When 50 taxi drivers in China helped an ailing colleague
September 8th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 8 (IANS) A group of 50 taxi drivers in east China's Zhejiang province are selflessly driving an ailing co-worker's cab to help his family fight poverty and disease.When ... Read more...
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Badal’s wife passes away, cremation Wednesday (Lead)
May 24th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS) Surinder Kaur Badal, wife of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, died at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here Tuesday after ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Badal’s wife passes away after prolonged illness
May 24th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS) Surinder Kaur Badal, wife of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, died at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here Tuesday after a ... Read more...
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A British woman who can’t use electricity
May 19th, 2011 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
London, May 19 (IANS) A 55-year-old British woman is so sensitive to electricity that she cannot watch television, listen to the radio or talk on a mobile phone.Janice Tunnicliffe, a ... Read more...
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Simple test could save prostate cancer patients from surgery
February 9th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Scientists say that a simple test could save thousands of prostate cancer patients from operation.Research has shown men with certain genes are three times more likely to have ... Read more...
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New approach finds success in teaching autistic kids
November 20th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Missouri are developing an effective social competence curriculum, with a virtual classroom component, that could help educators meet the demands of autistic kids. ... Read more...
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Chemotherapy limits my day, says Michael Douglas
September 10th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Veteran Hollywood actor Michael Douglas says a daily combination of radiation and chemotherapy limits his day, but is still hopeful of making a full recovery from cancer.
Doctors discovered ... Read more...
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Michael Douglas may lose his voice in cancer battle
August 18th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 18 (ANI): Michael Douglas may loose his voice after the treatment for throat cancer, doctors have warned.The 65-year-old is to begin an aggressive course of radiation and chemotherapy to ... Read more...
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Novel procedure uses stem cells in windpipe transplant for cancer patients
July 31st, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 31 (ANI): In what could be called an innovative procedure, surgeons have performed a windpipe transplant with stem cells to treat a patient with trachea cancer.Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes ... Read more...
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Long ring finger may mean you’re at prostate cancer risk
July 21st, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 21 (IANS) Men with a long ring finger could be three times more likely to develop prostate cancer.
Doctors found that the risk increases if the ring finger on the ... Read more...
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Younger women becoming vulnerable to breast cancer: doctors
November 7th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) About a decade back, the age group of women most vulnerable to breast cancer was 50 and above. But with changing times and a faster lifestyle, younger ... Read more...
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Meet the man whose prostate cancer has been treated by a robot
July 1st, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 1 (ANI): Taking a big leap in the fight against prostate cancer, doctors have for the first time treated a British patient using a surgical robot.Jeremy Lineham, 48, of Chichester, ... Read more...
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Delhi holds walkathon for the cancer affected
February 1st, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 1, (ANI): Over 3,000 people participated in the annual Cancer Awareness walk here on Sunday. Organized by the Indian Cancer Society the Cancer Walk was flagged off by ... Read more...
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Baby to be born free of breast cancer after embryo screening
June 29th, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 29 (ANI): A woman is pregnant with the UK's first baby guaranteed to be free from hereditary breast cancer.Doctors screened out from the womans embryos an inherited gene that ... Read more...
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Senator Kennedy has brain cancer: doctors
May 21st, 2008 - 3:09 am ICT by admin
New York, May 21 (IANS) Veteran US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who was hospitalised after suffering a seizure over the weekend, has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Doctors at the hospital in ... Read more...
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