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Tobacco and Oral Cancer: Expert reveals early signs and ways to prevent this deadly disease
Health | Jun 18, 2025, 10:41 PM ISTTobacco use is a major risk factor for oral cancer. Early signs include persistent mouth sores, white or red patches, and difficulty swallowing. Quitting tobacco and regular screenings can help prevent and detect oral cancer.
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World Lupus Day 2025: Know causes, symptoms, foods to eat and avoid to control this disease
Health | May 10, 2025, 10:14 AM ISTOn World Lupus Day 2025, learn about the causes and symptoms of this autoimmune disease. Know foods that can help manage lupus, such as fatty fish, leafy greens, and whole grains. Find out which foods to avoid to prevent flares and improve overall health.
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Vaccination to Awareness: 10 Tips to Prevent Cervical Cancer
Health | Jan 13, 2024, 05:00 PM ISTShield yourself! Beat cervical cancer with these 10 essential tips: vaccines, screenings, healthy habits, and more. Take control, and protect your health.
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Diabetes: How to prevent it and what to look for in the early stages
Health | Apr 14, 2023, 04:30 PM ISTManaging diabetes carefully is crucial to avoid complications, as it is a chronic condition. Recognizing the first signs of diabetes and taking appropriate measures to prevent it is crucial.
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Post workout blisters: Here's how to prevent this painful problem
Lifestyle | Apr 13, 2023, 07:00 PM ISTPost-workout blisters can be painful and uncomfortable, affecting your ability to continue your fitness routine.
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COVID: Keep the workplace healthy by preventing spread of infectious diseases
Health | Apr 05, 2023, 03:49 PM ISTPreventing the spread of infectious diseases at work is crucial for employee health, company productivity, and success. Encouraging vaccination, promoting hand hygiene, implementing respiratory etiquette among others things is important.
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Madhya Pradesh officials foil child marriage, let off parents with warning
Crime | Nov 17, 2019, 05:24 PM ISTActing on a tip-off, a team of state government officials and police reached Kelod Kankar village and stopped a pre-wedding ceremony underway, said an MP Women and Child Development Department official
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Study: Fruits and vegetables can prevent asthma
Health | Jul 12, 2018, 05:12 PM ISTDiets with better asthma outcomes are characterized by being healthier, with greater consumption of fruits, vegetables and whole grain cereals.
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Here’s what can help you prevent scar tissues in eyes
People | Jan 22, 2018, 07:40 PM ISTRetinal detachment is a disorder of the eye in which the retina separates from the layer underneath and may be described as a curtain over part of the field of vision.
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Gene therapy may prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, claims study
Lifestyle | Oct 11, 2016, 02:38 PM ISTGene therapy might one day offer a way to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease, new study suggests. Scientists from Imperial College London in the UK have said that injecting a specific gene directly into the
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US scientists set to develop new pill for Alzheimer's prevention
Lifestyle | Oct 09, 2016, 08:01 AM ISTA pill that prevents the accumulation of toxic molecules in the brain and can help prevent or delay Alzheimer's, can be the next target in the fight against the neurocognitive disease, according to US scientists.
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Vast majority of strokes can be prevented, claims study
Lifestyle | Jul 19, 2016, 11:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: It is believed that strokes can strike anyone anytime and are the leading cause of death and disability, but a team of researchers in a new study have reported that 9 out of
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Stop breast cancer from returning by adopting a Mediterranean diet, claims research
Lifestyle | Jun 06, 2016, 12:02 PM ISTLondon: Adopting a mediterranean diet can prevent breast cancer from returning back, claims a new research. There is already evidence that a Mediterranean diet which includes the diet of fresh fish, vegetables, whole grains, legumes
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Myth Busted: Eating chocolate everyday prevents diabetes
Lifestyle | Apr 30, 2016, 07:06 AM ISTLondon:If you are chocoholic, there is a good news for you. According to a new report, you can now have your favourite chocolate every day without worrying about diabetes. Consumption of a small amount of
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Bangladesh tries to prevent ecological disaster after oil spill
World | Dec 16, 2014, 07:03 AM ISTDhaka: Hundreds of people on Monday were hoping to avoid a major ecological disaster in Bangladesh by cleaning up by hand some of the 350,000 litres of oil spilled from a tanker that sank in
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Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent Muharram processions
India | Nov 02, 2014, 12:48 PM ISTSrinagar: Restrictions have been imposed in several areas of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir to prevent Shia Muharram processions, police said on Sunday."Restrictions have been imposed in Maisuma, Kralkhud, Kothibagh, Ram Munshibagh, Shergarhi, Shaheedgunj, Karan
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East African countries vow to prevent Ebola
World | Sep 18, 2014, 06:18 AM ISTNairobi: Ministers of health, transport and immigration from five eastern African countries on Wednesday vowed to strengthen measures that would prevent spread of Ebola virus in the region.The ministers said in a joint communique that
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Bengal turns to bug to prevent malaria
India | Aug 07, 2014, 01:27 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal plans to use a bug to control the mosquito population that is responsible for malaria and dengue.According to the director of state health services, B.R. Satpathi, a particular variety of the bacteria
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Sindhurakshak tragedy: Mumbai fire officer helped prevent another naval disaster
India | Aug 14, 2013, 05:36 PM ISTMumbai: The alertness and presence of mind shown by a top Mumbai Fire Brigade officer probably helped avert a second major disaster in the naval dockyard where the INS Sindhurakshak submarine sank after being rocked
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To prevent breast cancer, Jolie had double mastectomy
Hollywood | May 14, 2013, 04:01 PM ISTLos Angeles, May 14: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says she has had double mastectomy to reduce her risk of getting breast cancer.The 37-year-old said she had had reconstructive surgery with implants, nine weeks after the