Category: Patient Care
A groundbreaking study in the US finds that a third of cancer patients take complementary medicine for cancer care, and its hidden pitfalls By Christina Tom Jose Findings of a recent study by JAMA Oncology ...
India’s health technology company Niramai is developing an AI-based solution to curb the spread of river blindness in Africa BY AATIKA H JAIN Niramai, an Indian health-tech firm, has undertaken the development of computer-aided software, ...
In India, only 20% minors survive cancer, as compared to more than 80% in western countries. Data: Tata Memorial Hospital, February 2017 Holistic support coupled with prospective tracking reduces abandonment in childhood cancers Preference ...
Goonj aims to empower communities by restoring the basic dignity of the poor and underprivileged By Christina Tom Jose When I feel cold, I hug a dead body and sleep.” These frightful words from a ...
A recent Chinese study links chronic stress to progression in breast cancer, and raises questions about how closely linked stress and cancer is By Aatika H Jain Oh god, the alarm did not ring. Or ...
Barbara Demorest’s Knitted Knockers give hope and happiness to breast cancer survivors, who often struggle with silicon and other artificial prostheses By Anila Mathew Vivek In addition to the trauma accompanying the diagnosis of cancer, ...
Dr Satish Sonawane of Maxcare Super Speciality Hospital, Ahmednagar, talks about the importance of improving quality of life as well, when it comes to cancer treatment BY Anila Mathew Vivek What inspired you to study ...
The Butterfly Cancer Care Foundation focuses on bringing free cancer treatment to underprivileged children By Rajalakshmy R Legendary poet Rabindranath Tagore once said, “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” This, ...
A young IIT graduate is teaching hope to a remote river island in Assam There is a story about an adamant little hummingbird. It did its best to put out a huge jungle fire by ...
Dr Khader Valli, on why millet was and should be every Indian’s staple We all have our notions of what is healthy and what is not, drilled into our minds from a very young age ...
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