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 …
Cancer patients in need of radiation are being turned away from the Shillong Civil Hospital, the only place in the entire Meghalaya that offers radio-therapy, after a national regulatory board found both physicists working at the hospital wanting in necessary certification. Any medical physicist wishing to work as a radiologist …
London: A petrol pump near your home could raise your cancer risk, a new study has warned. Researchers in Spain have carried out the study and found that buildings within a 100m radius of petrol pumps are exposed to potentially harmful pollution
New Delhi: A vaccine that was known to protect women against cervical cancer has now been found to be highly effective in combating genital warts in men, caused by the same human papillomavirus (HPV). A multi-centre study conducted across 18 countries and over 4,000 subjects has for the first time …
LUCKNOW: Tobacco is not only associated with cancers. It's bad effect reflects other parts of the body too. Addiction to nicotine for instance can alter the way brain works, while other chemicals can take sheen away from your skin. Facts on cancer like this and more were released on the …
KOLKATA, 4 FEB: Despite an increase in incidences of cervical cancer in the country, the Union health ministry has failed to provide human papillon virus (HPV) vaccines for women under the BPL category, free of cost. Till date administration of HPV vaccines could not be incorporated into the national immunisation …
Some 260 in every one-lakh cancer patients die annually in Bangladesh while about 21-lakh people are suffering from the disease at present, experts said yesterday. By the year 2050, the number of cancer deaths will rise to 1,150 in every one lakh, as infection of the disease is increasing alarmingly, …
DRUG maker Venus Remedies on Wednesday said it has received UK health regulator's approval to market 'Gemcitabine', used in treating cancer, in the UK market. The Chandigarh-based firm has got the approval from Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA), UK for Gemcitabine in two strengths of 200 mg and 1,000 …
London: Energy saving light bulbscould resultin higher breast cancer ratesif used late at night. Abraham Haim, professor of biology at Haifa University in Israel, said that the bluer light that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) emitted, closely mimicked daylight. Buttheflip sideisitdisrupted the body's production of the hormone melatonin more than olderstyle …
COLORECTAL cancer is a leading cause of mortality in both developed and developing countries. Screening methods for colon cancer depend on detecting the precancerous changes. Generally, colonoscopy is carried out but the test is expensive (Rs 25,000-Rs 30,000) and the procedure highly invasive. An alternative is Fecal Occult Blood Test …
British scientists have discovered a rogue gene which helps cancer spread around the body and say blocking it with the right kind of drugs could stop many types of the disease in their tracks. Researchers from the University of East Anglia said their findings could lead within a decade to …
NATCO Pharma plans to seek a compulsory licence from the government to make Bayer AG's Nexavar in India, invoking a provision in local laws that allows generic drugmakers to make and sell patented drugs cheaply if the medicine is unaffordable. The development, a test case for such licensing in India, …
With the asbestos cancer pandemic estimated to be causing 30 deaths per day in India, residents of Bishnupur-Chainpur in Muzaffarpur in Bihar are up in arms, protesting the setting up of a factory in their village. The protests are being led by octogenarian trade union leader Sachidananda Sinha (based in …
New Drug Developed By Arab Experts Proves 100% Successful In Mice Dubai: A group of Arab researchers is claiming to have developed a medical formula for treating cancer by using camel's milk and urine. Researchers at Arab Biotechnology Company (ABC) have said experiments conducted on mice have proved to be …
Chronic diseases (eg, cardiovascular diseases, mental health disorders, diabetes, and cancer) and injuries are the leading causes of death and disability in India, and we project pronounced increases in their contribution to the burden of disease during the next 25 years. Most chronic diseases are equally prevalent in poor and …
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released the first-ever guidelines for cancer treatment in the country. The guidelines provide treatment protocol specific to the Indian population. American and European guidelines are being currently followed in India and the council has assessed the different treatment requirements of Indian patients. …
Set To Ensure Quicker, Better Treatment Boston: A blood test so sensitive it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving a step closer to being available at your doctor
DO CHEMICALS used to disinfect water harm our health? Evidence suggests drinking water purified with common disinfectants like chlorine and bromine causes urinary bladder cancer. But it was not clear whether the chemicals can affect health when used to keep swimming pools or bathing water clean, until now. Spanish and …
Mix Of Chemotherapy, Radiation And Stem-Cell Transplants Helps Man Get Rid Of HIV Infection Berlin: German researchers are reporting that they may have cured a man of HIV infection, using a mix of high-dose chemotherapy, radiation and stem-cell transplant. If true, that would represent a scientific advance, but not necessarily …
