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 …
Inhaled asbestos fibers may contribute to three-fourths of malignant mesotheliomas diagnosed in men and almost 40% of cases diagnosed in women. Bans on the manufacture and sale of amphibole asbestos fibers are expected to reduce the incidence of mesothelioma, but the long latency period from initial exposure to clinical disease …
For the melanoma patients who signed on to try a drug known as PLX4032, the clinical trial was a last resort. Their bodies were riddled with tumours, leaving them barely months to live. But a few weeks after taking their first dose, nearly all of them began to recover. Lee …
British scientists have invented a machine which can "smell" cancer. Brainchild of academics at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, the Breathotron detects chemi- cal changes in a patient's breath, which doctors say could show they have a tumour and give an earlier diagnosis than is possible now, reports the Mirror. Professor …
India's reliance on asbestos in buildings and its poor protection for workers exposed to the material could lead to an explosion in related malignant disease, warn experts.
The cash-strapped Punjab government may be planning to increase its annual medical budget for the treatment of cancer, and install reverse osmosis systems for clean drinking water in villages, but it does not seem to be making adequate efforts to check the root cause of many other diseases in the …
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) has taken up a project to identify people affected by arsenic contamination in Karimpur area of Nadia. It would tap the contamination in the cells of these people and gauge the extent of damage. The initiative was taken up after it was found that many …
India has played a crucial role in making essential medicines available and affordable for patients in the developing world through generic drugs. This has been possible by linking India’s patent policies and laws to public interest. Similarly, policies that align public funded R&D in India with public health have the …
Banker, housewife, engineer, pujari. They came from all walks of life, from across Maharashtra, and met up for the first time in a public meeting at Mumbai's Shivaji Park. They exchanged notes, bonded, and vowed to work together. Each of the 60 people gathered under the Mobile Tower Grievance Forum …
People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday. People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore …
Pune Experts are of the opinion that sedentary lifestyle and environmental pollution also contribute to cancer With 928 persons seeking radiation therapy at Ruby Hall centre in 2007 and 1258 in 2008, the number of cancer patients in the city is steadily increasing. By 2009, the number has touched 1459. …
Experts Want Regional Cancer Centres To Be Developed To Tackle Disease Ahmedabad: If all goes well, cancer will soon be a notifiable disease. Cancer experts from across the country who congregated in the city to brainstorm over National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) said the disease should be declared notifiable in …
In an effort to promote India as a hub for surgery, the Association of Surgeons of India has chalked out a plan to work in collaboration with the government to achieve the goal. The association has also announced registration of cancer patients which is expected to aid government policy-making. "The …
RASHME SEHGAL The department of biotechnology is moving at a rapid pace to develop new vaccines to combat tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, rabies, leprosy, HIV AIDS and cancer. Dr M.K. Bhan, secretary, department of biotechnology, admitted that five vaccines, including those for cholera and malaria are in the advanced trial stage. …
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY A scientist in the Institute of Life Science (ILS) here, a research body functioning under department of biotechnology, government of India, on Monday claimed to have discovered that the extract of mangrove plants can cure breast cancer. ILS sources said this would prove to be a major …
