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 The Times of India 
'Cancer deaths will go up 45% by 2030'
Mon 8 Feb 2010
NEW DELHI: The number of global cancer deaths is projected to increase by 45% from 2007 to 2030 — from 7.9 million to 11.5 million. Cancer has become the leading cause of death worldwide and the... (photo: GFDL / Produnis )
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 The Times of India 
Soon, cancer drugs at half-price from govt outlets?
Mon 8 Feb 2010
NEW DELHI: In a first-ever initiative to bring down prices of expensive cancer medication, the government plans to retail them through its ‘Jan Aushadhi’ stores, which offer essential ‘unbranded’... (photo: WN / aruna1)
Trees and plants in Mamzar Park Dubai UAE  Indian Express  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Green cover can protect monuments, says expert
Advocating the role of trees as a bioshield for national monuments, ethno-botanist Professor Javed Ashraf presented a part of his research titled “Pollution in Medieval Times” at a national-level... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Environment   Photos   Pollution   Research   Trees
Indian actress  Minissha Lamba  Indian Express  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Tome Raider
As Minissha Lamba walks into Mumbai’s Landmark store to go book and music shopping, dressed in a pair of leggings and an olive green top, she is the cynosure of all eyes. Her radiant smile and her... (photo: Public Domain / Blogsd)
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Cigarette - Smoking - Tobacco The Telegraph India Mon 8 Feb 2010
SC lens on airport cigarette sale
New Delhi, Feb. 8: The Supreme Court will decide whether international cigarette brands can be sold in duty-free outlets at the departure lounges of Indian airports... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Airports   Cigarettes   Delhi   Photos   Smoking
Geriatric - osteoporosis - asian elderly - senior citizen The Telegraph India Mon 8 Feb 2010
Cure hope for osteoporosis
New Delhi, Feb 08: Indian and American scientists have discovered a new medical strategy to combat osteoporosis, raising hopes of a daily pill to prevent and even reverse... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Delhi   Health   Osteoporosis   Photos   Women
Eggplant - Vegetable - Food The Times Mon 8 Feb 2010
India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists' warnings
India will decide tomorrow whether to approve its first genetically modified (GM) food crop. It is a move that supporters argue will help to avert a global food crisis... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Food   India   Pesticides   Photos   Vegetable
A vehicle drives up a snow covered road towards Gulmarg, 55km (34 miles) west of Srinagar February 8, 2010. At least 17 Indian soldiers were killed when an avalanche smashed into a military training camp near the country's disputed border with Pakistan on Monday, security officials said. Zeenews Mon 8 Feb 2010
Snow in higher reaches lowers temperature in north India
New Delhi: Heavy snowfall in the higher reaches lowered the temperature in parts of north India today even as the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Photos   Snow   Temperature   Weather
A health offical draws blood from an HIV positive woman at Siem Reap provincial hospital about 230 kilometers (143 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. DNA India Mon 8 Feb 2010
No headway on HIV vaccine after 20 years

Pune: Global efforts over the last two decades to produce an HIV vaccine have made little headway. Here’s why: Vaccine trials on monkeys and chimpanzees have... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Disease   Health   Photos   Science   Vaccine
Obese Child - Obesity - Fat - Overweight - Health - Philippines Pravda RU Mon 8 Feb 2010
Researchers Finds Three Routines Can Cut Kids' Obesity Risk

Eat dinner as a family six or seven times a week, limit the time the child watches TV to less than two hours a day, and make sure he or she gets more than 10.5 hours of... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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