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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Shipping air pollution causes 24,000 deaths a year in east Asia – study
A boom in shipping is aggravating air pollution in China and other nations in east Asia, causing thousands of deaths a year in a region with eight of the world’s 10 biggest container ports, scientists
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Ships worsen air pollution over China, killing thousands: study
A boom in shipping is aggravating air pollution in China and other nations in East Asia, causing thousands of deaths a year in a region with eight of the world's 10 biggest container ports, scientists
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Understanding India's high cancer incidence
There are many avoidable lifestyle factors that are responsible for the increased cancer incidence, the government and society need to take proactive steps to help the situation. It is difficult to
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Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report of the 2015 global survey
Countries start to act on noncommunicable diseases but need to speed up efforts to meet global commitments. A new WHO report highlights the need to intensify national action to meet the global targets
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Five dangerous food additives that are banned in many countries, except India!
Not long ago the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) banned use of potassium bromate as food additive in wake of a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study flagging their harmful
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International collaboration to create new cancer models to accelerate research
An international project to develop a large, globally accessible bank of new cancer cell culture models for the research community launched today. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National
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The patient with multiple mesenteric cystic lymhangioma was treated in neonatal perıod through prenatal diagnosis: Case report and literature review
<p>Mesenteric cystic lymphangiomas are benign congenital tumors characterized by the proliferation of lymphatic channels. There is an uncommon disorder that constitutes 0.5 % of all lymphangiomas and can
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Various heart diseases among top cause of death in state
Panaji : Of the various diseases, heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in Goa, constituting an average 30% of the total deaths reported in the state over the last two decades. Deaths due
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In utero and early-life exposure to ambient air toxics and childhood brain tumors: A population-based case–control study in California, USA
<p>Little is known about the influence of environmental factors on the etiology of childhood brain tumors. Researchers examined risks for brain tumors in children after prenatal and infant exposure to
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Osteogenic tumour in Australopithecus sediba: Earliest hominin evidence for neoplastic disease
<p>We describe the earliest evidence for neoplastic disease in the hominin lineage. This is reported from the type specimen of the extinct hominin Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa, dated