PLoS Blogs (blog)Is Financial Protection for Cancer Enough?PLoS Blogs (blog)And the most common cancers in India happen to be preventable through behavioral change (tobacco-related lung and oral cancers) and treatable if detected early (cervical and br…
PM to inaugurate AIIMS in SeptemberTimes of India… ophthalmology, pulmonary medicine, medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, physical medicine and rehabilitation and psychiatry and afternoon clinics for lung cancer, head and neck canc…
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Dog shot at with airgun, another strangled
Times of India Fortunately, they did not puncture the animal’s lung. “The injured stray has been sent to the Thane SPCA for treatment. We had heard of a few incidents in Andheri-Jogeshwari regions where dogs were shot with airguns. The latest case shows how cruel and … |
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Sushma takes PM’s seat in LS, raises eyebrows
Hindustan Times … Rao and expelled BSP MP Vijay Bahadur Singh also went up to Shinde to enquire about his health. Shinde, 72, underwent surgery for a lung ailment at a private hospital in Mumbai earlier this month and was away during the ongoing Monsoon session. |
Stars to dance for worthy causes at Strictly Come Dancing with Wolvesexpressandstar.comThey are Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, Promise Dreams, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Heart & Lung Centre, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Queen Elizabeth…
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‘Assam government will find it hard to ban all forms of tobacco’
India.Com Health It is well known that tobacco usage causes poor oral health and roughly accounts for 90% of mouth cancer, 80% of lung cancers, 50% of all human cancers, 70% of lung diseases and 60% of heart attacks. As per Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) … |
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Aspirin tied to smaller lung and colon cancer tumors
Zee News “We showed evidence that it is also beneficial for lung cancer, and has both early and late protective effects,” Pawitan, of the department of medical epidemiology and biostatistics at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, told Reuters Health … |
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What went wrong with India’s TB control
The Hindu In India, about 15 per cent are infected by 15 years of age; 40-60 per cent by 40 years. Among them, a few develop lung TB due to various “risk factors.” They cough/spit out billions of TB bacilli. One way to control TB is by treating everyone with … |
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Garlic, mango, bush candle may provide cures for lung cancer, diabetes
The Guardian Nigeria Another study published in West Indian Medical Journal found that Cassia alata leaf extract destroys lung cancer cells in a dose dependent manner. The study is titled “Cassia alata leaf extract induces cytotoxicity in A549 lung cancer cells via a … |
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40-year-old man Mumbai’s first suspected Gulf virus case
Times of India The 40-year-old man was admitted to the hospital’s ward 30, meant for infectious diseases, on Wednesday afternoon with complaints of fever and a progressing pneumonia (inflammation of lungs). The patient had returned to India on August 12 after … |