02-Nov-14 Mobile health company mClinica is expanding in Southeast Asia after receiving funds from Globe Telecom’s Kickstart Ventures. mClinica has access to over 1,400 pharmacy outlets and over 20 million customers. The network allows drug companies to reach pharmacy customers via mobile phone, enabling more affordable treatment and better medication adherence. [image: Globe Telecom]

31-Oct-14 It will soon be easier and safer to wheel hospital beds around Singapore’s Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, with the roll-out of ‘robot’ beds which can be pushed by just one worker instead of the usual two. [image: The Straits Times]

30-Oct-14 When asked to rate what is most important to them in life, people across the world list health, education for their children, and safety from crime. Owning a cellphone or a car do not matter so much. People in emerging markets are a lot more satisfied now than they were in 2007, according to a new survey, with Indonesians and the Chinese surging ahead in their accumulation of contentment.

27-Oct-14 Malaysia welcomed about 770,000 international medical tourists in 2013. Rising rapidly in the rankings, China is ranked fourth in terms of number of medical tourists visiting Malaysia, after Indonesia, India and Japan. [image: Wiki Commons]

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23-Oct-14 Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health is accelerating the development of traditional Thai medical services, and giving a major boost to the use of Thai herbal remedies combined with modern medicine, in an effort to reduce dependence on imported pharmaceuticals. [image: Orchid Travel]