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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High court wants govt’s reply on ‘cancer colony’
The Delhi high court on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of a TOI report highlighting release of poisonous substances into groundwater from polluting industrial units in northeast Delhi's Mustafabad.
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Tomatoes can fight stomach cancer
Study Shows The Fruit's Extracts Can Inhibit Growth Of Malignant Cells Tomato extracts can inhibit the growth and malignant cloning of stomach cancer cells, according to a new study that paves the way
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Polluted environment tied to elevated cancer rates
You may want to rethink moving to a green neighbourhood as a recent study has linked poor environmental quality to elevated cancer rates. The study revealed an association between cumulative exposure
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Hope brightens for cancer patients as WHO launches pilot scheme for cheaper medicines
The horizon appears brighter for cancer patients in low and middle-income countries such as Nigeria as the World Health Organization launches a pilot scheme that hopes to make some of the most expensive
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58 new medical colleges in India by 2018, says Union Health Minister
Convocation of Khaja Banda Nawaz Institute of Medical Sciences held Stressing the need for rapid expansion of medical infrastructure in the country to cater to the growing demand, J.P. Nadda, Union
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Issues raised by the incidence and survival of childhood cancers
<p>An Article by Audrey Bonaventure and colleagues in the Lancet Haematology provides international comparisons of 5-year net survival statistics of children diagnosed with leukaemia, and another Article
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Why shouldn’t we shut down industries polluting rivers: NGT to UP govt
MEERUT: Angered by poor implementation of its repeated orders to provide safe drinking water to the affected villages in six western Uttar Pradesh districts, the national green tribunal warned the UP government
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Child Cancer Rates Continue to Grow: Cancer Research Agency
Rabat – The international rate of child cancer cases has increased by 13 percent since the 1980s, according to a survey by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In a press release,
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Tea farmers grapple with lifestyle diseases despite active daily routines
Poor eating habits are predisposing many people in tea growing areas to lifestyle diseases. This is despite their active daily routine. Medics came to this finding during a three-day medical camp at Rukuriri
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Cancer link to cell towers? Studies show it's 50:50 call
No Consensus On Extent Of Radiation That Can Cause Diseases Is the radiation emitted by a mobile phone tower a health hazard? Telecom operators have long denied the possibility , but the global scientific