Employee benefit structures have witnessed sustantial change over the last few years. These are being shaped according to what the employee wants rather than what the employer can give. Moreover, many companies are offering innovative benefits in order to retain talent. However, in some firms, there has been a significant reduction in some of the […]
Exercise helps boost mental power
Recent research indicates that aerobic exercise boost brainpower even in older adults. This was revealed in a randomized controlled trials conducted in the United States, France and Sweden, involving 670 adults age 55 and over. The researchers at the University of Applied Sciences, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, found participation in aerobic exercise programmes increase respiratory […]
Take care of your child: You will not get a second chance
Childhood comes just once. And children should get undiluted attention from their parents. Spending money on them under the garb to protect your social prestige won’t get you the care, you will need when the time catches up. Diane Loomans says it all in ‘If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again’ If I […]
Asia’s first artificial heart transplant performed in Bangalore
Get yourself an artificial heart and doctors of Bangalore’s Narayana Hrudayalaya will plug it in for you. The life-saving device costs only Rs 34 lakh. On 20th March, 54-year-old Venkatakrishnaiah became the first Asian to have an artificial heart implantation. An engineer by profession, he had a severe heart attack in 2003. Despite […]
Fast and Effective Medical Treatment is Driving "Western " Patients to India
India has always been an exotic destination for tourism be it for culture, traditions, and monuments. And now, India is getting more tourists who come as medical tourist for healing. Five years ago, there were 1.5 Lakh medical tourist visited India bringing in earnings of $300 million. Since then the travelers have been increasing each […]
God’s Blessings…
God’s Blessings… A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased […]