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Why More Women Get Cancer in India -- But More Men Die
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 3: Cancer is a growing public health challenge in India, affecting millions of families every year. Recent data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) reveal a notable paradox: women in India report a slightly higher incidence of cancer, ye
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Grady Demond Wilson, who played Lamont Sanford passes away at 79
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Actor Grady Demond Wilson, best known for playing Lamont Sanford on the hit TV show Sanford and Son, has passed away. He was 79.
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TissueAI to Help India Fight Oral Cancer - Built and Launched by scanO AI
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14: On its 5th anniversary, scanO, a pioneer in AI-powered preventive oral care, has launched TissueAI, a breakthrough tool designed to help dentists detect early changes in oral soft tissues that could indicate pre-cancerous or cancerous conditions. This innovation
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'Broadway' star Tony Roberts dies at 85
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Actor Tony Roberts, best known for his work on Broadway and in films directed by Woody Allen, has passed away at the age of 85.
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Researchers discover that unique immune cells stop metastatic cancer
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The majority of cancer deaths are caused by metastatic disease, which occurs when cancer spreads from the primary tumour to other areas of the body. and researchers understand how cancer cells escape the primary location to seed new tumours, it is unclear why some cancer cells produce new t
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WHO calls for accelerated action against hepatitis to address increasing l
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Despite being preventable and treatable, these chronic infections are increasingly causing serious illness and deaths from liver cancer, cirrhosis, and liver failure in the region
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Researchers reveals ways of preventing cancer cells from colonizing liver
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Nine times out of ten, metastasis is the cause of cancer deaths. This is the point when the primary tumour has sent out cells, like seeds, and invaded other organs of the body. Despite significant advancements in the treatment of primary tumours, medicine remains mainly powerless against met
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Cancer patients rising due to drinking arsenic-rich water in Bihar village
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal are the four states which are receiving more than one lakh cancer cases annually. Cancer deaths are also highest in these states. In the year 2022, Bihar ranked fourth among the states of the country in terms of deaths.
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Neuronal molecule makes prostate cancer more aggressive: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among American men. Now, researchers have discovered critical molecular players that drive prostate cancer to progress into a highly aggressive form of neuroendocrine prostate cancer that currently
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Researchers develop artificial intelligence tool to predict risk of lung c
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Lung cancer is the main cause of cancer death in the United States and around the world. Low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) is suggested for monitoring persons aged 50 to 80 with a significant history of smoking or who actively smoke. Lung cancer screening with LDCT has been demonstra
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Study method finds two blood pressure drugs equally effective
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
'A large VA clinical trial found that the blood pressure drug chlorthalidone (CTD) was not superior to hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for the prevention of cardiovascular disease or non-cancer death.
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Researchers discover mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A novel mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread throughout the body has been discovered by an international team of researchers, offering a potential new target to halt metastasis, which is to blame for 90 per cent of cancer deaths.
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