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 rate of stomach cancer prevalence in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir is alarming. Since the year 2000, as many as 72 cases of stomach cancer have been reported from Leh where 1,17,637 people live, according to a local surgeon. This works out to about four times the national …
us scientists have found that 4-nonylphenol (4- np), a chemical released into the environment from cleaning materials, textiles and plastics, mimics the female sex hormone oestrogen and hence it may act as a trigger for breast cancer. Once 4- np enters the body, it stimulates an enzyme system in the …
cancer risk among rural workers exposed to pesticides is almost twice as high as that for non-exposed workers, according to a Brazilian study published in the journal Environment International (July, Vol 31, No 5). Brazil is the world's seventh largest pesticide consumer. Researchers Illona Maria de Brito S
Bhola Singh is dead... Bhola Singh was a farmer from village Balloh, district Bhatinda, Punjab. He is part of a story with a beginning and an end. But it has no middle. Thus what follows is a fragment. But it is not fiction. Punjab practices intensive agriculture that needs pesticides. …
us scientists who developed a microbial fuel cell (mfc) to simultaneously clean wastewater and produce electricity, have now altered the cell to produce almost four times as much hydrogen directly out of biomass than can be generated typically by fermentation alone. Hydrogen can be used as a clean fuel. In …
indian research on gallbladder cancer, the disease with a very high incidence in north India, is ignoring the most crucial aspect of prevention, a recent meeting revealed. On April 23-24, 2005, the Institute of Medical Sciences (ims) , Banaras Hindu University, held a meeting of experts at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, …
If you use a cell phone, take a call on its health effects. Despite cell phone manufacturers sticking to the line that there are no confirmed adverse effects of the contrivance, studies doubting its innocuousness continue to appear with a grim regularity. Not only that; its innocence is being lawfully …
researchers from the Tata Memorial Centre (tmc), Mumbai and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon (France) have found a cheap substitute for a popular but expensive method to detect cervical cancer. They say a combination of two tests
us scientists have found a daisy-like plant common in gardens across North America can kill the cells that cause leukaemia or blood cancer. While current treatments target the cancerous cells, the Bachelor's Button or Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is perhaps unique in eliminating the very cells (stem cells) from which the …
a team of Indian scientists believes dopamine (da), a neurotransmitter, may help fight gastric cancer that affects as many as 10-15 of every 100,000 people in the country. The scientists from Kolkata's Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, the Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research and the us -based Mayo Clinic …
chernobyl and cancer: The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident has led to higher incidence of thyroid cancer in the Republic of Belarus, according to a report published by Martin Mahoney of Roswell Cancer Institute, Buffalo, USA in a recent issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology . Between 1970 and …
us scientists investigating the carcinogenic effects of tobacco smoke have, for the first time, uncovered the intricate cascade of reactions it triggers, leading to cell proliferation
the Rs 2,000 crore gutka (chewing tobacco) industry in Maharashtra received a big blow on February 1, 2005. The state Food and Drug Administration (fda) banned the product, which contains Magnesium Carbonate (mgco 3), and revoked the sales, manufacture and distribution licenses of its manufacturers. The significance of the move …
researchers from Kolkata's Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute have found two plants frequently used in Ayurvedic medicines effectively battle out four types of cancer in lab. They discovered the root extract of Tiliacora racemosa (Tiliacoru) and the nut oil of Semecarpus anacardium (Dhobi nut) eliminated cultured human tumour cells from acute …
Be careful, but not paranoiac about pesticides. They are harmful but only when consumed in large doses. We are what we eat and drink. And our increasingly insecure existence is mirrored in our food fears: pesticides in fruits and vegetables, mercury in fish, bad fats in snacks, bird flu in …
The authors examined the association between pesticide use and breast cancer incidence among farmers’ wives in a large prospective cohort study in Iowa and North Carolina. Participants were 30,454 women with no history of breast cancer prior to cohort enrollment in 1993–1997. Information on pesticide use and other information was …
antioxidants, marketed as cancer fighting agents, are not as effective as claimed by the pharmaceutical giants. As per an analysis, the companies are making profits by capitalising on a blind belief
residents of China's Xuan Wei county, exposed to coal emissions indoor, carry genetic mutations that greatly increase their risk of developing lung cancer. These are the findings of a study by researchers from the us-based University of Pittsburgh and University of Michigan. The lung cancer mortality rate among some communities …
