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 …
More women are dying from cancer than men in Punjab. This is contrary to the global trend where more men die from cancer than women. This is the finding of a study by Bajinder Pal Singh in a recently concluded project, "Cancer deaths in agricultural heartland: a study in Malwa …
Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynaecological neoplasms, especially in industrialised countries. Some environmental exposures, notably talc and asbestos, have been suspected as ovarian carcinogens. April 2008
Puffing kills. But a new study, led by a researcher of Indian-origin, claims that mobiles phones are more dangerous than fags. "Though mobiles can save lives in emergencies, there is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile phone usage and certain brain tumours (which can …
vehicular pollution is common to most metros. A Kolkata-specific study has highlighted how vehicles in Kolkata emit cancer-causing volatile organic compounds (vocs). The study noted that specific vocs were found in very high concentrations in the city. "Levels of btex
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday launched a new health scheme under which cancer patients in the State will be provided chemotherapy drugs free of cost. Speaking at a function held on the occasion at the Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute here, Mr. Gogoi said the government decided to provide …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today formally launched the Government's free anti-cancer drugs treatment scheme at Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute. Launching the new initiative of the State Health Department at the premier cancer institute of the region, Gogoi said, "This scheme of providing anti-cancer drugs to the patients will give …
A Delhi High Court interim order given last week can totally alter the patent regime in the country for life-saving drugs. The court allowed Cipla to market Erlontinib , a medicine for lung cancer, though the Indian patent on the drug, Tarceva, is held by Roche of Switzerland. The court …
358 of 413 drug patent applications for the disease in India are from top multinationals. The recent legal reverses suffered by multinational majors Novartis and Roche over patents for cancer medicine could be the tip of a huge iceberg. A city-based policy research group has found that multinational drug firms …
School going children have developed a culture of taking junk foods in the name of fast food although such junk foods that contain excessive fat and carbohydrate are bad for health. At a discussion with the school going children at the University Laboratory School and College in the city yesterday, …
AnemiaA federal advisory panel, in response to mounting safety concerns, called on Thursday for additional restrictions on the use of anemia drugs by cancer patients. The recommendation by a committee that advises the Food and Drug Administration could lead to an additional decline in sales for the drugs: Aranesp, made …
With federal drug regulators planning another meeting on Thursday to weigh the safety of widely used anemia drugs, Dr. Athanasius Anagnostou resists any urge to say "I told you so.' But in 1990 Dr. Anagnostou published some of the first evidence suggesting that Amgen's then brand-new anemia drug, Epogen, might …
Thailand's new government will override international patents on three cancer drugs, Chaiya Sasomsap, the new health minister said yesterday, after a month of protests against his review of the policy. Mr Chaiya said declaring compulsory licences on the drugs would save Thailand more than Bt3bn ($95m,
If a link with cancer wasn't bad enough, radiation may be bad for your heart too. A review of 65,000 staff who worked in the UK's nuclear industry between 1946 and 2002 has discovered a link between circulatory disease and staff who worked in high-exposure jobs. The increased risk is …
Benzene is a human carcinogen. Exposure to benzene occurs in occupational and environmental settings. The researcher evaluated data from a cohort of 1,845 rubber hydrochloride workers. Benzene exposure
Indian state of Punjab is increasingly under focus for the increasingly incidence of cancer mortality as well as indiscriminate use of pesticides in agricultural practices. This study investigates cancer mortality, and its correlations with numerous variables, including demographic characteristics, cropping pattern and pesticide residues in soil and water. Cancer mortality …
The largest workplace health study ever conducted is applying cutting edge techniques to investigating an apparent cancer cluster-and highlighting the reasons why science doesn't always protect us at work. March 2008
Leander Paes considers the Terry Fox Run a journey of life. Considered the largest single-day fund-raiser for cancer research in the world, the 10th anniversary of the event in Mumbai will be celebrated on March 2. People come together as individuals, families, schoolchildren and groups to raise money in Terry …
about 250 million people in urban India drink municipal water, which is treated and disinfected before being supplied. A recent study shows the chemicals used for treatment methods might give the water a different set of harmful characteristics. Surface water, which contains microorganisms like bacteria, algae and suspended organic matter, …
