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 …
London: A woman from Liverpool, who was suffering from an incurable liver cancer, was saved by using a tissue from a cow’s heart to rebuild her liver. Michelle Morgan-Grainger became one of the first to benefit from surgery that used the process known as xenotransplantation — animal organ donation, the …
Prolonged exposure to radiation from cellphone towers, other wireless technologies can cause imbalance in immune system, metabolism, reproductive system warns this report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 based on 1,800 new scientific studies. Today, the BioInitiative 2012 report updates five years of science, public health, public policy and global …
Most food items contain toxins like mercury, pesticides and acrylamide that can affect children in the long run Even healthy food like fruit, vegetables, meat and fish might be putting children’s health at risk. These food items also contain toxins like mercury, pesticides and acrylamide that can, over a long …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the response of American Tower Corporation Ltd on a plea alleging that mobile phone towers across the country are being installed in violation of stipulated guidelines. A bench comprising acting Chairperson Justice A S Naidu and expert member P C Mishra issued notice …
In a door-to-door survey under the cancer-detection campaign started by the Health Department, 490 confirmed cases of cancer have come forward in the district so far. Ropar civil surgeon Rajnish Sood said over 5 lakh people had been screened by the department teams in various parts of the district and …
Ecologist says sustained campaign to create awareness essential The proposed ban and boycott on plastic carry bags in the city can be a good idea, but requires proper groundwork and a sustained campaign to ensure its success, feels ecologist S. Faizi. Reacting to the concept mooted by political parties, proposing …
AN explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along with obesity, the world’s fastest growing cause of death according to a major study of global diseases. In 2010, more than 2.1m people in Asia died prematurely from air pollution, mostly …
Microscopic pollutant particles in the air have killed some 8,600 people prematurely this year and cost $1 billion in economic losses in four Chinese cities, according to a study by Beijing University and Greenpeace. The study of pollutant levels of PM2.5, or particles smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, in …
According to Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, a global initiative involving the World Health Organisation, in South Asia, air pollution is ranked as the sixth most dangerous killer. Around 65 per cent of the air pollution deaths occur in Asia and close to quarter of this in India. Reacting …
According to Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, a global initiative involving the World Health Organisation, in South Asia, air pollution is ranked as the sixth most dangerous killer. Around 65 per cent of the air pollution deaths occur in Asia and close to quarter of this in India. Reacting …
Study published by Lancet says surge in car use in south and east Asia killed 2.1m people prematurely in 2010 An explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along with obesity, the world's fastest growing cause of death according to …
As many as 637 cancer cases have been detected in the first two weeks of the month-long door-to-door survey in Mansa district. The development is significant as a month ago, only four cancer cases were detected out of about 27,000 persons who were examined during a two-day mega health camp …
Publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is a landmark event and we hope, for health. The collaboration of 486 scientists from 302 institutions in 50 countries has produced an important contribution to our understanding of present and future health priorities for countries and the global …
Even as one in four deaths worldwide in 2010 was caused by heart disease or stroke — the top two killers that have remained constant for the past 40 years — human mortality caused by climate change has shown the most dangerous spurt over the last four decades. The Global …
Non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease killed two out of three people in 2010 — a larger share than in 1990, when they were responsible for every second death in the world. Of the 52.8 million people who died worldwide in 2010, ischaemic heart disease and stroke accounted …
High blood pressure (BP) has become the world’s deadliest diseasecausing risk factor. But for Indians, IAP (indoor air pollution) — emanating from chulhas burning wood, coal and animal dung as fuel — has been found to be a bigger health hazard for Indians. The first-ever estimate of the contribution of …
A massive 15-year-long international study, with significant contribution from Indian doctors has found that the most common drug against breast cancer — Tamoxifen, used in women with ERpositive (oestrogen receptor-positive) breast cancer, significantly cuts deaths and also reduces recurrence of the cancer, if taken for a decade rather than for …
The Centre on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that an expert panel was looking into whether mobile phone providers had violated guidelines put in place for issuing licences for installation of signal towers. In an affidavit filed before a Division Bench in reply to a public interest litigation seeking …
Patancheru and its surrou-nding areas in Hyderabad are well known for soil and water pollution, but what is shocking is that the contamination level of poisonous arsenic have touched 50,000 parts per billion (ppb) in certain pockets. This is 1,000 times more than the maximum permissible level of 50 ppb …
Rice, a staple for many across the world, has been considered one of the safest and easily digestible nutritious foods. It is also an important alternate grain for those who are gluten or wheat intolerant and those suffering from celiac disease. However, some recent reports on its toxicity, specifically related …
