Test-tube kids face higher cancer risk, first big study says, but not likely due to procedure

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Vitamin C can help fight cancer

AUCKLAND - Vitamin C could play a key role in fighting cancer.

People with cancer cells should have more vitamin C to limit tumour growth, a research led by Margreet Vissers, associate professor at the University of Otago, has said.

385 sign up in NYC at bone marrow drive 11-year-old ‘Lion King’ star with leukemia

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Police say Michigan woman gave disabled daughter, 13, fatal overdose and tried to kill herself

Police: Mich. woman killed daughter, tried suicide

Zsa Zsa Gabor to have surgery to repair broken hip after falling from bed in her Bel Air home

Zsa Zsa Gabor to have hip replacement surgery

AIDS conference chief calls for universal access to treatment of deadly disease

AIDS conference chief lashes out at world leaders

14 swine flu cases in West Bengal

KOLKATA - The confirmed cases of swine flu in West Bengal have risen to 14, a health official said Saturday

Artificial colours in kids’ food linked to cancer risk

MELBOURNE - Australia may soon ban artificial food colours after a new research showed it may pose a cancer risk, as well as causing hyperactivity and allergic reactions in kids.

Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized with broken hip after falling out of bed in her Bel Air home

Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized with broken hip

Brain exercises reduce accident risk in older drivers

LONDON - There’s a clinically proven brain fitness training tool that helps older adults reduce their likelihood of being in a car accident.

Mizoram forms anti-tobacco squads for smoke-free state

AIZAWL - The Mizoram government is forming Anti-Tobacco Squads (ATS) in all eight districts of the state to ensure that the ban on smoking in public areas is strictly enforced, an official said Sunday.

Team to market India as medical tourism destination in Britain

BANGALORE - Representatives of Indian healthcare sector will be in Britain next week to market India as an efficient and cost-effective medical tourism destination.

Britons create world’s first workable bionic legs

LONDON - Two Britons living in New Zealand have built a pair of bionic legs that allow paraplegics - those with complete paralysis of the lower half of the body - to walk again.

Indian doctor makes to the top in Canada

TORONTO - With most Indian doctors here driving taxis because of non-recognition of their degrees, few have established themselves in their medical profession in Canada. But Amritsar-born physician Birinder Ahluwalia has made it to the very top of his trade, with his BSA Diagnostic Medical Imaging Centre here rated as one of the biggest and best in this country.

Gunshot survivor woman gets prosthetic face

LONDON - A woman, who had her face blown off by a shotgun blast when she was 16, has been given a prosthetic replacement.

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