Malaysia PM Anwar: AI in healthcare to boost efficiency, reduce cost wastage
He emphasised that since assuming office and taking on the Finance portfolio, his top priorities have consistently been education and healthcare.
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Kathmandu metropolis launches free cervical cancer screening
The health department is also planning to collect details of the elderly over 70 years who have been on medication for various non-communicable diseases. Officials said that the…
61 students in Bruneian capital receive eye screening
The initiative saw 61 students screened, with 20 identified as requiring further vision care attention.
When dogs become therapists in China
A growing army of trained animals is helping people — from children with autism to the elderly — enjoy more fulfilling lives.
The high cost of neglecting women’s health
Apart from being unjust, deprioritising women’s health concerns comes with missed opportunities.
Food poisoning mars second week of Indonesia’s free meals rollout
National Nutrition Agency Head Dadan Hindayana said President Prabowo Subianto had concurred that such an incident could happen at anytime and had expressed appreciation for the…
Controlled drug Ketamine a lifeline for patients with severe depression in Singapore
Since October 2020 – when the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) first authorised sale of an esketamine nasal spray for serious depression – five psychiatrists who used the…
Kidney patients deprived of dialysis service at Nepali hospital
Local people, patients, and their relatives criticise the government and authorities concerned for not operating the dialysis service at the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences.
Pakistan tops annual smoking death toll in South Asia: report
According to the Global Burden of Disease 2024, Pakistan reported an annual death rate from smoking of 91.1 per 100,000 people, notably higher than the averages for South Asia…
Two ‘off-label’ chemo drugs used together to fight bladder cancer successfully in Singapore
The new union of gemcitabine and docetaxel was offered from October 2023 specifically to patients who were unresponsive to treatment and at higher risk for surgery. They are now…