SACRAMENTO, Calif.: A national study conducted by UC Davis researchers reveals that blacks, Asians and Hispanics are less likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening than whites.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.: A national study conducted by UC Davis researchers reveals that blacks, Asians and Hispanics are less likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening than whites.

CHICAGO: An old adage says that affluence breeds obeisance and all physical ailments follow. Interestingly, affluence also sparks concern among affluent people to address to these health concerns and then comes the modern medical, scientific and technology community with many cures for these ailments.

NEW DELHI: Tired of the side effects of modern medicine, many Indians in the metro cities are literally going back to nature. They are following the Satvik ahaar

PORTOROZ: That a place called Portoroz (literally, pot of roses) existed somewhere on the map had always escaped my curious eyes. That the Slovenian port town which sits on the northern most part of the Adriatic Sea has been a popular health resort since the 13th century did not figure in my trivia list either?

NEW DELHI: Lung cancer is gaining epidemic proportions in India, according to Indian Society of Medical & Pediatric Oncology (ISMPO). In a press realize, ISMPO said that 'Survival after lung cancer had doubled over the last several years for lung cancer; this also improves their quality of life.

CHICAGO: Four North Health Service Corporation health centers have announced free health screenings for men for diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension, HIV testing, prostate cancer and obesity.

CHICAGO: More than a million villagers in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan could get clean drinking water every day upon implementation of an agreement between AAPICF (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Charitable Foundation) and Naandi Foundation, a philanthropic organization based in Andhra Pradesh.

NEW JERSEY: Purvi Parikh of Watchung, N.J., a recent medical graduate, was inducted into the prestigious Gold Humanism Honor Society on May 2. The 26-year-old was honored at a ceremony in Manhattan by Charles Modica, chancellor of St. George’s University School of Medicine in the West Indies, Grenada and Bay Shore, N.Y.

WASHINGTON: Everyone's genes spell out a risk for some disease, and a coming anti-discrimination law is about to give genetic testing a boost.