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Say NO to survivin'

Pulse relief

Attack migraine in its aura  

Over 80% Indians not covered under health insurance: NSSO survey

Most people finance hospitalisation by digging into savings and borrowing

Battered Lungs

Lung cancer is a result of the deadly cocktail of smoking, air pollution and poverty

Today's Plague

Some of the most common cancers in India are directly linked to poverty

Killer with a BIAS

There is overwhelming evidence that some of the common cancers target the poor

Simply put: No doctors in 70% PHCs in Bihar

Lighting up tumours

New chemical compounds have made radiographic imaging for tumour detection cheaper

Herb to the rescue

DOCTORS RAPPED

Trial by fire

Polio nemesis dead

Device Spots potential back pain

AIDS researcher aquitted of misconduct charge

The nature of malaria

A new project is analysing several natural parameters that aid the spread of malaria

Breast milk is best milk

Anti-carcinogenic properties of breast milk come to light

Earful of noise

What is supposed to be a receptacle for sound, sometimes makes quite a racket itself

Down the nuclear trail

Incidence of Down's syndrome linked to fallout from nuclear weapons testing

Saved by a cuppa cha

Green tea could prevent you from becoming liverish and weak-hearted

Sounding the blood vessels

The magic of tea

Modelled on mice

Genetically engineered test mice provide the ray of light in thalassaemia research

Candid solution

Enzymes have been found that may prevent infections caused by a fungus

Hostile germs

A deadly strain of bacteria has developed resistance to antibiotics