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Patent challenge
Frontline Most of the existing insurance companies do not want to cover cancer patients. Also, you cannot anticipate if you’re going to get cancer. The estimated cancer prevalence in India is about 30,000 for kidney and liver cancer patients combined. Bayer’s … |
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India Breast Cancer Surge Hinders Private Exams for Women
Bloomberg Even before the cancer scourge, India’s $65 billion health-care system was struggling to keep up: More than 300,000 babies each year fail to live beyond their first day, and one in 170 women die in childbirth or from pregnancy complications, according … |
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The many legends of Deepavali
The New Indian Express After the Ganga snanam a home-made semi-solid mixture known as Deepavali Lehiyam, which has excellent medicinal value, is consumed. The lehiyam prepares one’s stomach and liver for the onslaught of sweets and other rich foods that are eaten through … |
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Kala-azar bug has become resistant to drug of choice
Times of India LONDON: High levels of arsenic contamination in food and drinking water is fuelling one of India’s worst scourges, Visceral Leishmaniasis or Kala-azar, the second largest parasitic killer in the world after malaria with a 90% fatality rate within two … Arsenic in India’s water could cause resistance to visceral leishmaniasis …Medical Xpress |
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Arsenic in India’s water could cause resistance to visceral leishmaniasis …
Medical Xpress The protozoa Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum cause visceral leishmaniasis by infecting the liver, spleen and bone marrow. Victims of the disease experience fever, anorexia, weight loss and inflammation of the liver and spleen. They will die … Kala-azar bug has become resistant to drug of choiceTimes of India |
Jagran Post |
Yoga Can Help Patients With COPD Improve Lung Function
RedOrbit A new study from researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders reveals that patients with COPD can improve their lung function by practicing yoga. The study found that lung function, … Yoga may help patients with lung disease: AIIMS studyJagran Post AIIMS researchers prove yoga’s benefits for COPD patientsTruthDive Yoga May Be Good for COPDMedPage Today dailyRx all 28 news articles » |
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TO YOUR HEALTH: Oct. 30
Wicked Local All are welcome to a free lecture from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Blackstone’s Pub, Indian Pond Country Club, 60 Country Club Way, Kingston, focusing on hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. Presenters are Nadine M. Tung, M.D., Beth … |
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Breath test could help detect lung cancer
Times of India “We believe that cancer cells release a unique chemical signature related to the tumor-growing process,” Peter J. Mazzone, MD, FCCP, director of the lung cancer program for the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic, said. “We are currently … |
Jagran Post |
Yoga may help patients with lung disease: AIIMS study
Jagran Post Chicago: Yoga may be a simple and low-cost method to improve quality of life in patients with an inflammatory lung disease, according to a study by doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). 29 Oct 2013, 06:05 PM … The … Yoga Can Help Patients With COPD Improve Lung FunctionRedOrbit AIIMS researchers prove yoga’s benefits for COPD patientsTruthDive Yoga May Help COPD Patients Breathe EasierdailyRx |
Ashbo Arek DinTimes of IndiaOr the newly-wed bride who finds out that her husband is suffering from cirrhosis of liver… The film is crammed with way too many characters to establish certain point of views. We meet Sujata (Alokananda Ray), his son Sun…