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 …
A team of researchers is set to conduct a study to determine if several potentially toxic compounds that exist in polluted air are capable of entering the brain from the bloodstream and causing brain cancer. The research by scientists at the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Department of Neurosurgery at …
More than 14,000 Sri Lankans died of oral, esophagus, stomach, cervical and breast cancers in 2013. Major hospitals, besides the Maharagama Cancer Institute, treated 25,842 cancer patients in 2013, according to Health Ministry media spokesman W. M. D. Wanninayaka. He said Maharagama alone had recorded about 5,000 deaths due to …
Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number of viral Hepatitis (A, B, C & E) cases in the country if data released by Union ministry of health and family welfare is to be believed. Hepatitis is a dreaded disease that's deadly than HIV or asthma. Consumption of contaminated water is a …
Pune: The National Green Tribunal order has come as a victory for activists who had filed the petition against burning tyres in November last year. They had filed the plea with the tribunal following many agitations in the state, be it against toll or against sugarcane pricing, where there was …
A new UN agency report released on Tuesday shows that cancer is the biggest natural killer and that developing nations will bear its brunt in coming decades. The report entitled ‘World Cancer Report 2014’, published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, states that an estimated 8.2 million deaths …
The National Green Tribunal today issued directions to authorities that no new industry be set up in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh's Sonebhadra district without requisite consent and clearances. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar sought responses of the Centre and the governments of …
Order of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Roche Products (India) Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. Vs. Drugs Controller General Of India And Ors. dated 05/02/2014 regarding launching, introducing, selling, marketing and/or distributing the defendants’ (Roche Products (India) Pvt. Ltd.) drugs, i.e. CANMAb and HERTRAZ or any other …
On the eve of World Cancer Day on Tuesday, experts warned that Gujarat has become the breeding ground for oral cancers as over 1.3 crore Gujaratis are addicted to tobacco consumption. "National Cancer Registry Programme has indicated that Ahmedabad has the highest incidence of oral cancers in the country with …
Pune: There is better awareness about genetic testing for cancer in the city. Within a month of its launch, the first counselling centre set up in a city hospital to advise people on whether or not they need to take genetic tests has seen eight families with a strong family …
Effective prevention measures are the only way to prevent cancer crisis, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) stated on Monday. The agency, which is part of the World Health Organization, also shed light on the alarming pace at which cancer cases are growing. According to IARC, in 2012, …
The number of cancer patients is rising every year, with most people unaware of the disease and even those, who know about the disease, opting for treatment only during advanced stages. In Nepal, the number of cancer patients has been increasing by more than 2,000 each year for the past …
The globe is facing a "tidal wave" of cancer, and restrictions on alcohol and sugar need to be considered, say World Health Organization scientists. It predicts the number of cancer cases will reach 24 million a year by 2035, but half could be prevented. The WHO said there was now …
The World Health Organization’s cancer agency warned there will be 22 million new cases of cancer each year within two decades, as the burden of the disease falls disproportionately on developing countries. There were probably 14 million new cases of cancer in 2012, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on …
Bangladesh ranked 169th among 178 countries in the Global Environmental Performance Index 2014. Bangladesh scored 25.61 out of 100 taking into consideration indicators like health impacts, air quality, water and sanitation, water resources, agriculture, forests, fisheries, biodiversity and habitat. Read more in this January 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview …
PUNE: The amount of black carbon or soot, a potential cancer-causing substance, has been gradually increasing over Pune city since 2005, shows a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). Soot is a human carcinogenic which is considered second only to carbon dioxide in causing climate change …
Biocon’s launch of the world’s first bio-similar of Trastuzumab, a critical breast cancer drug, is unlikely to benefit patients in a big way if the company sticks to the prices it has indicated, claimed health activists on Monday. They allege that Roche, which retails the drug at . 75,000 for …
Activist body found high levels of mercury in products such as fairness creams and chromium and nickel in lipsticks Multinationals such as Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and L’Oreal and local companies such as Colorbar Cosmetics and Emami have contested the claims by activist group Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on …
Cosmetics in India, some of which are endorsed by well known celebrities, have portions of mercury and chromium in them, reveals a recent study. The use of mercury and chromium in cosmetics is prohibited in India. Mercury, which is used in fairness creams is universally recognised as extremely toxic, while …
New Delhi: The unchecked discharge of chemical waste into Yamuna from industries in Haryana is threatening to wash away the gains made by Delhi over a decade after industrial units in the city were closed or relocated. Experts say the pollutants are causing water toxicity and illnesses associated with it. …
