Thiruvananthapuram: A 56-year-old postman in Kerala is delivering an inspirational message by setting up a charitable society for cancer patients. Ordinary people can do extraordinary things - the 56-year-old, Babu is the true recipient of this adage. A postman by profession, Babu also saves the lives of many cancer patients. He, along with some of his well-wishers started the Santhvanam Charitable society in 2007. The society arranges meals for poor...
10:02 AM, Sep 05, 2012
Mumbai: India has the worst cellular tower radiation norms in the world. But from Saturday new guidelines are being implemented. Cellular towers will have to reduce the amount of radiation they emit to 1/10th of the current level. But is the new limit sufficient to reduce serious health risks, given that most countries in the world have radiation levels 1000 to 10,000 times lesser than India? 29-year-old Karmel Nair, a...
06:29 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The scientists at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) along with the scientists at the Mayo Clinic, have found that the compound Plumbagin from common koduveli plants (Plumbago species) has enough anti-cancer properties to be developed into an effective anti-cancer drug. The findings have been published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Cancer. It has been found that plumbagin cuts off new blood vessels to...
01:01 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Marriage and having first kid at proper age, breast feeding and early detection save women from breast cancer. ...
08:04 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: The capital is set to ban gutka sales across the city. The government told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that the ban would be put into effect soon. The Sheila Dikshit government was replying to a PIL demanding a ban on gutka products. The PIL was filed by doctors citing a spurt in oral and lung cancer cases in the capital. ...
01:17 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Join Anupam in a crash course in smoking de-addiction. ...
11:36 PM, Aug 11, 2012
CNN-IBN's panel of experts were surprised at Yuvraj Singh's inclusion for the World T20, but hoped the left-hander regains his full fitness. ...
09:48 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Comeback man Yuvraj feels like a "debutant" as he gears for the 'second innings' of his career. ...
08:24 PM, Aug 10, 2012
The India batsman, who has recovered from cancer, is already in the 30-member preliminary squad for the event in Sri Lanka. ...
09:19 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: In a breakthrough expected to develop a 'real cure' for cancer, scientists claimed to have identified cells that cause tumours to grow and are resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy causing cancer to relapse. Researchers from Cancer Research UK and University of Texas in separate studies found that the growth and life of a tumour is dependent on one small group of cells, known as cancer stem cells, the Daily...
12:43 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Yuvraj, who is recuperating well from a rare germ cell cancer played a practice match for the first time. ...
10:48 PM, Aug 01, 2012
London: An Indian-origin doctor, who came to the UK in 1966 and went on to excel in medical practice to win royal honours, has hit the headlines by defying death by being cured of cancer even though he was given few months to live. Rami Seth, who studied Medicine in New Delhi, also held his own 'wake' to party and bid goodbye to his family and friends, only to survive...
03:20 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Washington: Even as President Barack Obama is plugging his signature law to lower health care costs at home, his administration is pressurising India and other countries to impose higher prices even for lifesaver cancer drugs. Obama administration's multiple "strategies to affect drug pricing abroad by using American international political muscle", according to a Huffington Post investigative report, became apparent in a testimony by US Patent and Trademark Office deputy director...
01:04 AM, Jul 14, 2012
London: The world could have a cure for four in five of all cancer cases in a decade, if scientists revolutionise the way they approach the deadly disease, a top scientist has said. Dr James Watson, one of the men who discovered the structure of DNA, thinks scientists should focus on why they can't cure cancer. "I think if we know why we are not able to cure it and...
07:04 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Washington: A free new app called UMSkinCheck, designed for iPhone and iPad, will screen skin cancers by reminding users to compare unusual growths on their skin with actual photos provided by the app. A collaboration of the University of Michigan Medical School technology and clinical expertise, the app guides users through a series of 23 photos, covering the body from head to toe. Photos are stored within the app and...
04:59 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Yuvraj Singh also said, he has seen so much blood that he now hates red colour. ...
04:26 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh will talk about the Cs in his life Chandigarh, cricket and cancer. ...
06:33 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh's memoir 'In Different Form', is scheduled to be published in December 2012 by Random House India. The publishers in a press release say the memoir will be an open, candid, intimate and remarkably personal account of his journey through cancer - from denial and acceptance, from his battle to defeat the disease to the struggles he still faces. For the first time Singh will tell, in his...
06:15 PM, Jul 10, 2012
CNN-IBN's Anubha Bhonsle talks to Yuvraj Singh who has battled cancer recently and is now getting back to full fitness. ...
11:47 AM, Jul 08, 2012
India batsman Yuvraj Singh, who is eyeing a return to cricket soon following cancer surgery, recalls the travails he went through during the 2011 World Cup. ...
12:17 AM, Jul 08, 2012
