Tech-based Ayurveda Startup NirogStreet launches 'Vaidya Tool' to fuel Ayurveda Healthcare Growth

The ancient science and healthcare discipline, Ayurveda is an effective and one of the most sustainable healthcare systems in the world. But, the biggest challenge that Ayurveda has faced is lack of knowledge sharing and documenting evidence based treatment resulting in loosing of precious knowledge and trust.With the power of integrated technology NirogStreet, India’s first technology led Ayurveda platform to make Ayurveda mainstream, is brining authentic and trustworthy Ayurvedic healthcare up to speed with modern healthcare requirements.

NirogStreet has launched “NirogStreet Vaidya Tool” a specialised SaaS based software for Ayurvedic practitioners and clinics and hospitals.



No technology was available for Indian Ayurveda Doctors, till recent times, which could assist them resolve everyday problems encountered in practice. But now NirogStreet Vaidya Tool software enables Ayurveda practitioners to create and manage patient records, patient follow-up, medicine prescription, bills and manage inventory and medicine stock, etc.

NirogStreet Vaidya Tool will also serve as a rich knowledge pool for Ayurvedic Doctors as it also provides the unique feature of access to 250+ diseases treatment protocol, diet & lifestyle modifications in details, Prakruti Parikshana, Suvarna Prashan records. Investigation records of patients can also be maintained with the software. First time in India more than 100 senior and renowned Ayurvedic practitioners in the country have shared their experiences and knowledge to develop this software.

 

NirogStreet will provide Vaidya Tool complementary to all Ayurveda practitioners across the country. This will empower more than 5.5 lacs Ayurveda practitioners in the country by making their practice, hospitals and clinics technology enabled. Enabling Ayurveda treatment ecosystem can take it to new levels and help in sharing the benefits of Ayurveda healthcare with the world.

Speaking about the launch Mr. Ram N Kumar, Founder, NirogStreet said,”Our vision is to make Ayurveda the first call of treatment not just in India but across the globe. With Vaidya Tool, we have givenAyurveda healthcare the avatar which the 21st century understands, recognizes and is comfortable to use. Technology enabling will open opportunities to document, preserve and structure the valuable knowledge of Ayurveda, enable knowledge sharing among practitioners, encourage evidence based authentic ayurvedic treatment and capacity building of the ecosystem. We truly believe that India can lead the revolution of global healthcare systems by enabling technology in Ayurveda.”

NirogStreet is closely working with Ayurvedic doctor community, institutions and policy makers to advance Ayurvedic research and collaboration with modern medical technologies, to make this ancient treatment science more result oriented and trusted. Spiral Ventures (Japanese venture fund) backed NirogStreet has aggressive plans to certify 5000 ayurveda doctors and clinics by FY 2020. NirogStreet not only aims to create awareness and make effective Ayurvedic treatment accessible to all but also intend to combat the issue of fake Ayurvedic medicines and faulty Ayurvedic treatment being dispensed in the market by quacks.

The company has plans to partner with over 100 Ayurvedic medicine manufacturers and esteemed brands in next two years to provide the best quality medicines to the patients.It has successfully enabled over 40,000 + Ayurvedic doctors to adopt evidence-based treatment in Ayurveda using its NirogStreet for Ayurveda doctor’s mobile application. Around 8000 doctors in the country are ordering ayurvedic medicines from its e-commerce platform.This technology-driven SaaS tools and platform provides access to authentic Ayurveda doctors on a global scale with a focus to implement best practices and deliver quality Ayurveda healthcare. Realising the optimistic future and potential Spiral Ventures (Japanese venture fund), Subho Ray (President, Internet and Mobile Association of India) and Samir Kumar (Director at Deutsche Bank, Singapore) have invested in NirogStreet’s growth.

About NirogStreet:

NirogStreet is country’s leading organisation and a unique concept in the Ayurveda healthcare ecosystem which aims to make Ayurveda first call of treatment. This technology-driven SaaS tools and platform provides access to authentic Ayurveda doctors on a global scale with a focus to implement best practices and deliver quality Ayurveda healthcare.

As the world is quickly moving from reactive to proactive healthcare, the demand for holistic healing methods such as Ayurveda is at an all-time high. NirogStreet leverages the wide network of practitioners to promote health and wellness in the society.

With technology-based intervention, NirogStreet curates and empowers doctors by working closely with Ministry of AYUSH, regulators, and research organisations. NirogStreet encourages doctors to create and publish case studies and research reports so as to bring in evidence-based treatment similar to modern medicine.

Lybrate Is India's First 'Mobile First' platform That Connect Patients With Doctors

Imagine the pain of patients who have to bear the brunt of heavy traffic for hours just to show the medical report to their favourite doctor. Or a couple just moved in a new city and their kid is sick. They don't know which doctor to go. Or a software engineer who lives in a metro and his parents are alone and sick at home. There are plenty of such situations which call for an all-time access to a trusted doctor or even a multi-specialty clinic. Lybrate.com, an online platform for patients to book appointments with doctors, has addressed these problems with easy techniques.

Founded in 2013 by Saurabh Arora and Rahul Narang, Lybrate is an online and mobile-based platform that connects patients to doctors. Patients can use the service for free to find trusted doctors recommended by other patients near their locations and also book an online appointment with them. Doctors will have their share of advantage as well by using this platform to manage appointments, medical records, payment, billing and expenses for their clinics. Lybrate claims its platform empowers doctors with critical patient information anytime, anywhere, so that they can access patient’s medical history in a short time.

With a user-friendly interface, this app available for Android users can enable a patient a private conversation with any doctor of his choice, just like a Whatsapp chat. They have made sure that doctors too don't have to compromise on their consultation fees. At any point of time, the doctor can decide if he wants the consultation to be paid or not. So now, one can upload their reports, or other medical documents, do voice chats with their doctor and even pay him to have the confidence of right and apt consultation.

"Healthcare is seeing a lot of activity. We see a huge opportunity in improving access to healthcare using technology. Lybrate’s innovative platform and easy to use interface truly brings health at your fingertips", says Saurabh.

One of the foremost features of this app is that top doctors from all over the country can post general suggestions and tips for the patients and health enthusiasts. They can schedule and send Do's and Don'ts to critical patients like pregnant women or patients who just have undergone some surgery. Besides, Lybrate also offers Find Doctors/Book Appointment Service to help people find best doctors around them. So in a nutshell, Lybrate is a complete health platform for people where doctors take care of patients.

Rahul says "Patients will now have the power to have multiple opinions, and that too from different streams, such as Ayurveda, Allopathy, Homeopathy, Unani, etc, right from their home. On doctor's front, they too get a chance to learn from other top doctors in India. All in all it is a win-win situation for all."

The company raised $1.23 million in funding from Nexus Venture Partners. Lybrate is also backed by Gokul Rajaram, a technologist who has played key roles at Facebook and Vispi Daver, prominent project capitalist, who has invested in various other Indian and US based start-ups. The company is available on Android platform and will be available on iOS very soon.

With the motivation towards such a noble cause and in the fast growing online healthcare sector, Lybrate is sure to make some serious inroads. We wish them all the best in their endeavour.

FeetApart - A Social Network Based Health Platform

FeetApart is a social network based health platform (both web and mobile) for employee engagement and wellness. Based out of Bangalore and founded by two fitness enthusiasts, Abhishek Roy and Ashrith G, both being techies and having work experiences of several years. The team at FeetApart aims to motivate employees to pick up healthy habits and lifestyle and helps employers to reduce overall organization costs by improved employee productivity, reduced employee disengagement & attrition.

Feetapart is a competition-based platform where users form teams, share their physical activities and encourage each other to earn more points and get their team up on the leader board. These points are translated into frequent rewards in the form of cash & coupons. Also, they have a Gujarat based mobile app development company that works closely with them in their customer acquisition and sales tasks.

Abhishek says, "Me and Ashrith were part of the Data team at Qyuki Digital Media (a Shekhar Kapur & AR Rahman initiative) where we met. I have been a marathon runner for the last 7 years and have always wanted to do something related to health & fitness and the need to inspire others to pick up a healthy lifestyle was clearly innate. Ashrith, meditator for 7 years, conducted online meditation sessions for users across the globe. The idea took shape when Ashrith suggested building a social network around health and fitness. We realized we both complemented each other with the 'mind & body wellbeing experience' and we both loved inspiring others to get healthier. Given the sedentary nature of our jobs, we clearly felt the need of a platform (not just an app) that motivates users to do a little more (physically) and get healthier. Also, organizations struggle with lack of data about how engaged and active their employees are."



Ashrith adds, "FeetApart is built by people passionate about improving the lifestyle of others. To enable this, we have built FeetApart as an ecosystem, not as a product. We have wellness experts on our platform to guide and help our users achieve their health goals. We also have a flexible fitness app integration layer that can integrate with most of the fitness apps and wearable. FeetApart is a data-driven platform. We use data to power our goals and activity recommendation engine as well as an engaging dashboard to provide insights to both employers and employees. Simplicity and understanding of the beginner mind-set towards health and incentives are what make our product easy to use and adapt."



Currently FeetApart, with a team of 4 members, is in talks with other partners who can give them health based data and others with whom they can partner for offline activities. They are also talking to/looking for nutritionists and coaches to partner with us.

When Asked about the future expansion plans, Abhishek says, "We are looking at more fitness app/wearable integrations, intelligent data-driven workout plans, more wellness experts, food tracking, inter-organization competitions to list a few. We envision FeetApart as a global product and have a global go-to market plan for that. We are also in talks with an established organization to build a global consumer version of the platform. As of now we are bootstrapped. Although we are in talks with a few angel investors and are looking for some angel funding now to accelerate our sales and expansion process as well as drive engagement and support for our customers."

Ashrith says "It has been an interesting journey so far, B2B space has shown lots of interest and it's a matter of time when we can have around 10 organizations using our platform. We are also listening keenly to all our prospects and customers and making sure they benefit from our product. We recently exhibited at the GMIC Bangalore event and saw huge interest in our product."

Thinking that mistakes are inevitable and you need to quickly learn from them and move on to better solutions is the key philosophy that the team at FeetApart works on. Also, any work that is done is done while keeping in focus the benefits or values it adds.

With a strong message of "finding something you are passionate about, taking calculated risks and to learn from others mistakes and save time and frustration" for future entrepreneurs, Abhishek has this fear of leaving this world without having a considerable positive impact, for which, we wish him and the entire team of FeetApart, all the luck they need.

Alivemeter Launches NextGen Health Platform Driving People To Be The Decision-Makers Of Health

Hurried and unhealthy meals, working late, incomplete sleep – this defines the so-called tech generation. The result? A host of lifestyle diseases that threatens to be the next epidemic. Alivemeter brings a technology-driven online platform, empowering people to take complete charge of their health. What better message on World Diabetes Day!

Leveraging the power of Internet, Mumbai-based Alivemeter is online health startup which enables people to assume the driver's seat in the matters of health, through a medium that they are most comfortable with. This allows people to take measurable steps towards wellness, on their own terms. Alivemeter is bootstraped startup with no external funding.

Tanushri, founder of Alivemeter.com felt that in the pursuit of professional and personal success, people seem to be forgetting their health.

Tanushri have an overall 12 years experience in corporate world, she coined the idea of Alivemeter from her personal experiences. "Having spent over a decade in corporate world and thought there is a need gap for a service like alivemeter. From germination of the thought to actually taking it live, there are involvement of many individuals who brought their skills and expertise to make this happen." said Tanushri on how she envisaged the Alivemeter as successful online health tool.

"World Diabetes Day was established with a vision to create awareness of increasing incidence of diabetes. The most common form, type II diabetes is a lifestyle disease, and so are obesity, heart disease and high BP. We realized that even though people would like to shrug off their sedentary lifestyles, they needed a simpler way of doing this. This laid the foundation for Alivemeter," said one of the founders.

She continued, "Globally, the search for health-related information is one of the highest. 4 out of 5 web users look for health information, that’s a whopping 80%. However, not all these searches end in providing care. When we turn to the web for anything and everything, why not leverage Internet for health too!"

A brainchild of corporate professionals, the Alivemeter team also includes graduates from IIT and other leading institutions of India.

Right from providing reliable health information to smart health management tools, Alivemeter allows members and their families to be at the centre of their health and wellness. Members can set health goals, track their performance, identify their health problems, and much more.

This NextGen platform also provides members access to leading doctors (MD), with whom they can interact for expert consultation. Members can share their medical history and reports with doctors, who diagnose the condition and offer guidance for the appropriate course of action.

In addition to doctors, Alivemeter members can connect with other healthcare professionals for a holistic lifestyle. Members can have their own personal nutritionist, who guide, encourage and follow-up to achieve their health goals.

By allowing direct access to healthcare professionals, Alivemeter endeavors to bridge the widening gap between consumers and healthcare stakeholders. This in turn will increase the efficiency and quality of care delivered.
As part of its launch, Alivemeter has offered the first 1000 registrants the benefits of premium membership for free until 31 Jan 2014.

Reflecting on this initiative, one of the founders said, "We are positive that our offerings will be a great value addition to our customers. We look forward to hearing their experiences with our platform. The free premium membership is part of our initiative to receive their feedback, so that we can further improve the overall experience."

Bangalore Startup 'GetActive' Launches Wearable Band to Track Health

Indian startups are swiftly coming in so as to share the pie of wearable tech world. Bangalore's Koramangala startup 2mpower Health Management Services Pvt. Ltd. has built a wearable wrist-band called 'GetActive Tapp' which syncs with your smartphone to deliver fitness stats on daily physical activities and the cost of this stylish band is just Rs.4999.

GetActive tapp is a wearable band from the house of Wearable technology provider GetActive which helps you keep a track of your physical health such as the distance covered, number of steps taken and amount of calories burnt. The band was recently launched and will be available on popular e-commerce site Myntra. Mohandas Pai, former Infosys board member and Chairman of Manipal Global education is an esteemed investor in the Bangalore based GetActive. However, the amount of Pai's investment in the company is not known.

The GetActive tapp easily syncs with your Smartphone and delivers your fitness stats through it. Besides this, in order to gain currency among its users, the company will also provide the users with points for every step they take. These points can be redeemed by them in GetActive's partner ecosystem for which the GetActive has tied-up with retail market brands.



GetActive, the company, was born after three years of strenuous hardwork and research from well experienced and knowledgeable people in the field of disease management, wellness, behavior psychology, information technology and motion sensor applications.  The company believes in everything fun, simple and scientific. It has core team of four members which include Mohammed Hussain Naseem , Murtaza, Sreejith and Sourav Sipani. GetActive is owned by a firm called 2mpower Health Management Services.

According to Mohammed Hussain Naseem's statement, "Our goal is to create an active India, where individuals walk towards their well being. Today, 10 million steps are clocked everyday on GetActive platform. Our aim is to increase this count to 100 billion steps in the next 30 months".  Nassem is the Founder and CEO of 2mpower Health Management Services.

You can buy GetActive Tapp on GetActive's website at price of Rs.4999 and will soon be available on e-commerce site Myntra.

In 2013-2014 the total turn-over of the company was Rs.1.5 crore and the health-tech startup has targeted Rs.2.5 crore in 2014-15 fiscal year.

The wearable technology market is booming like never before in India, it is expected to grow from a decent Rs.50 crores in 2014 to mammoth of Rs. 2,500 crores in the next four years. On the other hand, the Wearable Technology is expected to get past the $8 million mark in the United States by 2018. According to Mohandas's statement to Financial Express,"“Wearable technology has seen good traction in the US markets and rates high in the mind of Indian customers. I see an immense opportunity in this sector".

Bangalore Startup 'GetActive' Launches Wearable Band to Track Health

Indian startups are swiftly coming in so as to share the pie of wearable tech world. Bangalore's Koramangala startup 2mpower Health Management Services Pvt. Ltd. has built a wearable wrist-band called 'GetActive Tapp' which syncs with your smartphone to deliver fitness stats on daily physical activities and the cost of this stylish band is just Rs.4999.

GetActive tapp is a wearable band from the house of Wearable technology provider GetActive which helps you keep a track of your physical health such as the distance covered, number of steps taken and amount of calories burnt. The band was recently launched and will be available on popular e-commerce site Myntra. Mohandas Pai, former Infosys board member and Chairman of Manipal Global education is an esteemed investor in the Bangalore based GetActive. However, the amount of Pai's investment in the company is not known.

The GetActive tapp easily syncs with your Smartphone and delivers your fitness stats through it. Besides this, in order to gain currency among its users, the company will also provide the users with points for every step they take. These points can be redeemed by them in GetActive's partner ecosystem for which the GetActive has tied-up with retail market brands.



GetActive, the company, was born after three years of strenuous hardwork and research from well experienced and knowledgeable people in the field of disease management, wellness, behavior psychology, information technology and motion sensor applications.  The company believes in everything fun, simple and scientific. It has core team of four members which include Mohammed Hussain Naseem , Murtaza, Sreejith and Sourav Sipani. GetActive is owned by a firm called 2mpower Health Management Services.

According to Mohammed Hussain Naseem's statement, "Our goal is to create an active India, where individuals walk towards their well being. Today, 10 million steps are clocked everyday on GetActive platform. Our aim is to increase this count to 100 billion steps in the next 30 months".  Nassem is the Founder and CEO of 2mpower Health Management Services.

You can buy GetActive Tapp on GetActive's website at price of Rs.4999 and will soon be available on e-commerce site Myntra.

In 2013-2014 the total turn-over of the company was Rs.1.5 crore and the health-tech startup has targeted Rs.2.5 crore in 2014-15 fiscal year.

The wearable technology market is booming like never before in India, it is expected to grow from a decent Rs.50 crores in 2014 to mammoth of Rs. 2,500 crores in the next four years. On the other hand, the Wearable Technology is expected to get past the $8 million mark in the United States by 2018. According to Mohandas's statement to Financial Express,"“Wearable technology has seen good traction in the US markets and rates high in the mind of Indian customers. I see an immense opportunity in this sector".

DocSuggest becomes Ziffi.com, raises Rs 15 crore from Orios Venture Partners

Yesterday, DocSuggest officially announced that the online doctor search portal is now transforming into Ziffi.com. With new brand and domain name DocSuggest is expanding from doctor search and appointment service to a comprehensive health and personal care search and appointments service.

Notably, the Mumbai based startup has also raised Rs 15 crore in series A funding from Orios Venture Partners. Docsuggest will use the funding to expand its coverage in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore & Hyderabad and strengthen technology interface, enhance design and initiate an aggressive marketing and brand building campaign

Curretly, Docsuggest is used to be an online booking engine for doctors appointments and beauty salons.

In DocSuggest official blog, it is stated - "After 5 years, 15000 doctors, 2.5Lakhs appointments, over a Million users and many mistakes later, we are even more optimistic, hungry and revving to achieve bigger and faster. DocSuggest is expanding from doctor search and appointment service to a comprehensive health and personal care search and appointments service."

The Mumbai-based venture was founded in 2010 by IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur alumni Shantanu Jha, Keerthi Kiran Chennupati, Pushkar Soni and Anshuman Pandey.

Ziffi currently claims to have 1.2 million users and is adding 7,000-10,000 new users every month. The service is free for patients and it charges a fixed amount to the service provider for each appointment booked.

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Ziffi will compete with several vertical focused players which have also attracted investor interest. Healthcare appointments platform Practo Technologies, which has already got Rs 25 crore backing from Sequoia, is expected to raise about $20 million in fresh funding this year. Another competitor is HelpingDoc which raised Rs 10 crore Singapore's Senior Marketing Systems (SMS) in August followed by Lybrate, which got Rs 7-8 crore from Nexus Venture Partners. Another one is new entrant PathDoor, which also lets you compare and book diagnostic lab tests in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi at a discounted price.

DocSuggest provides real time, accurate and detailed analysis about healthcare services including doctors' profiles, schedule, specialties, rating, reviews by previous patients, etc about available options enabling users to make an informed decision.

After selection of a preferred healthcare facility, the user can book a real-time appointment with the healthcare facility of his/her choice.

After transforming into Ziffi.com completely, the portal along with current services of doctor search and appointment service, will also provide comprehensive health and personal care search and appointments services.

Fitquickly is your online dietician

Fitquickly.com is an upcoming startup based out of Poland. It claims to be the first interactive platform which specializes in dietetics.  It empowers people who are in need of dietary guidance to get face-to-face professional advice from experts through video chatting.

Fitquickly is a group of nine members who work very hard to achieve one common goal i.e. provide online solutions and advice to people having nutritional and dietary questions.  They believe prevention is above treatment and that small steps taken every day would slowly and steadily have a great impact on our body.

At Fitquickly, the mission is to give everyone an opportunity to get an expert opinion online.  In the age of internet where neither language, nor borders are a limit anymore, Fitquickly is a great initiative. In the coming future, the company not only aspires to be the most recognized and popular online platform for nutrition and diet queries but also the world’s leading diet centre.

Fitquickly.com comes packed with a lot of features.  It has a very friendly and easy to use video chat tool. It also comes with an easy to use calendar where you can easily schedule all your future appointments according to the time which best suits you.  To make sure that it users get the highest quality, it has a worldwide system of references.  There is no initial fee involved and the site also has a full secured data storage feature.

The procedure involves five simple steps. Firstly, you sign up with them on Fitquickly.com.  Secondly, you search for an expert who best suits your needs. Third, you book a session with your chosen expert. Fourth, you get consulted from the expert. In the fifth and last step, you achieve your goal. It is that simple.

Fitquickly.com also gives a number of benefits to its users.  It lets its user pick the dietician which suits their needs and schedule.  It has a great privacy feature where all the users’ data remains safe and hidden. All thanks to the time difference across the globe, you can make 24/7 appointments for instant video consultations. Further, the consultations are 30 minutes long and allow free files sharing during a meeting. In all, Fitquickly.com is an excellent initiative and is as easy as online shopping.

Fitquickly is your online dietician

Fitquickly.com is an upcoming startup based out of Poland. It claims to be the first interactive platform which specializes in dietetics.  It empowers people who are in need of dietary guidance to get face-to-face professional advice from experts through video chatting.

Fitquickly is a group of nine members who work very hard to achieve one common goal i.e. provide online solutions and advice to people having nutritional and dietary questions.  They believe prevention is above treatment and that small steps taken every day would slowly and steadily have a great impact on our body.

At Fitquickly, the mission is to give everyone an opportunity to get an expert opinion online.  In the age of internet where neither language, nor borders are a limit anymore, Fitquickly is a great initiative. In the coming future, the company not only aspires to be the most recognized and popular online platform for nutrition and diet queries but also the world’s leading diet centre.

Fitquickly.com comes packed with a lot of features.  It has a very friendly and easy to use video chat tool. It also comes with an easy to use calendar where you can easily schedule all your future appointments according to the time which best suits you.  To make sure that it users get the highest quality, it has a worldwide system of references.  There is no initial fee involved and the site also has a full secured data storage feature.

The procedure involves five simple steps. Firstly, you sign up with them on Fitquickly.com.  Secondly, you search for an expert who best suits your needs. Third, you book a session with your chosen expert. Fourth, you get consulted from the expert. In the fifth and last step, you achieve your goal. It is that simple.

Fitquickly.com also gives a number of benefits to its users.  It lets its user pick the dietician which suits their needs and schedule.  It has a great privacy feature where all the users’ data remains safe and hidden. All thanks to the time difference across the globe, you can make 24/7 appointments for instant video consultations. Further, the consultations are 30 minutes long and allow free files sharing during a meeting. In all, Fitquickly.com is an excellent initiative and is as easy as online shopping.

Menstrupedia is an Essential Online Puberty Guide for Teens

An online portal Menstrupedia has been gaining popularity among teen online users, it actually is a fun online guide to healthy periods (menstruation cycle), aiming at spreading awareness about menstruation and shatter myths around the subject in countries which are more conservative in these kind of subjects.

In country like India and south-east countries where women have lot of myths and disbelief about this natural phenomena of women , Menstrupedia.com aims at spreading awareness about menstruation and shatter myths around the subject. At menstrupedia we are devising various ways to help young girls and women stay informed about their body and managing their periods effectively.

The website offers features such as Ask questions, illustrated quick guide. The Ahmedabad based startup is also planning to release comic on the subject that will guide young girls about their changing bodies and especially about menstruation using stories adapted from real life situations, the comic will be released soon in various languages.

The Ahmedabad startup launched the portal in November' 2012 provide various other services as well as such as video journals and online comic strips called - "Tales of Changes" for young girls, where women from various NGOs spread the awareness through this comic strip to young girls.

Aditi Gupta a young entrepreneur from Jharkand, India and founder & brain-child of  Menstrupedia.com told WSJ India that - "Like most young girls, I started menstruating age 12. But only learned about what periods really were aged 15 in Class 9. Even then our teacher skipped the chapter, telling us to read it on our own".

Unlike to teen of 90's now teens have easy access to internet and the website Menstrupedia is a answer to this taboo subject in India providing resourceful guide about menstruation which helps girls and women to stay healthy and active during their menstruation.

The online portal has a team of dynamic and passionate people with complementary skills including gynecologists, subjects experts and content writers.

The online website is not just popular in India but abroad as well, apart from India it use to get visitors from 195 countries such as Canada and the Philippines

30+ Online Health & Wellness Related Portals in India

Below more than 30 various online health tools, portals and websites in varied categories such as online magazines, doctors' search, online consultation, parenting & baby care, e-commerce portal of health related products and even social or professional networking portals for doctors and healthcare professionals.

Doctor's Appointment & Search

Practo.com - Online doctors appointment service that cover the most regions of India in fact highest number of cities & towns i.e. 58 cities and other similar online services in India are not even close to it.

DocSuggest - A doctor search online service for Bangalore, Delhi/NCR, Hyderabad and Mumbai. DocSuggest also has Android app for mobiles to book appointment via mobile.

NamasteDoc - A free doctor search and fix appointment, you can search doctors by name, by hospital or by specialty, at moment the service is available in Delhi/NCR area, Mumbai and Jaipur.

Medecure.com - Online appointment service for mainly Maharashtra state i.e. - Mumbai, Pune and Ahmednagar regions only. The portal also has ask an expert service within portal for free.

Helpingdoc.com - Online Doctors appointment online service 24/7 for Delhi/NCR area only. The service claims to cut the long waits at doctors place by providing real-time confirmation, pre-filled information and helps patients see doctor soon.

MeetMyDoctor.in - Online appointment service for Bangalore only and patient will get booking SMS/Email notifications and reminders as well.

Doctorsbooking.com - Another online service to search doctors and make instant appointments for Bangalore only.

Online Health Magazines -

Arogya - A complete health portal which is not less than A-list health portals in India where you can find anything about health, wellness, diseases, health calculators and can  ask doctors online,  do drug search and more.

BoloHealth.com - This one is full-fledge health content portal covering articles, videos, news, blogs and ask queries on health, fitness, conditions and health ezines.

OnlyMyHealth - This is also  full-fledge health content portal covering interesting articles on health, wellness & fitness.  The site can also be read in Hindi version and have tools like doctors & hospital search

mDhil.com - A content based portal covering articles and videos on birth control, fitness and cardiac health other than English the portal has content in 5 Indian regional languages - Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.

HealthMeUp - A product by Times internet and blog layout based content portal covering articles, videos and recipes on health, fitness, diet and body weight.

Online Doctor Consultation -

PinkWhale - PinkWhale Healthcare Services is an e-Health company offering integrated online and telephone based personal healthcare services. This portal also caters its users to consult and ask query to doctors online though the portal is for global audience not just India.

Mediangels.com - This Mumbai, India based portal was launched 1.5 years back and is claimed to be  world’s first specialized Global eHospital where people can have access to doctors across the globe without the need of travelling and have over 350 Doctors on the board from 93 super specialties hospitals not just from India but worldwide (across 15 countries) such as - Howard, Stanford and John Hopkins, patients can avail medical opinions within 72 hours of uploading of medical history on the site.

Payment for services taken can be made through credit cards via the net and can vary between 250 rupees to 5000 rupees. As per the founder of portal even the best hospitals have 40 to 50 specialties, but at www.mediangels.com, they have doctors from more than 85 medical super-specialties on board.

DoctorVista - A portal where you can consult Doc online, ask query and even do videos chat with specialists doctors or online physicians and discuss your medical conditions online & live with licensed doctors, though some of these services are paid and one has to prepay after signing-up with portal.

HealthCareMagic.com - This is one of the complete online doctors consultation portal with 7500+ doctors network with variety of communication tools such as - Website, Android App, GMail/AIM chat bot and iPhone/iPad. One can add - askdoctor@answers.healthcaremagic.com to GTalk / AIM buddy list & ask doctors online & get alerts for solutions.

TopDoctorsOnline.com - It's a Doctors consultation portal plus complete health digest that includes articles, videos, health tools, medical directory as well as health shop where you can buy medicines, supplements and equipment.

DialurDoctor.com - This is purely doctor-on-call service under the domain of eHeathAccess.com which caters health and wellness needs for individual consumers, their families , employees of an organization and their families. One has to pay/register and can get consultation from a doctors at cost Rs.999 for whole family, Rs499 for single person, 99 for one time consultation and Rs150 for video consultation and other more subscription plans as well. You may also get free advice in discussion forum.

Healthizen - As the portal says its  a gateway to health & wellness, the portal divides into three - Healthcare Shopping, Healthcare Information, Healthcare Tools.

MyNutrition.in - This is online e-com portal that offer a single window solution to all fitness, nutritional, and wellness product to Indian consumers right from sports nutrition, vitamin & mineral supplements, organ supportive medicine, fat burners, herbal supplements and sports & fitness supplements organized neatly by categories, frankly I haven't seen such wide variety of supplement and medicine store online.

In addition, for people who are vegetarians and live in geographical location where there are not much choices for plant-based foods, there is risk of not sustaining a healthy body-mass index and thus losing to healthy weight. However, with more vegan-based weight gainers it is now possible to gain weight on a plant-based diet, suggests an interesting advice by Vegan Liftz, where it explains how to sustain healthy weight when one's life choices and metabolism seem to be conspiring against him/her.

Parenting & Baby Healthcare -

BabyCenter - The portal as claimed is no.1 pregnancy and parenting web and mobile destination worldwide  in 14 different location including India. It majorly provides very insightful articles, information, videos and tools for pregnancy and parenting. For pregnancy  and health of pregnant mother and if you want to know how your baby's growing, how mother's life is changing, pregnancy tips it's one of the best place online.

ParenTree -Parentree.in portal focuses on the practical aspects of Indian parenting, you can read articles, join groups and discussions write blogs etc. make other parents as you buddies, get or give reviews of schools and pre-schools, local activities in Indian cities, children's intelligence, reliable classes for arts and sports, growth charts, good nutrition, parenting tips, pregnancy, babies and children, child development, growth milestones, emotional development and behaviour.

IndiaParenting - The one stop shop online for all things parenting and baby care right from useful articles, information for 60 channels/categories and interactive tools such as - Ovulation Calculator, Due Date Calculator, Baby Name Finder, Kids Weight Calculator and many more. The site also have communities with discussion board to discuss all about parenting. 

E-Commerce -

DialHealth - The portal is shopping based health site where you buy health related stuffs online, one of the fantastic feature is that you don't have to find drugs/medicine you want , from pages by pages looking around, you can search drugs by just typing name and you'll get all varieties under same drug name.

The portal also offers you to find doctors, hospitals and provide cash on delivery feature if you buy health products online from it, the portal indeed have wide products from general, baby, beauty products, sports & fitness, ayurveda etc.

HealthKart - This portal is also provide same features of online health products purchasing and provide cash-on-delivery as well, searching drugs by name as you type. However it takes less shipping time and unlike to other health e-comm portals provide an extra category 'Home & Living'  where you can buy home appliances other than just drugs & supplements. The portal is among largest inventory in India as far as e-commerce based health portal is concerned.

Other Similar E-Commerce based health portals -

• GoodLife - A FirstCry.com umbrella portal.


• DietKart


• Healthadda


• Healthgenie

Doctors' Social Network -

Docpeers.com - It's a social & professional networking portal only for and by healthcare individuals (doctors, medical students, healthcare staff etc.) & organizations (hospitals, clinics, service providers etc.) as well. Healthcare professionals can connect with healthcare/medical experts & organizations around the globe, get mentored or mentor other medical professionals, view or subscribe to medical trainings, workshops, events, view & collaborate on various healthcare documents, find medical jobs around the globe, videos and more.

HealthRadii.com - This is a blog magazine for healthcare thought leaders and thinkers with simple features such as discussions, blogs post, videos etc.

DoctorsHangOut - A professional networking portal for doctors & medical students worldwide with features such as groups, forums, events, chats and finding  healthcare related jobs. and making friends ofcourse.