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Modified ‘smallpox vaccine’ virus triples liver cancer survival time
Newstrack India London, February 11(ANI): The virus used in the vaccine that helped eradicate smallpox is offering new hope to liver cancer patients. Researchers have found that a genetically engineered version of the vaccinia virus tripled the average survival time … |
Work stress not linked to cancers, say researchersNewstrack IndiaLondon, Feb 11 (IANS) Scientists have delinked work-related stress from development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers. Around 90 percent of cancers are linked to environment…
Mandela looking comfortable: PresidencyNewstrack IndiaMandela, who was hospitalised for almost three weeks late last year, returned to his Johannesburg home Dec 26 after undergoing a surgical operation to remove gallstones and treatment of a recurring …
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Sometimes the divorce is nastier than the marriage
Daily News & Analysis Then there’s the 2009 story of another US doctor who donated a kidney to his wife, thereby saving her life. When their marriage ended, Richard Batista demanded the return of his organ or $1.5 millionin compensation, but his case was thrown out by a … |
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Two Ways To Die
Jewish Daily Forward (blog) She was diagnosed with lung cancer just before Christmas and underwent a successful operation in early January. Then, as she was being readied for discharge from the hospital, … walk, see, hear and/or otherwise function as a human being… I want any … |
Economic TimesFood to cure chronic ailmentsEconomic TimesThe choices were not difficult: fatty liver disease and diabetes were common while ingredients to fight lung inflammation were easily available. Scientific research has shown that inadequate nutr…
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St John’s Church left with
Times of India This Church of South India has the 200-year-old Anglican property and is gearing up for a year-long bicentenary celebration, starting right after the lent season in April. The bicentenary celebrations will showcase the history of the … The church has … |
How generic drugs saved India billionsDaily NationThe Indian government is now moving to issue compulsory licences for three more medications used to treat breast cancer, leukaemia, and in chemotherapy treatments. Patent expert Tahir Amin says it is no…
Watson supercomputer to assess treatments for lung cancer and manage health …Newstrack IndiaNew York, Feb 10 (ANI): The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical residency and is now being offered commercially to doctors and health insuranc…
One-third of all cancers preventableSouth Asia MailTobacco kills over 10 lakh people every year in India alone. Tobacco smoking causes many types of cancer, including cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx (voice box), mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, p…