According to WHO estimations that every year more than 1.30 lakh Indian women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and around 74,000 fall prey to it.

WHO revealed this figure in spite of the fact that cervical cancer is preventable.

According to a study from Harvard, universal healthcare coverage could reduce many health disparities in the general population.

The results are a part of the national debate on revamping healthcare to cover uninsured Americans and they showed that health coverage in the form of Medicare eligibility narrowed the health gaps between Americans of different races, ethnicities, and education levels. Previous studies had shown that the people most likely to lack coverage were black, Hispanic, and those with less education.

According to a survey published on Tuesday about 5.6 million people in the U. S. have some form of paralysis and nearly a quarter of them have suffered spinal cord injuries.

The survey by Anthony Cahill of the University of New Mexico and colleagues reported that the largest group of 29 % were paralyzed or partly paralyzed by stroke and spinal cord injuries affected 23 %.

The study was funded by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which was set up by the actor who was paralyzed in a horse-riding accident in 1995 and died in
2004 while Dana Reeve died from lung cancer in 2006.

Medical faults including a mop left inside a patient's stomach after a surgical operation, administering wrong injection, over dosage of medication and many other errors have taken the form of a nightmare for both physicians as well as patients.

With the intention to simplify and develop the healthcare system, there will be an independent body, which will look after such incidents that go unreported.

Tomatoes are rich source of antioxidant compounds, such as lycopene, phenolics and ascorbic acid however consumption of raw tomatoes gives only tiny amounts of lycophene.

Research team used a model of the digestive tract in order to measure the amount of lycopene and other antioxidants released from tomatoes during typical digestive conditions. Data revealed 75% of the total antioxidants were released including 4% of the lycopene found in the raw tomato.

Singapore's health minister has warned against the risks involved in the surgery to separate the Indian twins joined at their head.

Reputed Singaporean neurosurgeon, Keith Goh, emphasized that the state government of Andhra Pradesh in India has urged him to surgically separate five-year-old Indian twin sisters Vani and Veena.