Bale flies 4-year-old cancer patient to Disneyland
September 10th, 2012 - 8:45 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Actor Christian Bale flew a 4-year-old cancer patient and his entire family to Los Angeles for a lunch at Disneyland's Club 33.Jayden Barber's mother Charlene ... Read more...
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Ryan O’Neal has prostate cancer
April 15th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 15 (IANS) Actor Ryan O'Neal has been diagnosed with prostate cancer."Recently I was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. Although I was shocked and stunned by the ... Read more...
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Woman offers 10-years free-work for father’s cure
March 30th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 30 (IANS) An indigent daughter of a man in China has offered to work free for 10 years in any company which will support her ailing father's medical ... Read more...
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Cancer patients, rediscover joys of learning (With images)
March 30th, 2012 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Nashik, March 30 (IANS) Many young cancer patients will now have a chance to enrol themselves in short-term courses in photography, animation and painting and get on with the wonders ... Read more...
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Gutsy kid of two years beats cancer
November 22nd, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 22 (IANS) A British kid diagnosed with leukaemia has overcome all odds as doctors revealed she is now in remission.Erin Colley has had repeated bouts of chemotherapy since ... Read more...
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Freedom at last - thanks to state-backed legal aid
June 29th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 29 (IANS) He was acquitted but Ravi Kumar, incarcerated in Burail jail here on charges of reckless driving, had no clue. Not till the State Legal Service Authority ... Read more...
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Mandira Bedi to endorse stem cell bank
June 3rd, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Anchor-actress Mandira Bedi, who is expecting her first child, was Thursday appointed the official brand-ambassador of Cryo-Save, a stem cell bank. In her new role, ... Read more...
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1.28 mn Chinese register for bone marrow donation
May 17th, 2011 - 9:30 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 17 (IANS) Around 1.28 million people have registered with China's national bone marrow donation programme, and the number is expected to reach two million by the end of ... Read more...
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UK’s Sellafield nuke site blamed for ‘death and cancer’ cases in Cumbria’s contaminated areas
March 19th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 19 (ANI): Amid concerns that the radioactive plume from the earthquake-cum-tsunami affected nuclear complex in Japan could spread and lead to serious health hazards across the world, Britain's Sellafield nuclear ... Read more...
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Call to ban ‘cancer-causing’ caramel colouring used in Coke, Pepsi
February 17th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 17 (ANI): An influential health lobby group has urged the US government to ban an artificial brown colouring agent used in Coca-Cola and Pepsi, warning that the ingredients could cause ... Read more...
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Turning diseased blood cells to stem cells may reveal cancer quickly
February 5th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): A study has successfully turned healthy and diseased cells into stem cells, thereby paving way for observing the onset of the blood cancer leukaemia in the laboratory dish."This ... Read more...
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Brit woman ‘fakes cancer to con well-wishers out of hundreds of pounds’
December 6th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 6 (ANI): A woman in Britain has conned a number of well-wishers out of hundreds of pounds after she claimed that she was fatally ill with a brain tumour, ... Read more...
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New ’stretchy’ technique generates 3 times more stem cells than usual
October 4th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): A new technique discovered at the Centenary Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney allows researchers to generate up to three times more stem cells ... Read more...
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‘Beefy’ Botham now has a wine label to his name
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): Former England cricketer Sir Ian Botham now has a wine named after him.Beefy was in Brighton recently to promote his Botham Merrill Willis (BMW) wines and Leukaemia and ... Read more...
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Vatican’s radio masts blamed for causing cancer in kids
July 15th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): A medical expert in Italy has claimed that radio masts operated by the Vatican's radio station are causing cancer in children.Professor Andrea Micheli, from Milan's National Tumour Institute, ... Read more...
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No link between child cancers and mobile phone towers
June 23rd, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 23 (IANS) There is no link between risk of early childhood cancers and a mother's exposure to mobile phone towers during pregnancy, concludes a study.
Use of mobile phones has increased ... Read more...
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Cell phone masts ‘do not increase risk of childhood cancer’
June 23rd, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 23 (ANI): A new study has found no association between a mother living near to a mobile phone base station during her pregnancy and the risk of that child developing ... Read more...
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Kevin Spacey auctions off lunch date at charity gala in London
June 7th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 7 (ANI): Kevin Spacey contributed his bit to help raise 1.7 million pounds for good causes over the weekend - the Usual Suspects star offered up a lunch date for ... Read more...
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Allergy can prevent cancer, say studies
May 25th, 2010 - 2:31 am ICT by IANS
London, May 25 (IANS) People suffering from allergy are far less likely to contract cancer than others, according to two studies.
Scientists believe that adverse reactions stimulate the immune system, helping to ward ... Read more...
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Scientists unlock genetics of kids’ brain tumour
May 19th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 19 (ANI): An important cancer gene that could lead to more effective drugs being developed to fight pediatric high grade glioma - a disease that currently has a poor prognosis, ... Read more...
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Beckham style haircut helps detect cancer
April 23rd, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 23 (IANS) Cancer was detected in a three-year-old boy in Britain, thanks to his David Beckham style haircut that showed up lumps on the back of his head.
Doctors at ... Read more...
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Botham completes 25th cancer charity walk across UK
April 20th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 20(ANI): England cricketing legend Ian Botham has completed his 25th trek for blood cancer charity and vowed to start on another.Botham marched through ten towns in ten days to ... Read more...
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New hope in fight against leukaemia
April 19th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 19 (ANI): British scientists have offered new hope to those with end-stage leukaemia, a cancer of the blood or bone marrow.The researchers say that a life-saving cancer treatment that uses ... Read more...
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Botham sets off on 25th cancer charity walk across UK
April 10th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 10(ANI): Twenty-five years after England cricketing legend Ian Botham's first charity walk, from John O'Groats to Land's End, he is stepping out again for his blood cancer charity.Botham, who ... Read more...
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Batman comic book artist dies of cancer
April 6th, 2010 - 1:47 am ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) Batman and Green Lantern comic book artist Dick Giordano has died after losing his battle with leukaemia. He was 77.
Giordano passed away at the Memorial Medical Center in ... Read more...
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Scientists create new tool to understand how cancers grow
February 21st, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new tool that illuminates connections between stem cells and cancer.Researchers have been successful in breaking apart human prostate tissue, extract the stem cells in ... Read more...
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Viagra’s impotency potential was discovered by accident
January 22nd, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 22 (ANI): Viagra was actually designed to treat angina, a heart condition, but the drug coincidently showed promise in treating impotency, say experts.While most of the drugs are designed for ... Read more...
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Soy peptide can combat cancer
December 3rd, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): Lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, could be beneficial for fighting leukaemia and blocking the inflammation due to chronic health conditions ... Read more...
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Novel approach to tackle colon cancer
November 14th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 14 (ANI): Scientists from Karolinska Institutet have suggested a new way of fighting colon cancer.They focussed their study on a group of signal proteins called EphB receptors.These proteins stimulate ... Read more...
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Soon, simple jab to prevent prostate cancer
September 8th, 2009 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): A simple jab may soon help prevent prostate cancer, say researchers.The research team from University of Utah and University of Columbia have identified a virus, known to ... Read more...
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O’Neal fears he may have contributed to Fawcett’s cancer
August 4th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 4 (ANI): American actor Ryan O'Neal has in an exclusive interview revealed that he fears he may have contributed to his late partner Farrah Fawcett's cancer, because of the years ... Read more...
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Scientists create human sperm for the first time
July 8th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 8 (IANS) Scientists using embryonic stem cells have created human sperm for the first time.
Researchers led by Karim Nayernia, professor at Newcastle University and the North East England Stem ... Read more...
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Cancer survivors face higher birth complications risk
July 2nd, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): A new study has shown that survivors of childhood cancer run particular risks when pregnant.Dr. Sharon Lie Fong, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC University ... Read more...
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Babies born by C-section ‘at increased asthma risk’
June 30th, 2009 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI
London, June 30 (ANI): Babies born by ceasarean section are more susceptible to developing diseases including asthma and diabetes, according to a new research.And scientists hold stress experienced by children during the ... Read more...
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Is the cure for HIV discovered?
April 27th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 27 (ANI): Taking a major leap in AIDS research, scientists have claimed that they have found a cure for the HIV virus by using a long established cancer treatment to ... Read more...
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