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very old China
By 2050, China's population above age 65 is expected to grow beyond 320 million.
This will create a tremendous need for cardiac disease prevention and control
from disease-centric to
prevention-centric
By2020 focus will shift from disease to
prevention-centric services, driving greater
technology needs in software, information
sharing and healthcare IT solutions
Telemedicine,
always on the
Asia network
With a billion
internet users
and 1.8 billion
mobile users in
Asia,
telemedicine is
gaining fast
popularity for
real-time low-
cost, high-quality
teleconsultation
Asia's cancer rate may jump by
nearly 60% to 7.1 million new
cases a year by 2020. This will
create a greater need for
predictive diagnostics methods
such as genetics testing
saving a patient
from cancer
before it strikes
Asia healthcare IT market was US$3.4 billion in
2008 and is expected to reach US$5 billion in
2010 due to increased regulations, privacy
restrictions, development of private care sector
and replacement of obsolete infrastructure
Healthcare IT spending
accelerating rapidly in Asia
In Asia, about 70,000 patients are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. Nanotech in medicine could spare 80% of patients unnecessary surgery or chemotherapy by using nanosensors to detect, target and kill off cancerous cells
Asia nanotech, small is the new big
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