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 …
The World Health Organization says air pollution in many of the world's cities is breaching its guidelines. Its survey of 1,600 cities in 91 countries revealed that nearly 90% of people in urban centres breathe air that fails to meet levels deemed safe. The WHO says that about half of …
Trans fats naturally exist in small amounts in the fat in meat and milk, but most trans fats in the food supply have been added by food manufacturers. Since 1911, when Procter and Gamble introduced Crisco, companies have used artificial trans fats because of their commercially favorable properties, such as …
Countries have agreed to reduce premature mortality (defined as the probability of dying between the ages of 30 years and 70 years) from four main non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, and diabetes—by 25% from 2010 levels by 2025 (referred to as 25×25 target). Targets for selected NCD …
Environmental experts warn high percentage of diesel engines in public transport may cause quarter of all air pollution deaths Diesel engines in buses, vans, cars and trains may be responsible for thousands of premature deaths a year and cost the NHS billions of pounds, say air pollution health experts. With …
Dr Susanta K Pandhy, assistant professor of psychiatry, PGI, was the chief guest at the seminar on Earth Day organised by the meteorological department. He said children and elders are at high risk of heart attack and skin cancer due to climate change. During his address to the students he …
A new report by the WHO – its first to look at antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, globally – reveals that this serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, …
An anti-toxic dump campaigner in South Africa has been recognised with a prestigious environmental award. Desmond D'Sa's efforts resulted in the closure of a chemicals dump in a residential area of Durban, winning him a Goldman Environmental Prize. The awards are described as "the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmentalism". Mr …
U.S.-grown apples are widely coated with a pesticide that has been newly banned in the European Union amid health concerns, and the United States is at least a year behind in a required scientific assessment of the pesticide, an environmental group said on Thursday. The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit …
AHMEDABAD: In the last few days, the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has seized large stocks of mangoes artificially ripened using cancer-causing calcium carbide. On Wednesday, the AMC team inspected the Kalupur fruit market and seized 989 kg of mangoes that had been artificially-ripened. The team also seized …
Palampur, April 23: Increase in cases of renal failure, gastric ulcer, hepatic, cancer and tuberculosis in the state has become a matter of serious concern. Every seventh person here suffers from either of these ailments. Excessive dose of painkillers given to patients for long periods is said to be one …
The preponderance of evidence shows that there is no link between cell phone radiation and cancer, said oncologist and renowned author Siddhartha Mukherjee, reports IANS. “I would have suggested to WHO to downgrade cell phones in the list of carcinogens (cancer causing substances) but there is a process to that,” …
Calls for revision of World Health Organization’s list of carcinogens, says not enough data to establish the link. India-born oncologist Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee on Monday urged World Health Organization to remove cellphone radiation from the list of carcinogens on the ground that the “preponderance of evidence suggests there is no …
Guwahati, April 21: Even when around one million cancer cases are detected in India every year (majority of which are related to tobacco abuse), none of the political parties deemed it important to include the issue of tobacco control in their election manifestos. Despite being approached by the Voice of …
The death of 254 Indian women in the course of a 15-year US-funded clinical trial has triggered a raging debate about its ethicality. The trial was for a cervical cancer screening method and the women who died were part of a control group kept without screening to study death rates …
BEIJING: Faced with growing public anger about a poisonous environment, China's government released a years-long study that shows nearly one-fifth of the country's farmland is contaminated with toxic metals, a stunning indictment of unfettered industrialization under the Communist Party's authoritarian rule. The report, previously deemed so sensitive it was classified …
A Chinese court has rejected a lawsuit filed by five residents from a major northwestern city after authorities said a cancer-inducing chemical had been found in tapwater at 20 times above national safety levels, state media reported on Tuesday. Levels of benzene, a cancer-inducing chemical, in Lanzhou's tap water rose …
Americans used more health services and spent more on prescription drugs in 2013, reversing a recent trend, though greater use of cheaper generic drugs helped control spending, according to a report issued on Tuesday by a leading healthcare information company. Spending on medicines rose 3.2 percent in the United States …
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam today said an alarming number of brain cancer cases in the Valley are due to the use of toxic chemicals and pesticides in orchards. Kalam said gastric cancer and colon cancer were common among Kashmiris and were caused due to bad dietary habits. The former …
India is facing a cancer crisis, with smoking, belated diagnosis and unequal access to treatment causing large-scale problems, experts have said. Every year in India, around one million new cancer cases are diagnosed and around 600,000 to 700,000 people die from cancer in India, with this death toll projected to …
Latest estimates announced on Friday have revealed some worrying findings about the growing burden of cancer in India. The latest figures published in the British medical journal The Lancet show that around one million new cancer cases are being diagnosed in India each year, projected to nearly double to 1.7 …
