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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Expert bats for using solar power in cooking
Hundred units of fossil fuel is used to produce one unit of food - consumption of which leads to lifestyle diseases like cancer and diabetes. In contrast, one unit of solar energy can produce 100 units
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Autophagy inhibition overcomes multiple mechanisms of resistance to BRAF inhibition in brain tumors
<p>Kinase inhibitors are effective cancer therapies, but tumors frequently develop resistance. Current strategies to circumvent resistance target the same or parallel pathways. We report here that targeting
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Preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases
This Issue Brief describes why scaled up action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is integral for sustainable development. It presents UNDP’s ongoing global and regional work with partners on NCDs, and
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Novel device to help choose best cancer drugs
The device enables researchers to visualise the micro environment and monitor how cells respond in real time to the drug. Scientists have developed a miniature lab device that could speed up the adoption
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Colorectal cancer and long-term exposure to Trihalomethanes in drinking water: A multicenter case–control study in Spain and Italy
<p>Evidence on the association between colorectal cancer and exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water is inconsistent. Researchers assessed long-term exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs), the
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Components in aqueous Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flower extract inhibit in vitro melanoma cell growth
<p>Skin cancer is extremely common, and melanoma causes about 80% of skin cancer deaths. In fact, melanoma kills over 50 thousand people around the world each year, and these numbers are rising. Clearly,
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NGT orders closure of 21 hotmix plants in Noida, Gr Noida
Do you want a child to be confined in the house without even knowing the level of polluted air he is inhaling, the National Green Tribunal sternly told UP officials today as it ordered 21 hot mix plants
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Obesity linked to 13 types of cancer, says expert
Ahead of World Obesity Day, Columbia Asia Hospitals, Patiala, organised a special bariatric surgery camp for people struggling with excessive weight and related complications here today. The camp was
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Toxic chemicals trigger cancer in children: Green activists
Among the 260 pesticides in use in India, 56 are carcinogenic and banned in other countries. Of them, 20 clearly harm children causing leukaemia or blood cancer, yet it escapes from the Indian government
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Worst smog in decades chokes Delhi
Pollution levels on Saturday were the worst in the season so far. Facing its worst spell of persistent smog in nearly two decades, the Capital’s air quality slipped to ‘hazardous’ levels on Saturday.