Pravasi Herald

Fully preventable, yet cervical cancer most common among women in India

By Azera Parveen Rahman

New Delhi, Jan 13 -- Cervical cancer can be fully prevented if there is the required awareness. The tragedy, however, is that because of lack of knowledge and an it-cannot-happen-to-me attitude, it is the most common kind of cancer in India today.

01/14/13
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India sees 57 percent dip in new HIV cases in a decade

01/12/13
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Doctors perform India’s first successful intestinal transplant in Gurgaon’s Medanta Medicity

Doctors at Gurgaon's Medanta Medicity hospital claimed on Friday to have successfully performed an intestinal transplant on a 30-year-old software engineer, making him India's first successful intestinal transplant survivor.

01/05/13
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Braving cold and illness - outside Delhi’s AIIMS

New Delhi, Jan 3 -- The cold is icy, the traffic noise overpowering and the environment inhospitable. As they sit huddled over a makeshift stove making a meal outside the gates of AIIMS, the group of women are amongst those who fight an hourly battle everyday to keep their patients warm and fit enough for another day's treatment at India's premier hospital.

01/03/13
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No screening tests for overseas Indian doctors to practice

Kochi, Jan 2 -- The central government will allow overseas Indian doctors to practice in the country without undergoing screening tests, an official said here Wednesday.

01/02/13
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63 percent foreign doctors in Britain failing key exams compared with 9 percent of British doctors

London -- Hundreds of foreign doctors, including those from India and Pakistan, are routinely failing key medical exams in Britain, The Mail on Sunday said.

12/25/12
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Here’s why ‘take a hike’ is good advice

Washington -- Hikers did much better in creativity scores after spending a few days outdoors, unplugged from smartphones and iPads, according to a psychological study.

12/17/12
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India needs more infectious disease experts, says APXA founder Shah

New Delhi -- Despite infectious diseases claiming over 20 million lives a year, India has just a handful of specialists in the field for its 1.2 billion population, says an Indian American expert pushing for this country to set up a specialist training programme to tackle this grave issue.

12/17/12
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Fewer, larger meals healthier for obese women

Washington, Dec 7 -- Consuming three huge meals instead of six small ones lowered the amount of fat in women's blood and gradually decreased risk of heart disease, says a study.

12/09/12
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