New hope for cancer patients

Three organisations have teamed up to reduce costs of treating cervical cancer patients.

Losing one’s hair may seem like a small thing to those who haven’t, especially when the person has to deal with all the other health problems that arise with cancer. But hair loss, either from cancer or any other reason, can be both traumatic and depresseing, changing the way people perceive themselves an making them feel even sicker. This makes it  psychologically harder for them to fight the disease.

The use of henna for tattoos is an ancient art that goes back many centuries, and the...

Agakhan Foundation to build hospital for cancer, heart patients
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THE Agakhan Foundation is planning to build a hospital for heart and cancer diseases, a move that will reduce number of patients using foreign exchange to travel outside the country. Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam during the launching of the Rays ...

Life 'hanging by a thread' for Italian cancer patients in coronavirus crisis  The Guardian

1.Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime.

3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer...

At least seven patients infected with Ebola in Guinea have recovered from the virus and been allowed to return home, a medical charity says.

Patients suffering from cataract have a reason to smile after a local bank paid for their treatment at Medewell Charitable Health Centre in Kibaha district, Coast Region.

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says anyone caught hiding suspected Ebola patients will be prosecuted, as it tries to contain an outbreak.

Seventeen suspected Ebola patients who went missing in Liberia after a health centre was attacked have been found, a minister tells the BBC.