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 …
Bombay High Court also under fire for interim stay orders. The Supreme Court on Monday removed all hurdles to implementation of Point of Sale Rules on tobacco and tobacco products. As per the rule, each display board should contain, in an Indian language, a warning that ‘tobacco causes cancer’ or …
Formalin is being used by the traders as a preservative in fish, fruits, meat, milk, vegetables and a wide variety of food items. Consumption of such food items, according to medical scientists, may cause deadly diseases like cancers and liver cirrhosis, asthma, skin ailments and kidney damage. About 30 - …
Rice tainted with high levels of arsenic has been linked to genetic damage that heightens the risk of cancer, a study published on Monday said. Naturally-occurring arsenic in drinking water is a long-known health hazard, especially in Bangladesh, where tens of millions of people depend on wells drilled in the …
Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said. A study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, has estimated that around 470,000 people die each year …
Pepsi-Cola is still using caramel coloring containing a chemical linked to cancer in rodents, a report released on Wednesday showed, more than a year after the beverage maker promised to phase it out. The Center for Environmental Health said that PepsiCo Inc. lagged its rival Coca-Cola in removing the chemical, …
Ghaziabad and Allahabad have emerged as the two most air polluted cities in Uttar Pradesh in a recent survey by a research and advocacy organization. The survey conducted by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found pollutants of the size of 10 micron in Ghaziabad, Allahabad, Kanpur and Bareilly, …
A health group says PepsiCo is still using an ingredient linked to cancer in mice more than a year after the US beverage company said it was reformulating the caramel colouring used in its flagship cola. The Center for Environmental Health, a US watchdog group, said Pepsi purchased in 10 …
In 2008, just three types of cancer accounted for 10% of global cancer-related deaths. That year, about 460,000 women died from breast cancer (the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women and the fifth most common cause of cancer-related death). Another 140,000 women died from ovarian cancer, and 74,000 died from …
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the commonest childhood malignancy and is characterized by recurring structural genetic alterations. Previous studies of DNA methylation suggest epigenetic alterations may also be important, but an integrated genome-wide analysis of genetic and epigenetic alterations in ALL has not been performed. We analyzed 137 B-lineage and …
Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation using bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells is a lifesaving treatment for patients with leukemia or other blood disorders. However, donors face the risk of physical and psychosocial complications. We aimed to synthesize qualitative studies on the experiences and perspectives of HSC donors. We …
The health ministry has suspended the sale of two drugs — painkiller Analgin and anti-diabetes drug Pioglitazone and all its combinations. While the ban on Analgin in India has come after almost 36 years after the drug was banned in the US (which banned it in 1977), Pioglitazone was pulled …
Mumbai: The government has banned three popular medicines — the widely prescribed anti-diabetes drug pioglitazone, painkiller analgin and anti-depressant deanxit — given the health risks associated with them. While pioglitazone is feared to cause heart failure and increase the risk of bladder cancer, analgin has been discarded globally over patient …
Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern States fall under the Asian belt of oesophagus cancer together with China Cancer of the oesophagus – or what is commonly called food pipe – has been detected as the third most common cancer in India, with people from the northeast and Jammu and …
Dr Nirmala Vaze's family tree is not just a patchwork of long-forgotten names and dates. There's a secret that flows through its branches: Cancer. It shows up like clockwork with every new generation. Breast, ovarian, uterine, blood, throat, prostate-you name it and it's here. It has ravaged 15 lives in …
A study found high concentrations of cadmium in rice samples from 12 upazilas. Bangladesh came at the top followed by Sri Lanka for concentrations of cadmium in a listing of 12 countries where rice was tested for toxic metals. Cadmium had been linked to a mysterious chronic kidney disease the …
New Delhi : In an article printed this week, British Medical Journal has raised questions about the safety of a class of “new-age” drugs touted not only as a wonder cure for type 2 diabetes but also hailed for its possible potential as a weight loss agent. The BMJ article …
Formalin is used in 93.75 per cent of mangoes selling in the capital, said a report of Save the Environment Movement on Tuesday. Among 96 collected samples the presence of formalin was detected in 90 samples, 93.75 per cent of the mangoes selling in the capital, said the report launched …
90% Nurses Admit To Taking Calls During Ops, Claims Study Mumbai: While there’s a heavy fine for talking on a cell phone while driving, surprisingly no rules exist to discourage its use by doctors and nurses inside operation theatres, where fiddling with the phone while performing a complex surgery could …
Cancer has been the leading cause of death in Taiwan for 31 consecutive years, local authorities said Thursday. Cancer is followed by cardiac and cerebrovascular disease in terms of mortality, according to statistics released by the island's health authorities on Thursday. Nearly 70 percent of last year's 153,823 Taiwan deaths …
With neither Delhi’s air nor its noise pollution levels registering a healthy trend in the recent past, on World Environment Day city doctors and health experts have warned about the major health hazards that the city people – especially children -- could be exposing themselves to because of the constant …
