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Articles with tag: cancer

Why Do Pakistani Women Have the Highest Rates of Breast Cancer in Asia?

Laaleen Khan   Sep 10, 2009   interacts: 28

Early detection saves lives. Get you and your loved ones to do annual mammograms and ultrasounds! Pay for poor women's screenings and treatments.

Paper Trail

Mutaal Mooquin   Jun 5, 2008   interacts: 6

To produce five sheets of 8 x 11 inch paper we use the equivalent energy of an 80 watt bulb operating for an hour; but at a cost far greater than that of electricity.

Judah Folkman

Syed Shah   Feb 11, 2008   interacts: 5

History may yet end up remembering Judah Folkman, who passed away earlier this year at Denver International Airport, as the man who cured cancer.

Accepting Death

Mark Robinson   Jun 23, 2007   interacts: 8

Ignoring death is like cremating reality

Medical Lessons from the Death of a Poet

V S Gopalakrishnan   Apr 8, 2007   interacts: 15

Can a breast specialist, however eminent, take over the role of a gynaec specialist? ... Are drugs like combiflam which many people do not tolerate require to be prescribed for our patients?...

Cancer Can’t Kill

sehar javaid   Nov 26, 2006   interacts: 14

Boosting immunity and fighting infections can prolong the life.

The Birth of a Voice

Sheela Jaywant   Jun 16, 2006   interacts: 3

Other than the hoarseness, there was no other indication that he was ill. Unknown to him, this 75-year-old bachelor, an air-conditioning specialist who loved his cigarettes, had developed a malignancy.

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