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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This tiny device is 12 times more effective at treating pancreatic cancer
A small, implantable device could transform the treatment of pancreatic cancer, with researchers announcing that in tests carried out on mice, the thin film was up to 12 times more effective than standard
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Gene editing 'boosts' cancer-killing cells
Cancer scientists have genetically modified the immune system to help it attack tumours in mice. The immune system is the body's own defence against infection and cancer, but tumours develop ways of stopping
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A specialized flavone biosynthetic pathway has evolved in the medicinal plant, Scutellaria baicalensis
<p>Wogonin and baicalein are bioactive flavones in the popular Chinese herbal remedy Huang-Qin (Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi). These specialized flavones lack a 4′-hydroxyl group on the B ring
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Google Search introduces health cards for India with support for 400 diseases
Google India in partnership with Apollo Hospitals announced a new feature that shows disease information in a card-like format. Google India in partnership with Apollo Hospitals today announced a new
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Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants
<p>Underweight and severe and morbid obesity are associated with highly elevated risks of adverse health outcomes. The estimated trends in mean body-mass index (BMI), which characterises its population
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Cigarettes cheaper than e-cigarettes in 44 of 45 countries studied
Combustible tobacco cigarettes cost less to purchase than equivalent amounts of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in 44 of 45 countries sampled around the world, according to a new American Cancer Society
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National Green Tribunal seeks Centre’s response on ban of microplastics
Microbeads used as “scrubbers” in cosmetic products are being released into the natural environment Our desire for a squeaky clean skin could be polluting the environment and even hampering our health
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Pictorial warning on tobacco packs motivates people to quit: Study
Recent studies conducted between December 2015 and March 2016 by the PGIMER, Chandigarh, has found that pictorial health warnings on packs of tobacco products do motivate people to quit. Vini Mahajan,
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Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Scientists Find Cheap Cancer 'Treatment'
Zimbabwe continues to choke under the burden of diseases like Aids and cancer, but very little has been documented on the use and properties of complementary and alternative therapies. While the bulk
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SC: Any proof that smoking causes cancer?
Hears Plea On Making Packets Colourless The Supreme Court on Tuesday surprised many by asking whether there was conclusive proof to say that smoking cigarettes caused cancer. Hearing a petition seeking