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Metal detection tech helps with studying cancer

Creating highly detailed copies of tumours may help researchers develop more precise treatment plans for individual...

1 March 2018 11:00 AM IST

Migrants are, however, more prone to diseases such as hepatitis, HIV and tuberculosis, but tend to spread those infections among immigrant communities. (Photo: AP)

Migrants tend to be healthier and live longer, says study

Populist arguments that migrants pose a health risk and a burden to health systems are myths used to drive...

7 Dec 2018 10:35 AM IST

Its urgent to have a national breast cancer program in India, while at the local level, awareness needs to be raised about breast cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's why women reject preventive drugs for breast cancer

Researchers found that almost 29 per cent of women thought doctors prescribed too many medicines.

4 Dec 2018 2:31 PM IST

Numerous cancers are preventable, but strategies to prevent them are either not accessible or not being adopted, leaving people at risk.

Cancer patients undergoing heart procedure at greater risk of...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most common interventional treatment undertaken in patients with...

3 Dec 2018 12:01 PM IST

Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Blocking these two enzymes could make cancer cells mortal

Scientists have found two specific antioxidant enzymes that are linked to making cancer cells mortal.

17 May 2018 5:13 PM IST

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Investment in NCD control leads to improvement in health, economy: WHO

If all countries use these interventions, the world would move significantly closer to reduce premature death by...

17 May 2018 4:20 PM IST

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New study may have discovered way to stop cancer cells from...

Researchers believe that screening for drugs using 3-D structures of cancer cells may be more appropriate.

14 May 2018 3:35 PM IST

Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Uterine cancer survivors more prone to broken hearts

pproximately 25.7% of cancer survivors were diagnosed with heart diseases five to ten years after cancer diagnosis.

14 May 2018 1:35 PM IST

We discovered that a specific protein, thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), is elevated in wounds of patients with diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Vitamin D could help treat diabetes: study

Vitamin D in cells and mouse models proved beneficial in treating damaged beta cells.

14 May 2018 8:45 AM IST

Pain affects half of all people with cancer and an estimated 80 per cent of those with advanced cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Bedside chart may ease cancer patient's pain: study

Pain affects half of all people with cancer and an estimated 80 per cent of those with advanced cancer.

26 March 2018 5:51 PM IST

Obesity was associated with lower volume of semen, sperm count, concentration, and motility, as well as greater sperm defects (Photo: AFP)

American adults are getting fatter, reveals new data

According to new data, nearly 40 per cent of American adults were obese in 2015 and 2016, a sharp increase from a decade...

26 March 2018 8:15 AM IST

Cancer patients dont want researchers to be focused on things that slow down the cancer or may have relatively minor effects. (Photo: Pixabay)

Doctor's own diagnosis drives quest for a cancer cure

Colleagues describe the dpoctor as blunt, honest and direct, traits that may have been sharpened by his cancer ordeal.

25 March 2018 12:37 PM IST