Cardiovascular Diseases

Dr (Maj) Satish Somayya Jeevannavar’s medtech startup launched the AiSteth, a digital stethoscope that records and analyses patient heart sounds that can be interpreted by professionals across cities, in a bid to provide affordable rural healthcare.

While the cost of this surgery in a private hospital is approximately 2 lakh. While the financially well-off can afford treatments and surgeries, the underprivileged are left out.

What particularly led the authorities to bring such an initiative in place is the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in Kerala, which has been found to be between 24-33 per cent.

The recent Union Budget had a pleasant surprise for the healthcare sector, in the form of significantly higher allocation of funds. However, it still missed out on addressing measures to tackle NCDs. Aman Gupta takes a look at what’s needed to turn this situation around.

Everyone needs to understand that our genes are just one factor, one cog in the wheel that takes us hurtling towards the path of lifestyle disease-dom. Kavita Devgan explores the multiple factors that cause lifestyle diseases, and how to overcome them.