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Akshay Kumar sports a salt and pepper look in the movie Housefull 4

Grey goes glam!

More and more people are now sporting grey hair, which has for long been associated with growing old.

22 Oct 2019 12:54 AM

Seventeen people have died and 32 have been injured in an explosion outside Egypt's National Cancer Institute in central Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said early on Monday. (Photo: AP)

17 dead, 32 injured in car explosion in Cairo

A car driving against traffic on Cairo's corniche collided with three other cars, causing explosion, Egypt's interior ministry said.

05 Aug 2019 12:01 PM

Late-onset diabetes may be an early indicator of pancreatic cancer or a factor that contributes to its development.

Diabetes and pancreatic cancer: Related?

Proper treatment for diabetes and regular follow-ups are necessary. Patients must make changes to their lifestyle & diet. They should Also exercise.

02 Jul 2018 12:08 AM

Proceeds from the U.S. Postal Service's breast cancer stamp put researchers over the top when they were trying to get enough money to do the landmark study. (Photo: Pixabay)

Licking cancer: US postal stamp helps fund key breast study

The National Cancer Institute gave $36 million for the study, and $4.5 million of it came from the stamp.

05 Jun 2018 8:25 AM

The research will primarily focus on breast, cervical and gastrointestinal cancers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Institutes sign MoU for cancer research

The move aims at improving the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of types of cancers by enhancing the understanding on cancer.

03 May 2018 2:58 AM

Cancer patients don't want researchers to be focused on things that slow down the cancer or may have relatively minor effects. (Photo: Pixabay)

Doctor's own diagnosis drives quest for a cancer cure

Colleagues describe the dpoctor as blunt, honest and direct, traits that may have been sharpened by his cancer ordeal.

25 Mar 2018 12:37 PM

While it is important to be more physically active it is more important to sit less. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how sitting can give you 9 types of cancer

The expert who is helping to re-write the exercise guidelines warned that sitting for hours on end is linked to nine more cancers.

19 Feb 2018 6:49 PM

Drain pipes in human brains uncovered

The process helps the immune system detect whether an organ is under attack from bacteria or viruses or has been injured.

04 Oct 2017 7:00 PM

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