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A case for school wellness checkup for children

December 16, 2022

The need of the hour is a more holistic screening by a physician along with the services of a dentist, psychologist, and other paramedical staff Preventive...

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Sri Lanka: Riding the telemedicine wave

April 17, 2021

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The pandemic has been a watershed moment, giving a fillip to startups providing plug-and-play virtual healthcare solutions across Sri Lanka. But will the trend...

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Electric toothbrush: Worth a try?

February 19, 2021

What electric toothbrushes essentially do is optimise and automate an oral hygiene routine that is often considered mundane and not given the diligence it...

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Asia: Emerging centre of innovation for medtech?

August 23, 2019

While the terms healthtech and medtech may seem synonymous, the fact is that there is more than a subtle difference. The World Health Organization (WHO)...