“In the field of medicine, there are two paths to choose, one is treating patients and other is researching and finding newer techniques to treat patients better.” Dr. Tasuku Honjo discovered a gene 25 years ...
The revolutionary work in developing immunotherapy for cancer treatment brings the Nobel home for Dr James P Allison and Dr Tasuku By Shalaka Kulka Out-of-control, chaotic cell growth is the hallmark of cancer. To rein ...
Epidemiologists alarmed by the rise in colorectal cancer incidence in young adults By Rosy Jose First the good news. There was a time when colorectal cancer mostly surfaced after middle age (50 years), and was ...
GenID Solutions works to analyse and predict the possibility of patients developing hereditary cancers By Akhil Cherian Prevention is better than cure, goes the adage famously written across hospital corridors. This key philosophy of modern ...
PAWS FOR CANCER Patients and staff at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center were in for a treat when Megabus brought a bus full of adorable canines over to the hospital. The city-to-city bus travel company, which ...
SERENA SAYS ‘TOUCH YOURSELF’ In honor of October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, international tennis superstar Serena Williams released a recording of herself singing the Divinyls classic, I Touch Myself, to her 9.9 million followers ...
One needs to pay attention to the symptoms one’s body displays and get them diagnosed correctly By Dr Ulhas Ganu There is a Sanskrit shloka, which translates loosely to, there is no smoke without fire ...
Breast cancer. These words will be repeated time and again in this issue of the magazine. Undoubtedly, since it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month worldwide, you will also be bombarded with a lot of information ...
Comfort is a choice not a compromise, believes Dana Donofree of AnaOno, the first ever lingerie brand for the breast cancer community By Rosy Jose Four years ago, Dana Donofree, 27, was living the life ...
Dr Anupama Mane, breast surgeon and Head of Breast Services at Jehangir Hospital, Pune, talks about the challenges ahead in the sector. By Anila Mathew What motivated you to become a breast surgeon? After I ...