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BCG Vaccine Demonstrates Long-Lasting Effectiveness

Recent data showed the bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine reduced the risk for tuberculosis after 40 years of vaccination, suggesting the vaccine may be more cost-effectiv...

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Mumbai: 'No Gynaecs In Rural Areas To Provide Basic Delivery Services'

Mumbai: An audit carried out by the state government of all maternal deaths, including those during medical termination of pregnancy (MTPs), have found three main causes behin...

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Britney Spears Collaborates With Rape Crisis Center To Encourage Women's Safety During Christmas.

Pop star Britney Spears has partnered with rape crisis center bosses to warn young women about predators over the holidays. The 'Toxic' singer will front local TV spots in Las...

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Recycling Unused Medicines To Save Money And Lives

It always troubled Deane Kirchner to throw away good medicine. When residents of the Lincoln Glen long-term facility in San Jose, Calif., where she is the director of nursing,...

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Mark Hamill Visits Great Ormond Street Hospital

Star Wars legend Mark Hamill visited patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) this week. Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the legendary films, was visibly moved on ...

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The Human Incubator

Sometimes, the best way to progress isn’t to advance — to step up with more MONEY, more technology, more modernity. It’s to retreat. Towards the end of the 1...

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Doctor Designs Rs 50 Device To Give Patients Their Lost Voice

Throat cancer patients who have lost their voice can look forward to speaking again, without having to shell out thousands on an artificial voice box. A city-based oncologist ...

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In Developing World, Cancer Is A Very Different Disease

In the United States the median age at which colon cancer strikes is 69 for men and 73 for women. In Chad the average life expectancy at birth is about 50. Children who surviv...

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Sir Elton John Thanks Australian Prime Minister For Supporting Global Fund

As part of his recent Australian Tour, Sir Elton Johnmet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to thank him for supporting The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis...

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Super Condom??That Will Eradicate HIV Goes On Sale in 2016

A new contraception product will soon be released to the market and is slated to be a game changer in the fight against HIV.Referred to as the ??uper condom,??the product was ...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE FILMMAKER, THE ETERNAL SEEKER

As it completes a 50-day run, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at Srijit Mukherji’s Pa...

October 9 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: LOVE LANGUAGES GUIDE TO MOHABBAT KI DUKAAN

Discover how to express and receive love through the five love languages, nurturing rela...

October 8 2024

FESTIVALS: THE CHANGING FACE OF DURGA PUJA

Religious Fest? Reality Show? Sponsored Program? A little of all these? Monojit Lahiri l...

October 6 2024