What Oncologists Should Tell You, But Seldom Do

Dear patients and caregivers, be forewarned.The disease is deadly in the truest sense. Only the mildest forms seem to be curable, and those too, if detected earlier, observes Shreekant Sambrani.......

As India reports two H3N2 deaths, experts say no need to panic

As India confirmed its first two deaths due to the H3N2 influenza virus on Friday, experts called for increased monitoring and precaution measures but also reassured that there is no need to panic......

No amount of alcohol is safe, shows WHO analysis

There is no safe limit to alcohol consumption and any amount of drinking can severely impact one's health, according to a statement published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in The Lancet......

Padma Bhushan for Indian vaccine makers

Founders of indigenous COVID-19 vaccine developer Bharat Biotech -- Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella, along with Cyrus Poonawalla, the chairman and MD of another vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute......

Vishal Rao's innovation: A cheap voice box for throat cancer patients

An oncologist, Vishal Rao built an innovative voice prosthesis that costs just Rs 50 to help people who've lost their voices, finds Alnoor Peermohamed. IMAGE: Vishal Rao who dreamt of......

How this start-up saves lives

The company has been developing donor-derived stem cell platforms for regenerative medicine and drug discovery applications.   Image: Subhadra Dravida, founder, Transcell Biologics.  ......

Kolkata most polluted city in India

Image: Boys collect coconuts thrown in as offerings by worshippers in the waters of Ganga. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Kolkata is the most polluted metropolis in the country with its......

Roche's patent pain to be Biocon's gain

Indian firm to soon launch copycat of anti-breast-cancer drug For Swiss pharma major Roche, not pursuing an Indian patent for its anti-breast-cancer drug, Herceptin, might mean a loss of millions......

'Irrfan is sounding good'

'He is optimistic and brave.' IMAGE: Mithila Palkar, Dulquer Salmaan and Irrfan in Karwaan. Karwaan takes us on a road trip in south India, with Irrfan, Dulquer Salmaan and Mithila Palkar......

Angelina Jolie gets her ovaries removed in preventive surgery

Two years after her double mastectomy, Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has undergone another preventive operation to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes. The 39-year-old......

Dear Woody Allen, thank you for standing up for SMOKING

Woody Allen, I salute you for taking a position against the anti-smoking messages in theatres, writes Aseem Chhabra. Dear Woody, I hope you don’t mind me calling you Woody. I don’t......

World Athletics PIX: US reclaim 4x400m title, more injury woe for Jamaica

US reclaim 4x400m title, more injury woe for Jamaica IMAGE: US women relay team celebrate. Photograph: IAAF/Twitter Olympic champions the United States reclaimed their women’s 4x400m relay......

Armstrong rejects sample re-test offer

Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has dismissed as irrelevant an offer by an anti-doping authority to test his urine samples from the 1999 race. France's national anti-doping agency......