Daily News & Analysis |
Grab your ticket to immortality
Daily News & Analysis Last July, Karnataka, for the first time in India, initiated a programme that provided organ donation option on driving licence. That is, if you pledge your organs, your DL would say you are an organ donor. What made it big impact-wise that the … |
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Argentines, Cubans create therapeutic vaccine for lung cancer
Newstrack India Buenos Aires, June 1 (IANS/EFE) A team of Argentine and Cuban scientists has developed the first therapeutic vaccine for treating lung cancer. The vaccine does not prevent the tumour, but promotes its destruction by activating the body’s immune system … |
Times of India |
10 common habits that put your heart in trouble
Times of India “Current statistics suggest that India will have the largest cardiovascular disease burden in the world. Almost one fifth of the deaths in India are from coronary heart disease. Very soon, it will account for one third of all deaths. Sadly an … |
Times of IndiaDetox cleanse: Top 20 detox foodsTimes of IndiaConsuming raw garlic in the morning helps to stimulate the liver to produce detox enzymes, which helps to clear all toxins for your digestive system. If consuming raw garlic is a pain for you…
Times of India |
Lou Reed recovering after liver transplant: wife
Times of India US rock legend Lou Reed is recovering from a life-saving liver transplant, his wife, performance artist Laurie Anderson revealed in an interview published Saturday. The 71-year-old singer, who was the driving force behind The Velvet Underground, was … Lou Reed recovering after ‘life-saving’ liver transplantYahoo! India News |
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Century of services coming to an end at Wapato church
Yakima Herald-Republic For several years, they hosted a “Mexico in Wapato” cultural fair and hired Corey Greaves, an American Indian youth pastor who organized weekly teen group that incorporated Yakama rituals, such as burning sage in their meetings. They also recalled an … |
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Kidneys on special offer
Deutsche Welle Wiru is 12 years old and lives in a small village in India. There, three hours south of Delhi, there’s … The risk of being caught isn’t great, either, the more so because the donor just has to pose as the recipient’s friend and declare the money paid … |
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Frozen fruit mix suspected in hepatitis A outbreak
CNN International “Mild cases of hepatitis A don’t require treatment, and most people who are infected recover completely with no permanent liver damage,” the Mayo Clinic website says. Severe cases can lead to liver failure and death, according to the World Health … |
30% doctors are tobacco users in India: WHOTimes of IndiaThe most important preventive measure one can take to avoid lung cancer was to quit smoking. He further added quitting smoking also reduces risk of several other types of cancer including esophag…
Discover Magazine |
Life, Not Death, is Focus of New Health Metrics
Discover Magazine Using data released in December 2012, Murray and his colleagues have calculated that road accidents in 2010 cost humanity 75 million years of healthy life — more than measles, lung cancer, tuberculosis or iron-deficiency anemia. … While writing his … |