Mumbai: Actress Manisha Koirala, who has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, had to undergo surgery in New York on Thursday, but it has now been postponed to December 10. "The surgery was supposed to happen today (Thursday), but after conducting certain tests, the doctors have decided to postponed it to Monday (Dec 10)," Subroto Ghosh, Manisha's manager, told IANS. Speculation swirled about her health last week after she was hospitalised...
01:18 PM, Dec 06, 2012
London: Men who drink fizzy drinks are not just ruining their teeth but could also be at risk of aggressive prostate cancer, the Daily Mail reported on Tuesday. A Swedish study has found just one soft drink a day could increase the risk of developing more serious forms of the cancer by 40 percent. Experts at Lund University also found those who ate a carbohydrate diet heavy in rice and...
09:16 AM, Nov 28, 2012
London: Former Bond star Sir Roger Moore says his habit of soaking up the sun to get a Hollywood tan has led to a series of skin cancer scares in the subsequent years. The 85-year-old British actor sported a deep tan throughout his movie career to avoid applying make-up on movie sets, and regularly burned himself in the sun to keep up his look. However, the veteran star admits he...
11:51 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Jhajjar: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Gulam Nabi Azad on Saturday announced that a National Cancer Institute (NCI) would come up in the AIIMS-2 campus at Badhsa village in Haryana, which would be an even bigger facility than the Tata Cancer Institute, Mumbai. A National Cardio Care Centre (NCCC) would also be set up in this institute, he said. The health minister was speaking after inaugurating the outreach OPD...
12:49 AM, Nov 25, 2012
On the show, Oncologist, Dr Sameer Karl tells what are the options available to a cancer patient. ...
11:30 PM, Nov 24, 2012
London: Miracle twins! An Argentinian woman has given birth to a record-breaking set of twins from eggs frozen 12 years ago, providing hope to cancer survivors wanting to become parents. Forty-five-year-old Monica Zapotoczny, from Buenos Aires, gave birth to the twins from the eggs she had frozen at the age of 33 - surpassing the previous record of seven years. Zapotoczny and her husband Guillermo Husak, had thought that they...
12:27 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu said that breast cancer is a much neglected ailment in India and most women do not take it as seriously as they should. To create awareness for breast cancer, Bipasha and Milind Soman have teamed up for an initiative 'Pinkathon 2012', a running event for women. "I am delighted to be part of this effort to raise awareness about breast cancer. I hope the people...
02:48 PM, Nov 10, 2012
The 67-year-old will undergo seven weeks of treatment through radiotherapy and is expected to return to commentary box early next year. ...
07:53 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: Every year 7.6 million people die because of cancer. In response to this shocking figure, this year a group of people including Indian celebrities, from fields like entertainment and business, decided to unite people to fight against cancer. To inspire people to come out and fight against cancer, the group decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, which is world's tallest free standing mountain. It is also called the the...
07:00 PM, Nov 05, 2012
London: Scientists have discovered that genetic 'switches', which regulate the expression of genes, play a major role in the development of cancer. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Helsinki in Finland investigated a gene region that contains a particular single nucleotide variant associated with increased risk for developing colorectal and prostate cancers. The study found that removing this region caused dramatic resistance to tumour formation....
04:23 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Greig, 66, will undergo a biopsy later this week to ascertain what level the disease has reached and to determine the further course of action. ...
04:36 PM, Oct 20, 2012
"This mission is bigger than me - it's bigger than any individual," Lance Armstrong said on the 15th anniversary of his cancer foundation Livestrong, three days after stepping down as the chairman. ...
12:58 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Crowe blamed illnesses picked up during a 13-year international cricket career for his diagnosis with the cancer lymphoma. ...
08:25 AM, Oct 18, 2012
The New Zealand great has requested privacy after the shocking diagnosis, which came shortly after his 50th birthday. ...
02:00 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Washington: An inconspicuous device in your bra could help catch breast cancer early. The humble brassiere could play a more pivotal role as a US based company has unveiled plans for a hi-tech device that can be worn inside the bra to help detect breast cancer. Catching the cancer early is crucial to survival rate and the efficacy of traditional annual mammograms as a reliable detection method is being called...
04:42 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Washington: Indoor tanning beds can cause non-melanoma skin cancer, and the risk is greater the earlier one starts tanning, suggests a new scientific analysis. Indoor tanning is already an established risk factor for malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, but which is less common. Now, the new study confirms that indoor tanning also significantly increases chances of non-melanoma skin cancers, the commonest of skin cancers, the British Medical...
12:28 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Washington: Scientists have discovered that a cancer protein can trigger variety of tumours since unlike other cell growth regulators it doesn't turn genes on or off but instead boosts the expression of genes that are already turned on. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health in US and colleagues have discovered the mechanism which is responsible for MYC protein leading to various cancers. The protein aids in cell activation, a...
02:56 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Washington: Researchers led by an Indian-origin investigator are testing the suitability of a synthetic cannabinoid drug - dexanabinol - for curing brain cancer. Preliminary tests show that it kills cultured cancer cells derived from many tumour types, a US report says. Additional research in Santosh Kesari's neuro-oncology lab at the University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, demonstrated the drug's anti-cancer effects in patient-derived brain cancer cell lines. Kesari...
05:36 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Chennai: Not many people will receive a call from a former president of the country. But patients and staff at the Paterson Cancer Centre were on cloud nine when they received a call from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who spoke to them, congratulating the team and blessing the patients. The call came on the occasion of Rose Day, celebrated at the Centre here on Saturday, organised by the Cancer Alleviation...
02:38 PM, Sep 24, 2012
But in the end he will have to be analysed and weighed by the sheer weight of runs and the wickets he takes, says CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief. ...
10:21 AM, Sep 15, 2012
