Transforming India’s approach to cancer care
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
Cancer
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Not just lifestyle, geography too plays crucial role in mapping of cancer incidences
CHENNAI: Over two decades back, doctors at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, noticed that most gall bladder cancer patients were from the Gangetic belt states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh or West Bengal. This
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Nigeria: Niger to Screen 1 Million Cancer Patients, Treat 20 Diagnosed Cases Annually
Minna — The Niger State government is set to screen no fewer than one million cancer patients and treat 20 diagnosed cases annually for the next five years. This is the major plank of a N400 million
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India, Morocco sign pact to boost cooperation in health sector
NEW DELHI: India and Morocco on Thursday signed a pact to enhance cooperation in several areas of health sector, including non-communicable diseases and maternal, child and neonatal health. The Memorandum
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Scientists link high rate of throat cancer to local soils
The study involved researchers from Tenwek hospital, US National Cancer Institute, University of Missouri and Mayo Clinic. This is one of several global efforts to understand the cause for high rates of
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Uganda Grains Carry Cancerous Substances, Scientists Warn
Kampala — Makerere University researchers have warned that Ugandans are at risk of contracting liver cancer and hepatitis B after several food crops have been found to contain high levels of fungi-produced
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Worldwide burden of cancer attributable to diabetes and high body-mass index: a comparative risk assessment
<p>Diabetes and high body-mass index (BMI) are associated with increased risk of several cancers, and are increasing in prevalence in most countries. Researchers estimated the cancer incidence attributable
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Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases
<p>Lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India.</p> <p>Whether it is heart diseases, respiratory illnesses, cancer, obesity
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Lifestyle diseases the biggest killer in India today
<p>The new report from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released yesterday held lifestyle diseases like obesity, mental health, cancer and heart diseases to count a few, as the major killers in India. Revealing the links of air pollution with mental diseases, it stated that air pollution is responsible for 30 per cent of premature deaths in India while every third child in Delhi has impaired lungs.</p>
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Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO)—chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as anti-cancer agents
<p>Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are well-known 4-aminoquinoline antimalarial agents. Scientific evidence also supports the use of CQ and HCQ in the treatment of cancer. Overall, preclinical
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Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer: An historical analysis of internal documents
<p>In 1965, the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) secretly funded a review in the New England Journal of Medicine that discounted evidence linking sucrose consumption to blood lipid levels and hence coronary