Cancer: Salient Features of the killer disease (With: Cancer incidence likely to rise five-fold in India by 2025: Experts)
* Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 7.6 million deaths. * India has nearly 3 million…
Read MoreCancer incidence likely to rise five-fold in India by 2025: Experts (Feb 4 is World Cancer Day)
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) With a million new cases being reported every year, cancer seems to be tightening its…
Read MoreCancer is curable: Demystifying many cancer myths (Feb 4 is World Cancer Day)
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Some believe cancer is incurable, quite a few think it is contagious and many others…
Read MoreNow, cancer care comes home (Feb 4 is World Cancer Day)
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Thirty-year-old Chitra Shah was devastated when she discovered that her husband was suffering from lung…
Read MorePM anguished over AIIMS impasse in Bengal: Dasmunshi
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed anguish over the impasse in setting up an AIIMS-like hospital…
Read MorePeople walk in Delhi against cancer
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Thousands of people Sunday took part in the seventh annual walkathon here to express solidarity…
Read MoreIndian elected as WHO’s southeast Asia director
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Former Indian health ministry official Poonam Khetrapal Singh has assumed charge as director for World…
Read MoreMother-child tracking system launched
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The central government Friday launched a unique mother-child tracking system which will follow the health…
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