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In this face mask recipe, the organic turmeric powder provides a light skin buffer, while the fatty coconut milk and honey provide nourishment. (Photo: Pixabay)

Woman manages to beat blood cancer with help of turmeric

Woman diagnosed with blood cancer beat disease with help of turmeric after five years of chemo failed.

4 Jan 2018 2:34 PM IST

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Boozing puts your genes at risk

The study also examined how the body tries to protect itself against damage caused by alcohol.

4 Jan 2018 11:47 AM IST

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Majority of oral cancers can be prevented, expert claims

3 Jan 2018 5:44 PM IST

For tumours to grow and spread, cancer cells must make larger than normal amounts of nucleic acids and protein, so they can multiply. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cancer overrides body clock to survive: study

Cancer cells alter the body clock to boost tumour growth.

1 Jan 2018 10:47 AM IST

To sustain their unrestrained growth, cancer cells rely on increased protein synthesis. (Photo: Pixabay)

Daffodil extract may help fight cancer: study

Haemanthamine also inhibits the production of these nanomachines in the nucleolus (the ribosome factory ).

28 Feb 2018 6:38 PM IST

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Many women fear and misunderstand breast cancer radiation

Depending on the type and dose of radiation, long-term side effects may include nerve pain, heart damage, and lung...

27 Feb 2018 7:16 PM IST

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Lilly breast cancer drug wins expanded US approval

The expanded approval was based on a late-stage study.

27 Feb 2018 6:56 PM IST

Chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells, but they also affect the vasculature inside the tumour. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mini tumours created in lab to battle cancer

Approach found a drug that had a chance of shrinking a patient's tumour in almost nine in 10 cases.

27 Feb 2018 10:03 AM IST

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Adding hope to health messages may motivate better behaviours: study

Fear and hope may work together to create more persuasive messages

25 Feb 2018 1:40 PM IST

The findings showed that hope and self-efficacy significantly predicted intentions to take actions against skin cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Adding hope to health messages may motivate better behaviours: study

We often think of emotions as irrational, but emotions can help us do the things that will keep us healthy.

24 Feb 2018 5:25 PM IST

Mari Lopez with her niece Liz (Youtube Screengrab/ Liz & Mari)

Vegan who claimed her diet 'cured' her from cancer, dies from disease

Mari Lopez who claimed her plant-based diet 'cured' her cancer and lesbianism has died from the disease.

22 Feb 2018 11:29 AM IST

Some previous research has also linked robotic surgery to lower blood loss and shorter hospital stays than other prostate operations. (Photo: Pixabay)

After-effects not necessarily reduced with robotic prostate surgery

For many men, especially relatively healthy cancer patients which hasn't spread beyond the prostate, surgery might not...

22 Feb 2018 10:10 AM IST