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 …
Guru Nanak Dev University has claimed that high uranium content have been found in water samples collected from Bathinda and its suburbs and it is the main reason of a high incidence of cancer among local people. Sources from university
Cervical cancer, an easily detectable and preventable form of the disease, kills about 50 per cent of the 500,000 women who are infected every year with the human papillomavirus (HPV). Four in five of the infected women are in developing countries, which account for 80 per cent of mortality from …
SANGEETHA CHENGAPPA BENGALURU Four years ago, oncologists gave up on eight-year old Rohan Ganesh who was in the throes of advanced brain cancer with a tumour in the upper base of his brain. With his right hand paralysed, right leg weakened and vomiting several times a day, a severe headache …
This study has developed the first small molecule NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE) inhibitor, which induces cancer cell death and exerts anti-tumour activity in preclinical mouse models. This work establishes NAE as an anti-cancer target and may lead to new anti-cancer therapeutics.
The authors show that mouse or human tumours in which the PI3K/Akt pathway is constitutively activated are resistant to dietary restriction whereas other tumours are sensitive. The authors also implicate the Akt target gene FOXO1 in the response to dietary restriction.
Exposure To Light At Night Lowers Levels Of Key Hormone: Study Washington: Late-night shift work may increase the risks of developing cancer, says a new study. According to Tulane University, New Orleans, researcher David Blask, late-night exposure to light may diminish levels of a natural cancer-fighting hormone. In the early …
Lohian: The polluters of rivers, be it bureaucrats or politicians who turn a blind eye to the environmental violations, must be brought to book and asked to compensate those who have lost their loved ones to pollution-related diseases like cancer. The people should vote only for those candidates who promise …
LUCKNOW: Could NBRI be dumping radioactive waste in Gomti directly through its sewage system? Knowing that radioactive material can induce cancer, birth defects and infertility in humans directly exposed to it, releasing it in Gomti is a huge big ecological disaster. A Bareilly-based NGO, Shree Mahalaxmi Aushadhiya Paudha Sanrakshan Vikas …
evolution Wolves from dogs Human beings can enrich biodiversity without doing much. Take raising dogs as pets, for example. A study says dogs have helped in the evolution of black colour in wolves. This bodes well for wolves inhabiting fast depleting snow-covered northern environments like the Arctic tundra. While hunting, …
The Sapporo Cancer Seminar Foundation in collaboration with JICA has initiated an evaluation process of the school-based projects for the prevention of lifestyle related diseases in Sri Lanka. The prevention of lifestyle related diseases such cancer and cardiovascular complications has become a challenging task, owing to the difficulty that people …
Black women are three times more likely than other women to develop an aggressive form of breast cancer characterised by "triple negative tumours", a study published Wednesday found. The findings, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research, held true even when other risk factors such as lifestyle, …
An attempt has been made to review some medicinal plants used for the prevention and treatment of cancer in foreign countries. Information on the botanical names of plants with family names, parts used and their main active components, and original/native place of these plants have been collected from the literature. …
Over 1.30 lakh cases are reported in the country annually, says a WHO report Bangalore: A WHO report on cervical cancer and the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) revealed that over 1.3 lakh cases of cervical cancer are reported in India every year, with nearly 75,000 deaths. Reality TV star Jade …
Scientists have confirmed what have been a long-held belief: vegetarian diet may help to protect against cancer. Analysis of data from 52,700 men and women by British researchers have shown that those who did not eat meat had significantly fewer cancers overall than those who did. But surprisingly, the experts …
Popular bath products for kids contain cancer-causing chemicals, says a new study. According to a research carried out in the United States, many of the top-selling brands contain formaldehyde, which is used to embalm corpses. Out of the 28 products tested for formaldehyde in an independent laboratory, 23 contained it, …
Offering hope in several cases of technically inoperable tumours, the inventor of the most advanced CyberKnife robotic radio surgery system, Dr John Adler said that cancer is curable. However, the cyberknife that involves non-evasive and painless surgery for cancer is a step towards conquering the fatal disease, he said while …
Marijuana to cancer: Scientists in Seattle have found that young men smoking marijuana were at a higher risk of developing an aggressive form of testicular cancer called nonseminoma than those who had never tried the drug. The disease is known to strike men in there 20s and 30s and is …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Siliguri, March 9: Health Care Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG) has decided to spread its network in the region by entering into a collaboration with North Bengal Oncology Centre, a private organisation. Contrary to popular belief that it is cardiac disease that is the Number One killer in India, …
