Angelina Jolie Boosted Breast Cancer Genetic Testing: Study

Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie’s public disclosure in 2013 regarding her surgery for breast cancer led to a spike in genetic tests for a gene known to increase the deadly disease, a study has found. Jolie lost her mother to ovarian and breast cancer and grandmother and aunt to breast cancer. In an op-ed piece in The New York Times — a major US daily — Jolie announced that she had undergone surgery in order to reduce her chances of getting the disease. “My doctors estimated that I had an 87…

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‘Make in India’ Smartphones Boosted Shipments in Q1 2016: CMR

at the same time as India shipped a complete of fifty two.eight million handsets against fifty five.4 million inside the first zone this yr – registering a decline of 4 percent (year-on-year), ‘Make in India’ smartphones have come of age and are pushing shipments, a contemporary document said on Tuesday. The contribution of India brands became at an all-time high of 45 percentage – up 7 percent compared to the fourth area of 2015 and “Made in India” handsets contributed sixty seven percentage to shipments, stated the India cellular Handset…

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