Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Television star Dipika Kakar took to her YouTube vlogs to share a health update, where she revealed that her doctor has advised her to undergo MRI scans almost every month for better diagnosis of her health and illness. The actress revealed that regular MRI scans have now become a part of her life as she continues to battle health complications, saying that she will now have to ‘live with it’.In a recent vlog on their YouTube channel, her husband and television actor …
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New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited on Tuesday said it has received permission from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to sell and distribute Durvalumab solution for infusion used in cancer treatment for an additional indication.In its latest stock exchange filing, the drug company said that through this approval, “Durvalumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel is indicated for the first-line treatment of adults with primary advanced or rec…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Scientists in Australia have mapped the “neighbourhoods” of lung cancer cells and found that cell metabolism plays a key role in determining how patients respond to immunotherapy.Researchers from the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Frazer Institute studied cell interactions at cellular resolution in non-small cell lung carcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer, to better understand why some patients don’t respond to immunotherapy treatment, Xinhua news agency reporte…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) A team of Australian researchers has developed a new targeted therapeutic approach that could improve treatment for myelofibrosis — a rare and serious form of blood cancer.Myelofibrosis disrupts the body’s ability to produce healthy blood cells, leading to fatigue, pain, enlarged spleen, and reduced quality of life.Although current treatments can help relieve symptoms, there are no treatments to cure the disease.Rather than just managing symptoms, the research, publis…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) An international team of researchers has discovered a new method to fight cancers that no longer respond to treatment.The team led by Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science used mutations that make tumours drug-resistant, Xinhua news agency reported.One of the biggest challenges in cancer care is when a therapy stops working.In many metastatic cancers, drugs that initially work lose their effect over time as cancer cells mutate and continue to grow.The new study, publish…