld

By Mudit Dandwate “In the realm of healthcare, every challenge is an opportunity for innovation, every setback a call for resilience. As we navigate the intricate dance of restructuring and reckon with the global health landscape, let us embrace the words of Winston Churchill: ‘Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the … Read more