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Why Indians Pay for Full-Body Scans and Skip the Cancer Screening Tests That Actually Work

The Scan That Finds Everything Except What Will Kill YouWalk into any corporate diagnostic centre in Mumbai, Bengaluru, or Delhi and you will find a "Full Body Scan" package priced between ₹8,000 and ₹40,000. It typically includes a whole-body CT or PET-CT, a battery of blood panels, and a chest…

Times Life · Sep 10

5 Self-Examination Techniques That Catch Cancer and Skin Disease Early in Just Ten Minutes a Month

Why Your Hands Are the First Line of ScreeningA 2022 study published in The Lancet Oncology found that in low- and middle-income countries, a category India still partially occupies for cancer infrastructure, over 60 percent of breast cancer cases present at stage three or four. The gap between early and…

Times Life · Sep 10

South Dakota Confirms Its First Cattle Anthrax Case of 2026 as Officials Quarantine a Meade County Herd

South Dakota confirmed anthrax in a Meade County beef herd. The disease reaches people through animals and animal products, never person-to-person.

Medical Daily · Sep 9

Her Doctors Feared Her Breast Cancer Had Spread Until a Scan Showed Two Ribs Fused into One Lump

A firm lump above a breast cancer survivor's collarbone looked like spreading disease. CT showed her first and second ribs were fused together.

Medical Daily · Sep 9

Three Ulcers on a Farm Worker's Arms Led Doctors in Qatar to a Virus That Normally Infects Camels

Doctors in Doha report Qatar's first documented human camelpox case, diagnosed from exposure history, lesion appearance, and a genus-level test.

Medical Daily · Sep 9

Check Your Earlobes: This Tiny Crease Has Been Linked to Heart Disease

The next time you look in the mirror, take a quick look at your earlobes, not because they can diagnose a heart problem, but because...

Saving Advice · Sep 9

Michael J Fox promises to find Parkinson's disease cure

Back To The Future star Michael J. Fox is adamant a cure for Parkinson's is coming in the future.

BANG Premier · Sep 9

Late Stage Trial Miss Leaves Adults with Myotonic Dystrophy Still Waiting for a First Approved Treatment

Novartis says its Phase 3 HARBOR trial of del-desiran missed its main goal in myotonic dystrophy type 1, a disease with no approved therapy.

Medical Daily · Sep 9

The 9/11 dust is still making people ill: Ground Zero cancer cases up 75% in three years, more than 57,000 diagnosed

Cancer diagnoses among Ground Zero exposed individuals have risen sharply. Northwell Health reported a seventy-five percent increase in certified 9/11-related cancer cases. Prostate and skin cancers are the most common diagnoses for these survivors. Hundreds of thousands of people remain at risk for developing serious diseases. New York City released…

The Economic Times · Sep 9

Inhaled Drug Cut Blood Vessel Resistance in the Lungs Fifty Six Percent in a Trial of 135 Patients

An inhaled drug met its main goal in a 135-patient mid-stage trial for pulmonary hypertension linked to interstitial lung disease.

Medical Daily · Sep 9