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Delhi docs salvage Nigerian girl’s leg with rare surgery

May 1, 2013

Doctors in a city hospital claim to have performed a rare ‘limb-salvage’ surgery to avoid amputating the left leg of a 13-year-old Nigerian girl suffering from bone cancer. Mariam underwent surgery at the Nova Specialty …

Cancer terms: Pap smear, Targeted therapy and more

April 12, 2013

Palliative treatment: Palliative treatment is a symptomatic treatment given to relieve the symptoms and reduce the suffering caused by serious or life-threatening disease like cancer. It focuses on relieving pain and suffering …

Wisdom teeth – why they may need to be removed

February 7, 2013

Ever had your dentist telling you that you need to get rid of your wisdom teeth and wondered why? Here’s a post that’ll tell you give you some of the answers you need. What are wisdom teeth? These are the teeth that appear …

A new drug that causes cancer cells to sleep

November 26, 2012

A new drug, Aflibercept, practically tricks tumours into passivity by flipping molecular switches in cancer's structure and making them as good as dead. Trials conducted in the UK, involving more than 1,400 patients, some with …

Instrument to aid research in nanoparticles for drug delivery gifted to IIT professor

October 17, 2012

An instrument to accelerate advancement of research in nanoparticles for drug delivery was gifted on Tuesday to a professor from Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay by Izon Science, a New Zealand-based nanotechnology company, …

Tv show to focus on Yuvraj’s cancer battle

September 13, 2012

India's flamboyant cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who was battling with cancer, finally came out of it and now is all set to spread the awareness of early detection through a show titled 'Zindagi Abhi Baki Hai'. Going down the memory …

Electronic nose helps locate deadly tumour

August 2, 2012

An electronic nose can now diagnose cancerous tumors. A new research have designed an electronic nose to help diagnose malignant mesothelioma early on. This nose can detect the presence of the tumor with a breath test. Malignant …

Woman delivers baby boy, despite massive fibroid tumours

July 13, 2012

Medicos were stunned when Meera, from Raigad district delivered a healthy 3 kg baby boy, despite suffering from massive fibroids since the first 2 months of her pregnancy. Doctors discovered multiple, large uterine fibroids in …

Yuvraj Singh to pen a book about his cancer battle

July 11, 2012

Cricket ace Yuvraj Singh is all set to write a bare all account about his battle with cancer. Titled ‘In Different Form’, the book will be published in December 2012. "If I think of it my life is full of words beginning with …

Unborn baby’s cancer removed while in mother’s womb

June 24, 2012

An unborn baby girl in the US was detected with an extremely rare cancerous tumour in the mouth, but doctors successfully removed it in one of the world's first such surgeries in the womb. Leyna Gonzalez was born healthy five …

Bee Gees’ singer Robin Gibb loses battle against colon and liver cancer

May 21, 2012

Robin Gibb, co-founder and member of the Bee Gees, one of the greatest bands of the disco era of the 70s, passed away yesterday. Robin Gibb lost his battle against colon and liver cancer yesterday. Last year in November it was …

Brandon Bays’ incredible recovery from her tumour with cellular healing

February 4, 2013

Alternative therapist Brandon Bays, known across the Western world for her energy medicine, has brought her book, "The Journey", a life-healing guide and the story of her battle with tumour, to India, the country which had …

Docs remove cricket ball sized tumour from Kashmiri youth’s chest

April 27, 2012

It was a life-saving miracle for 22-year-old Kashmiri youth Majid Khan, who was operated upon at a hospital here for a tumor the size of a cricket ball, doctors said Friday. The condition was rare as the tumor burst into a …

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Omega 3 fatty acids can stop cancer from spreading

April 11, 2012

Omega-3 agents could potentially block the path of primary cancer tumours, preventing more advanced cancers, according to researchers. Michael Murray, professor of pharmogenetics at the University of Sydney University, says a …

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