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Nestle India finds a sweet spot in elderly Indians
In the next two quarters, Nestle India will introduce healthcare products suitable for nutritional needs of the ageing population.
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- South Asia
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It’s a bird…It’s a plane…It’s an edible aid drone!
Edible drones filled with food, water or medicine could soon become indispensable in humanitarian emergencies by delivering live-saving supplies to remote areas hit by natural disasters or conflict, their designers said on Monday.
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Microsoft Helps Build a Mosquito Trap With Brains
A smart trap for mosquitoes? A new high-tech version is promising to catch the bloodsuckers while letting friendlier insects escape — and even record the exact weather conditions when different species emerge to bite.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Improved Cookstoves Boost Health and Forest Cover in the Himalayas
Environmental organisations like Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) are helping mountain communities minimise the health and environmental risks involved in using firewood for cooking in confined places.
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Safe toilets help flush out disease in Cambodia’s floating communities
Open defecation in villages on Tonlé Sap lake contributes to sickness, pollution and drownings. Now, a pathogen-filtering toilet looks set to change lives.
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- South Asia
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How Philips is using AI to transform healthcare
Data scientists have begun betting on the use of machine learning, deep learning, Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help in the early detection of diseases and advance healthcare. Leading the way on the road to healthcare analytics are the world’s five largest medical device companies—Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare, Siemens, Medtronic and Philips Healthcare.
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How Philips is using AI to transform healthcare
Philips Innovation Campus is using technologies such as machine and deep learning, artificial intelligence technologies to help in the early detection of diseases.
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He devised a business plan that’s improved livelihoods in his native Senegal
Bagoré Bathily opened Senegal’s only fresh milk production company in 2007, capitalizing on the fact that 30 percent of the population lives off cattle rearing. Hundreds of cowherds have earned more income.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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