Cancer

Ailing Chavez fighting for life, vice-president says

2 Mar 2013

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is fighting for his life in a Caracas military hospital 10 days after returning from cancer treatment in Cuba, his vice-president said.

Holding candles, hundreds pray for Hugo Chavez

23 Feb 2013

Hundreds of Venezuelans held a candlelight vigil on Friday for President Hugo Chavez, praying for their leader while he remained in a hospital undergoing cancer treatment.

Heart disease patients at greater risk of bowel cancer, say experts

21 Feb 2013

Heart disease patients should get tested for bowel cancer as they have a higher risk of contracting the disease, said medical researchers on Thursday. Among those who have coronary heart disease...

Morales refused permission to see ailing ally Chavez

21 Feb 2013

Doctors for ailing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez refused to let Bolivian President Evo Morales see his close ally when he went to Caracas this week, Morales said on Wednesday.

Chavez’s return to Venezuela raises questions

19 Feb 2013

The announcement of President Hugo Chavez’s return to Venezuela after a 10-week silence in Cuba is raising questions about his cancer treatments, his delicate health, and the political purposes...

Opinion

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Shirley Yam

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Case history: liver cancer

Hanson Yip was an energetic young man with a heart for helping others. But while studying for a university degree in social work, the 26-year-old Yip started feeling twinges of pain in his upper...

Chavez foe asks why president silent for two months

Venezuela’s top opposition leader is asking why President Hugo Chavez hasn’t spoken publicly in more than two months while undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba.

Chavez in ‘tough’ alternative treatment, says Maduro

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is undergoing “tough and complex” alternative medical treatment in Cuba, his handpicked successor Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday.

MULTIVITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS

Multivitamins may help guard against cancer

In a recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, it was found that daily multivitamin supplementation reduced the risk of total cancer in men by 8 per cent.

HEALTH

Mobile phone antennae removed from university over cancer risk fears

A memo was sent out to all staff and students after the Sunday Morning Post reported last weekend that mobile phone companies had paid the university to erect an estimated 87 antennae on the...

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