In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and they influence health outcomes. It is imperative to bridge these gaps amid the ongoing epidemiological, nutritional and demographic transitions that are bringing …
Currently no direct evidence links in utero dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) exposure to human breast cancer. However, in utero exposure to another xenoestrogen, diethylstilbestrol, predicts an increased breast cancer risk. If this finding extends to DDT, it could have far-reaching consequences. Many women were heavily exposed in utero during widespread DDT use …
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Smoking is responsible for nearly half of deaths due to certain types of cancers in 2011, a US study said Monday. Some 48.5 percent of nearly 346,000 deaths attributed to one of the 12 types of cancer known to be caused by smoking were due …
French Environment and Energy Minister Segolene Royal has asked garden shops to stop over-the-counter sales of Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller as part of a wider fight against pesticides seen as potentially harmful to humans. "France must be offensive on stopping pesticides," Royal told France 3 television on Sunday. She did not …
Among 10 Most Common Diseases Now Diabetes has emerged as a major disease burden for India over the past two decades. While diabetes rate has increased by around 45% globally , it has jumped 123% in India between 1990 and 2013, a latest study has showed. Data shows diabetes is …
High tobacco consumption by people is the culprit, finds survey by Tata Hospital A study by Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, has allayed fears that radiations fromthe Kaiga nuclear power plant in Uttara Kannada district are causing cancer among people in nearby villages. DH PHOTO An interim report of the Tata …
Contaminants found in samples ranging from milk to spices to packaged water Not only commonly sold food items like milk products, desi ghee, tea, spices like turmeric, chillies and black pepper, but packaged water also have high adulteration levels in the state. The adulteration percentage in these food products has …
The aim of this study was to investigate whether a 15-minute placement of a 3G dialing mobile phone causes direct changes in EEG activity compared to the placement of a sham phone. Furthermore, it was investigated whether placement of the mobile phone on the ear or the heart would result …
Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, and national health policies. In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013), we estimated these quantities for acute and chronic diseases and injuries …
An evolutionary perspective can help unify disparate observations and make testable predictions. We consider an evolutionary model in relation to two mechanistic frameworks of cancer biology: multistage carcinogenesis and the hallmarks of cancer. The multistage model predicts that cancer risk increases with body size and longevity; however, this is not …
The frequency of cancer is postulated to be proportional to the number of cells an animal possesses, as each cell is similarly exposed to mutagens with every cell division. Larger animals result from more cell divisions with more mutagenic exposure, and hence are expected to have higher frequencies of cancer. …
To our knowledge, a systematic comparison of predictors of mortality in middle-aged to elderly individuals has not yet been done. We investigated predictors of mortality in UK Biobank participants during a 5 year period. We aimed to investigate the associations between most of the available measurements and 5 year all-cause …
Mumbai Medics' Discovery Can Save Many Lives The Tata Memorial Hospital, the cancer hub in Mumbai's Parel area, announced a breakthrough on Tuesday that could not only reduce the risk of death for oral cancer patients by 36% but also prevent recurrence of the disease by 55%. The innovation is …
Delhi's appalling air pollution problem might not have prompted the government to take stringent action, but it surely has set the alarm bells ringing amongst its expat community. Penning a piece on the toll it has taken on the life of his own son, The New York Times's South Asia …
Over a 10-year period, about 780 of the 4,860 cancer cases found in the region likely resulted from air pollution. After meeting over the weekend with Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav, Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabbay (Kulanu) decided on Sunday to launch a special task force focused on mitigating Haifa Bay’s …
Public smoking in China's capital, Beijing, is now banned after the introduction of a new law. China has over 300 million smokers and over a million Chinese people die from smoking-related illnesses every year. Smoking bans already existed in China, but have largely failed to crack down on the habit. …
DHAKA : The number of cases of the cancers most common in men and women have shown an upward trend since 1990 while liver cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Bangladesh, reports UNB. Breast cancer accounts for the highest number of new cancer cases among women in …
Incidence of new cases in India half the global figure The incidence of cancer has grown over the last decade in India although the rate of mortality has fallen, new data shows. Breast cancer is the fastest growing in terms of incidence for women and kills the most, and prostate …
Deaths In India From The Disease Have Gone Up By 60% Cancer has emerged as the second-leading cause of death globally after cardiovascular diseases.Proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12% in 1990 to 15% in 2013 while the number of new cases almost doubled in …
The term drug reimbursement describes the policy system that determines whether or not a drug is entitled to reimbursement within the healthcare system. Countries make different decisions regarding which cancer treatments to routinely provide. As a result, depending on the cancer drug-indication and the country assessing it, the decision can …
The Capital continues to choke even six months after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered a ban on all petrol and diesel vehicles over 15 years of age in Delhi-NCR. The ban was eventually stayed by the NGT till July. The vehicles under review are the ones conforming to older …
