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Viruses Recruited as Killers of Tumors

Source: The New York Times In 1951, a 4-year-old boy with leukemia contracted chickenpox. His liver and spleen, swollen by the cancer, soon returned to normal, and his elevated blood cell count fell to that of a healthy child. His doctors at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology in San Francisco were thrilled […]

Gambia: Face-to-Face With Dr Tahir Mehmood Minhas

Credit:All Africa via Wasim Saroya interview In this week’s Health Promotion Column, we bring excerpts of the interview we had with Dr. Tahir Mehmood Minhas , general and plastic surgeon of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital in the Gambia. Dr Minhas spoke at length on a wide range of issues including his profile, educational background, work […]

Lifestyle factors behind most cancers

Credit: TOI on Line: SYDNEY: Lifestyle factors, not exposure to chemicals in food and consumer products, are the most significant causes of cancer, according to the latest evidence. Bernard Stewart, professor of oncology at the University of New South Wales, said: “Measures known to prevent cancer include smoking cessation, reducing […]

Toxic make-up: Looks that can kill

Ask any toddler and they’ll tell you that their mother’s make-up drawer, filled with crimson lipsticks and bright shadows, is the most magical place they’ve ever seen. What, both, the toddler and the mother don’t realise is that whatever magical stuff is making one drop dead gorgeous could also make […]

Colonscopy test- first hand account

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/cancer/article/1135310–i-passed-the-colonoscopy-test-but-my-prostate-s-misbehaving Aging with dignity? Don’t make me laugh! It may make me pee … One of the many downsides of getting into your mid-60s is the attention doctors start paying to your rear end. They keep wanting to insert things or even requiring you to insert something yourself. First up […]