20-Jun-17 Ybrain’s headband being used for clinical study at Harvard Medical School. The product is lauded for its ability to address Koreans' reluctance to receive in-hospital treatment due to social stigmas. [image: Park Hyun-koo / The Korea Herald]

17-Jun-17 Due to a rapidly aging population and fewer children, Japan is experiencing a chronic labor shortage in the nursing care industry and looking to information technology and foreign workers to fill the gap. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

15-Jun-17 The majority of Singaporeans may be unfamiliar with health technology, but they are equally open to using it says a survey, finding that 77% agree that connected care will come in handy to improve overall health. [image: The Straits Times / Philips ASEAN Pacific Cigna]

15-Jun-17 Six out of the top 30 companies in the Nikkei Asia300 list are healthcare players, including Indian and Indonesian pharma companies, and two Malaysian rubber glove makers. Overall, Indian players held 10 of the top 30 spots. [image: Reuters]

09-Jun-17 Brazilian scientists at the Federal University of Paraná have developed a biosensor that can detect dengue, the painful mosquito-borne virus that infects millions each year, in 15 minutes and costs only USD30. [image: ET Healthworld]