Cancer

The Mega Millions lottery hit $640m - a record-shattering prize - and as the numbers are out... how to spend half-a-million dollars is everyone's question!

Simi John Mar 31, 2012

Researchers say obesity raises the risk of cancer by 70 per cent.

Akshaya B S Mar 30, 2012

Researchers from the University of California have discovered that chocolate can reduce fat.

Akshaya B S Mar 27, 2012

Modern architecture master and Bauhaus pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe honoured.

Geetha Pillai Mar 27, 2012

The implants are suspected to be filled with an industrial grade silicone used in mattresses.

Geetha Pillai Mar 24, 2012

Researchers found that aspirin reduces the chances of tumours spreading to distant organs by about 40-50%.

Akshaya B S Mar 23, 2012

Binge drinking and obesity fuel rise in deaths from liver disease, according to new report.

Ewan Palmer Mar 22, 2012

The gold cape that Elizabeth Taylor wore as Cleopatra in two main scenes in the 1963 film is set for auction.

Simi John Mar 22, 2012

We interview consumerization expert Cesare Garlati about the benefits and risks involved in employees using their own phones and tablets for work.

David Gilbert Mar 20, 2012

The Italian branch of the Anonymous collective has taken down the official website of the Vatican again in protest against sex abuse cases involving Roman Catholic priests.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Mar 19, 2012

Tongan king dies in Hong Kong hospital at age of 63.

Sangeetha Seshagiri Mar 19, 2012

Nearly 100,000 Coptic Christians gathered in Cairo to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III who died on Saturday.

Geetha Pillai Mar 18, 2012

Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt’s Coptic Christians, died on Saturday due to health complications and old age.

Geetha Pillai Mar 18, 2012

Parking rates at hospitals affiliated to the National Health Scheme in the UK has seen a constant rise with some hospitals charging 200 per cent more than the rates applicable a year ago.

praveen narayan Mar 17, 2012

Six reasons you might want to start imbibing some of your homemade amber nectar.

Toyin Owoseje Mar 16, 2012

Up to one billion people are projected to die due to tobacco use in the 21st century, warns a WHO report.

Geetha Pillai Mar 16, 2012

Cancer sufferer believes urine has healing properties.

Toyin Owoseje Mar 15, 2012

Rean Carter, five, fed up with being mistaken for girl, has first haircut of life to raise money for charity.

Toyin Owoseje Mar 15, 2012

Protest waged against persecution of Christians in communist country.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Mar 14, 2012

Zelboraf treatment targets rogue gene and offers life-saving hope to victims of deadly cancer.

Nicholas Edmondson Mar 14, 2012

An antidepressant tablet when combined with all-trans retinoic acid, a vitamin A derivation, cancer can be cured.

Akshaya B S Mar 13, 2012

Harvard University's massive 20-year study backs claims of doctors and nutrionists.

Akshaya B S Mar 13, 2012

Italian cell of hacking collective opens new front in radio wave cancer allegations.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Mar 12, 2012

Researchers from the Northwestern Medicine in Chicago and University of Louisville have discovered a new way that will help patient's body to accept organs from a mismatched, unrelated organ donor.

Akshaya B S Mar 09, 2012

Soft drink giants cut back on chemical used for colouring cola drinks over cancer fears.

Ewan Palmer Mar 09, 2012

Killer virus in China and Hong Kong had potential to spread around world in 2003, expert Ian Lipkin tells outbreak conference.

Nicholas Edmondson Mar 08, 2012

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed rumours that he is suffering from terminal colon cancer.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Mar 07, 2012

Stratfor speculated around Turkey's PM Erdogan health quoting his lead surgeon as saying the he had colon cancer.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Mar 06, 2012

As many as 7,000 lives could be saved each year if people being diagnosed were to report their condition early, a study has found.

praveen narayan Mar 06, 2012

Department of Health regulation to hide stocks of tobacco on sale condemned as irrational if plain packaging to be enforced.

Nicholas Edmondson Mar 05, 2012