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 …
The Daily Mirror news report on 20.3.2009 highlighting the deteriorated state of Ambagasdowa water supply scheme has been an eye opener to the relevant authorities. More than 5,000 families who depend on Ambagasdowa water supply scheme for their requirements of drinking water were facing a serious health hazard due to …
London: While the rate of cancer survival has been improving day by day, a British expert reckons that cancer will no longer be a killer in the next 20 years. Karol Sikora, professor of Cancer Medicine at Imperial College London, has said that the treatments for the disease are undergoing …
A protein released by the silkworm can make bones the importance of the silkworm has increased. It can not only produce silk but also prevent bone loss in people undergoing hormonal therapy for breast, prostate and malignant bone cancers. Silkworm proteins, called fibroins, are extensively used to make medical sutures …
Interview with Elizabeth Blackburn, Professor of Biology and Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco. ELIZABETH H. BLACKBURN is the Morris Herzstein Endowed Professor of Biology and Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Her ground-breaking work involves the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, called telomeres, which serve as …
Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. The EU's executive Commission last year proposed a range of measures to improve the welfare of the 12 million vertebrate animals used in experiments each …
Ambient measurements of hazardous air pollutants (air toxics) have been used to validate model-predicted concentrations of air toxics but have not been used to perform risk screening at the national level. The authors used ambient concentrations of routinely measured air toxics to determine the relative importance of individual air toxics …
Hypothyroidism is the most common thyroid abnormality in patients treated with high doses of iodine-131 (131I) . Data on risk of hypothyroidism from low to moderate 131I thyroid doses are limited and inconsistent. This study was conducted to quantify the risk of hypothyroidism prevalence in relation to 131I doses received …
Plant extract used in traditional medicine controls colon cancer THE root of the licorice plant (mulethi in Hindi) is used to treat sore throat, ulcers and eczema. New research suggests it may have a greater use-prevent the growth of cancer of the colon, the last section of the digestive system. …
Diarrhoea outbreak in the city has become phenomenal as the inhabitants have no other way except for drinking muddy and stinking water. Scorching heat continues all over the country, our correspondents from Bhola, Rangpur and Gopalganj have reported that one person in each place has died of heatstroke. The deceased …
Smoking causes lung cancer and is implicated in a dozen other cancers, but scientists have generally dismissed its importance in breast cancer, saying it plays little role, if any. In a report issued on Thursday, the panel asserted that evidence from new studies strongly suggests that smoking increases the risk …
Scientists have created the first genetic blueprint of domestic cattle, saying on Thursday the map may lead to tastier beef, better milk and even new insights about human health. The Hereford cow's is the first mapped livestock animal sequence, and the researchers think it will help explain how cattle evolved, …
Experts at a thanksgiving ceremony yesterday said around eight percent of the country's total population is infected with hepatitis B virus, while below one percent with hepatitis C virus. They also said that 3.5 percent of the pregnant mothers are affected with hepatitis B. Liver Foundation of Bangladesh organised the …
A deadlybrew of nanoparticles and scorpion venom halts cancer spread by 98 per cent. This is an increase of 45 per cent from cases when the venom was used alone.
Eating broccoli sprouts may be an effective way to control the germ that causes most peptic ulcers and is strongly associated with stomach cancer, a small study has found. Dietary Sulforaphane-Rich Broccoli Sprouts Reduce Colonization and Attenuate Gastritis in Helicobacter pylori
Paving the way for a targeted treatment for leukaemia and other blood cancers, scientists have found a gene called JunB that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all blood cell types. The investigators have also uncovered evidence that could lead to a protocol for …
