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Fortis jumps to new high on overseas acuisition
Fortis Healthcare has jumped to a new high in opening trades on news of acquiring Singapore healthcare giant....
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15 - 30 minutes old  | - DNA India | The first study, conducted by University of Oxford researchers, saw examination of the link between body mass index (BMI) and liver cirrhosis in 1.2 million middle-aged UK women as part of the Million Women Study.... |  |
30 minutes - 1 hour old | - MoneyControl | Healthcare vertical is going to become a big paly in next 57 years time, and Fortis may very well emerge as a top player, according to CNBCTV18 managing editor Udayan Mukherjee. He foresees Fortis taking over Apollo Hospitals in the long run.... | |
1 - 2 hours old | - DNA India | But the scientists said their findings may only be true for women who have taken older-style pills rather than those on more modern types of drugs, since their study began in 1968.... | |
| - DNA India | The glamouratti is set to put their best foot forward in a show that will help cancer patients.... | |
| - MoneyControl | Hold Fortis Healthcare, says Anu Jain, VPIIFL Private Wealth Management.
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2 - 4 hours old | - Business Standard | Fortis Healthcare has jumped to a new high in opening trades on news of acquiring Singapore healthcare giant.... | |
6 - 8 hours old | - BBC | England will make a last-minute call on the fitness of Stuart Broad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.... | |
8 - 10 hours old | - CNN | Former football star and television actor Merlin Olsen has died after a long battle with cancer, the St. Louis Rams said Thursday.... | |
10 - 12 hours old | - The Hindu |
The Assam government on Thursday tabled the Assam Public Health Bill, 2010, which seeks to make health care facility a basic right to every citizen, on the floor of the Assam Assembly. The p...
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| - Times of India | A quiet revolution to create a healthier India has kicked off in the east with Assam on Thursday becoming the first state in the country to introduce a bill guaranteeing the right to health and well-being.... | |
| - The Financial Express | What do Barack Obama's struggles to undertake health reform and the position of para-teachers in rural Bihar have in....... | |
| - The Financial Express | Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare, promoted by Singh brothers Shivinder and Malvinder, is set to spread its wings across Asia by purchasing close to 24% stake in Singapore-based hospital network Parkway Holdings for $685.3 million.... | |
| - DNA India | One person dies, 65 other residents contract disease at the Panchshil housing society in Worli.... | |
| - Hindustan Times | Bihar?s popular health food sattu has taken the Grammys by storm. A Patna-based company marketing it as a beverage under the brand name Grammy Instant Sattu Drink could be in a soup.... | |
| - Hindustan Times | Within the civic healthcare system, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Manisha Mhaiskar, is the woman in the hot seat. She responds to issues raised by the Hindustan Times in its four-part series on the city?s public healthcare system, and outlines the BMC?s plan of action.... | |
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You are reading this on World Kidney Day and the doctors are telling you to mind your blood sugar. Puzzling? Wait, diabetes and hypertension are two of the most common causes of renal disease in I...
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Executives of the Sankara Nethralaya who graduated in the Executive Diploma in Health Care Management programme run by the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) were awarded certifica...
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| - The Hindu Business Line | Fortis Healthcare Ltd on Thursday announced the acquisition of a 23.9 per cent strategic stake in Singapore-based healthcare service provider, Parkway Holdings Ltd. The deal size is estimated to be about $685.3... | |
12 - 14 hours old | - Live Mint | The ministry of pubic health has announced that all cigarette and gutka packets must carry a pictorial warning. As a 2007 study showed, such warnings need to be large and direct... | |
14 - 16 hours old | - DNA India | A new research has shown that seaweed extract can help treat lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system.... | |
16-18 hours old | - DNA India | A study found that some of these urinary changes place weight-loss surgery patients at higher risk for developing kidney stones than obese patients who do not undergo the procedure.... | |
| - MoneyControl | Fortis Healthcare added nearly 6 lakh shares in open interest. Educomp was up nearly 3% again with an open interest buildup of 1.1 lakh shares. Balrampur Chini was down nearly 3% with a buildup of 30 lakh shares in open interest.... | |
18-20 hours old | - The Hindu |
The City Police Commissioner, C. Sylendra Babu, on Wednesday launched a medical check up for police personnel in association with PSG Hospitals. Earlier, the police had launched a health che...
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The City Police Commissioner, C. Sylendra Babu, on Wednesday launched a medical check up for police personnel in association with PSG Hospitals. Earlier, the police had launched a health che...
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| - DNA India | This latest deal will increase Fortis' hospital network to 62, which the company said would make it the biggest hospital network in Asia, with more than 10,000 beds.... | |
| - Live Mint | Fortis Healthcare will acquire the stake from TPG Capital (formerly Texas Pacific Group) in an off-market deal, it said in a filing to the National Stock Exchange... | |
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Oncologist A.Y. Rao will address an awareness meeting on the occasion of National Day of Genealogical Cancers on Thursday, as part of a programme being organised by the A.Y. Rao Cancer Centr...
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| - Business Standard | Delhi-based Fortis Healthcare today said that it is acquiring 23.9 per cent stake in Parkway Holdings, one of the Asia's largest healthcare service providers, from TPG Capital in an off-market deal.... | |
| - DNA India | In recent years, most rich countries, and some poorer ones, have seen a massive rise in so-called "metabolic syndrome", whose symptoms can include insulin resistance, high blood cholesterol etc. ... | |
| - DNA India | A team of researchers has found that a thyroid-hormone-like substance that works specifically on the liver reduces blood cholesterol with no serious side effects.... | |
| - MoneyControl | Fortis Healthcare plans to acquire 24% stake in Parkway Holdings for USD 685.3 million, reports CNBCTV18\'s Ekta Batra. The company plans to acquire this stake from TPG Capital. ... | |
20 - 24 hours old | - DNA India | Chief medical officer of Reasi district has been suspended for not attending a review meeting called by the state health minister.... | |
| - DNA India | A constant gum-chewing habit can cause wrinkles to pop up, health experts warn. People who chew gum compulsively are likely to develop wrinkles around their mouth, according to doctors.... | |
Earlier News | - DNA India | A constant gum-chewing habit can cause wrinkles to pop up, health experts warn. People who chew gum compulsively are likely to develop wrinkles around their mouth, according to doctors.... | |
| - BBC | Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.... | |
| - CNN | President Obama is turning up the heat on private health insurers again, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to Missouri.... | |
| - The Financial Express | John Maynard Keynes wrote during the Great Depression that only "fools and madmen" will tell you "the path of escape is to be found in strict economy". Several countries have now started "strict economy", or fiscal tightening, after the biggest financial crisis since WWII.... | |
| - Bengaluru Deccan Chronicle | March 10: The rising incidence of diabetes in the country is also leading to more people suffering from kidney ailments. A recent studysays40 to 50 per cent of people with kidney diseases have developed it as a result of their diabetic condition.
One third of the 40 million people who are diabetic in India are likely to dev... | |
| - Hyderabad Deccan Chronicle | Hyderabad: The successful passage of the Women?s Reservation Bill left the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, with an upset tummy. This was not because he was unable to stomach the provisions of the Bill but because he was forced to eat the sweetswhich women MLAs and ministers offered him at the Secretariat. The CM, who suffers... | |
| - Hyderabad Deccan Chronicle | Hyderabad: The successful passage of the Women?s Reservation Bill left the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, with an upset tummy. This was not because he was unable to stomach the provisions of the Bill but because he was forced to eat the sweetswhich women MLAs and ministers offered him at the Secretariat. The CM, who suffers... | |
| - DNA India | Police booked the four under the Damage to Public Property (Prevention) Act for allegedly defacing the poster.... | |
| - Hindustan Times | Patients of diabetes and hypertension, time for a shocker. These two categories are the most vulnerable to chronic kidney disease.... | |
| - The Hindu Business Line | Ever heard of people saying that they hold a certain percentage of gold in their health insurance or pension... | |
| - DNA India | Banerjee and her party leader and minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi held a 45-minute meeting with Gandhi at her residence, which was described as 'very positive'.... | |
| - DNA India | US health secretary Kathleen Sebelius will escalate pressure on health insurance companies on Wednesday, urging them to forgo short-term profits.... | |
| - DNA India | The renowned mental health expert has joined psychiatry boss Louise Newman and the Brain and Mind Institute's Ian Hickie in urging senators to vote for an inquiry.... | |
| - BBC | The producer of a BBC documentary about poor health in pedigree dogs accuses the Kennel Club of not doing enough to improve matters since its broadcast in 2008.... | |
| - DNA India | Starting metformin treatment early doubles chance of success for people with diabetes, a new research has found.... | |
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Union Health Secretary to file a detailed affidavit about launching of a new short-term medical course for primary health care service in rural areas...
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| - BBC | Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard reveals she has been receiving treatment for a "serious breakdown" and depression.... | |
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