Cancer
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80% of cancer cases found in poor countries
New Delhi: Cancer is no more a rich man’s disease, with almost 80% of the burden across the world being borne by poor and middle-income countries like India.
21/08/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Reports and Documents
Parliamentary Committee on S & T, Environment & Forests on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010
The Parliamentary committee report on “Civil Liability For Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010” tabled in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on Aug 18, 2010. It has proposed to triple the liability cap in case of a nuclear accident to 1,500 crore rupees & has also sought to make suppliers of atomic equipment accountable if it is found defective.
Aug 2010
Rajya Sabha
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Cancerous pollutant on the rise in Mumbai
The city’s vehicular emission load may have dropped this year, but Mumbaikars still can’t breathe easy. A new Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report claimed that the level of a cancerous substance, benzo alpha pyrene, has gone up beyond the permitted level.
17/08/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Got cancer? Simple breath test can tell
Device Detects Disease Even Before Tumours Become Visible In X-Rays
London: Scientists working on a breath test to detect cancer said they were now able to identify different types of the disease, in research to be published on Wednesday.
11/08/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Rise in cancer, hypertension cases in Leh
There has been a increase in the number of cancer and hypertension cases in Leh district in the past decade due to a change in lifestyle ,according to Chief Executive Councilor (CEC) of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, Tsering Dorjey.
28/07/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
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Cancer grid link to Rajarhat
New Delhi, July 27: A 150-bed hospital coming up in Rajarhat will join a national cancer grid proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to introduce uniform standards of care and reduce patient flow to its flagship hospital in Mumbai.
28/07/2010
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Feature Articles
Double Impact
The government acknowledges that non-communicable diseases are on the rise in India and need attention. (Editorial)
Jul 2010
Economic and Political Weekly
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Double Impact.pdf
Feature Articles
Programmed necrosis induced by asbestos in human mesothelial cells causes high-mobility group box 1 protein release and resultan
Asbestos carcinogenesis has been linked to the release of cytokines and mutagenic reactive oxygen species (ROS) from inflammatory cells. Asbestos is cytotoxic to human mesothelial cells (HM), which appears counterintuitive for a carcinogen. We show that asbestos-induced HM cell death is a regulated form of necrosis that links to carcinogenesis.
Jul 2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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12611-12616
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Now, a single saliva test that can detect a bunch of cancers
Tokyo: Japanese and US universities have jointly developed a medical technique that can quickly detect various cancers using a simple saliva test, researchers said on Tuesday.
Japan’s Keio University and University of California, Los Angeles, have developed the technology with which they detected high probabilities of pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and oral cancer.
30/06/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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