Rana's poem 'Maa', which is considered one of his most famous works, has a special place in the world of Urdu literature.
Australian researchers at Cancer Council, Victoria, believe frequent ejaculation cleared potentially carcinogenic chemicals from the prostate.
Two days after the Goa government launched a crackdown on Nigerian nationals illegally living in Goa, a senior state Bharatiya Janata Party minister compared Nigerians to cancer.
MSD Pharmaceuticals, the wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Merck, is awaiting approval from the Drug Controller General of India to launch a human papillomavirus vaccine to treat cervical cancer. The company has already conducted clinical trials.
Vivek Singh says a medal win by the Indian team at the Olympics would inspire him in his fight against the disease.
While the responses of the candidates were predictable, depending on which side they belonged to, an interesting point slipped through when Rahul Shewale cited the Dharavi Redevelopment Project as a scheme that would add to Mumbai's importance. No big infrastructural project in Mumbai, he said, could be successful without the Centre's nod.
"My view is that there is a real cancer within Pakistan, from the standpoint of militant organisations," John Brennan, Assistant to the US President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said in his speech at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.
Heavy use of mobile phones and other wireless communication devices could possibly cause cancer, the World Health Organisation has said and asked people to use texting and free-hands devices to reduce the risk.
Cell phones don't cause cancer, says a new study, published in the British Medical Journal, thus putting an end to the debate over whether mobile devices harm people.
A Goa-born surgeon, researching and teaching at the Dundee University in Scotland, has pioneered a new method for the early detection of breast cancer. Jayant Vaidya, senior lecturer and consultant surgeon at the university, is a leading member of a team of surgeons that discovered that malignant tumours remain cold when surrounding breast tissue is heated to about 20 degrees Celsius.Experts hope the discovery will make it easier for docs to determine if a lump is cancerous.
Scientists claim to have found a way to "switch off" a molecule that is a key player in triggering breast cancer and certain forms of leukaemia. Researchers in Australia have found a way of blocking signals to and from a signaling protein, Gab2 -- the molecule operating downstream of major breast cancer oncogene HER2 -- preventing it from its role in cell proliferation, the EMBO Journal reported.
Pharma major Nicholas Piramal India Ltd has claimed to have developed a novel anti-cancer drug to arrest and regulate the multiplication of cancer cells.
In a landmark judgment that has the potential to change the direction of India's pharmaceutical business, the apex court said on Monday that the drug failed to qualify for a patent according to Indian law.
The star cast of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much talked about Web series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, stepped out to celebrate its success over the weekend.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei on Tuesday inaugurated Bhabhatron-II, an indigenously developed advanced computerised telecobalt machine for the treatment of cancer. ElBaradei, who is on a three-day trip to India, visited the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai where he inaugurated Bhabhatron-II at the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer here.
A doctor weighs in the fear of cancer triggered by the Hollywood star's mastectomy confession.
A study conducted on more than 77,000 people between the ages of 50 and 76 found that taking moderate to high doses of Vitamin E led to a significant increase in the risk of cancer.
Akhilesh Yadav's stock rose dramatically on Tuesday with his Samajwadi Party cutting the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party down to size in Uttar Pradesh.
New study makes shocking revelations; links health of the girl child to the age of the father.
Although there are no proven ways to prevent cancer, there are steps you can take to decrease your risk.
If you live in Delhi you can quit smoking, give up alcohol, go to bed early, exercise every day and eat right, but unless you also give up breathing, you can still get very sick, says Mitali Saran
Researchers in the United States have found that a combination of coffee drinking and regular exercise is good for health as it may help to prevent skin cancer caused by the Sun's ultraviolet rays.
Sports Minister Ajay Maken has promised government help to cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States to recover from lung cancer.
The 'spot-fixing' scandal that has engulfed world cricket is like a cancer that can spread and devalue the game if the authorities do not act fast enough to root it out, said England captain Andrew Strauss.
A leading Israeli scientist at a premier research institute of the country is developing a 'cancer-sniffing' device, a media report has said.
The 38-year-old who starred in Hindi movies like Kasoor and Water was photographed by Reuters in Hollywood where she showed off her new look as a result of treatment consisting of chemotherapy and stem cell transplant.
Researchers at the University of Georgia Cancer Center have developed a carbohydrate-based vaccine, that in mice has effectively produced a strong immune response to cancer cells.
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
A team of international researchers has carried out the study and found moderately increased exposure to sunlight not only reduces the risk of skin cancer but can also prevent breast, colon and lung cancers.
More than 4,200 Parsis have so far given their blood samples for a genome project that aims at a comprehensive study of Zoroastrian individuals to explore the genetic basis of their longevity and higher incidence of breast cancer among their women.The first focus of the analysis would be breast cancer and diabetes. "The output of this work should be visible in 2011 on these two specific areas," said Dr Villoo Morawala-Patell, a Parsi and the brain behind the project.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers Srikant Jena said the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has been asked to look into demands for bringing 23 anti-cancer drugs within the ambit of price control.
Hartson, 34, who played 51 times for Wales and for clubs including Arsenal, West Ham United, Coventry City, Wimbledon, Luton Town and Celtic, is facing many months of treatment.
Mitra Biotech's personalised cancer therapy could be a game changer in the field of cancer medicine.
Atre, a torch-bearer of the Kirana Gharana of Hindustani classical music, had been honoured with all three Padma awards by the Indian government.
The 41-year-old singer was draped in just a silk sheet emblazoned with the logo of Fashion Targets Breast Cancer 2010 campaign.
Wearing a belt which is too tight can increase the risk of developing throat cancer, especially in overweight people, a new study has warned.
The 75-year-old former England fast bowler is undergoing treatment in Airedale Hospital in West Yorkshire.
