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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Govt aims to arrest premature deaths from diabetes, cancer, heart & respiratory diseases
World Health Organisation's (WHO) statistical profile 2015 for India states that the probability of dying between ages 30 and 70 due to cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and
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IISc study reveals toxic effects of widely used herbal plants
Folk healers in North-East use plants to treat infections, cancer Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have shown that the concept of herbal medicines being totally safe is a myth and
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Brazil to set up workgroup to study possible cancer cure
The Brazilian government announced Thursday it will set up a workgroup to study the effects of a substance called phosphoethanolamine, after it showed good results in cancer treatment. The phosphoethanolamine
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UK opposition to farming emissions cuts 'could cost thousands of lives'
The UK government’s opposition to binding cuts in pollution from farms could lead to 3,000 more deaths in the UK, according to research cited by the environmental NGO ClientEarth. An advisory paper
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Processed Meats And Cancer: WHO Report Reveals Meat Eaters At Increased Risk
A review by the World Health Organization (WHO)'s International Agency for Cancer (IARC) notes that consumption of processed meats may increase the risk of colon cancer. The IARC looked at close to
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Eating bacon, sausages poses cancer risk: WHO
Ham, hot dogs also in group 1 list alongside tobacco, diesel fumes, asbestos for causes of cancer Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease,
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Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat
In October, 2015, 22 scientists from ten countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, to evaluate the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed
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More at cancer risk from frequent diagnostic scans
Habit Of Ordering Too Many Tests Endangering Patients: Experts When Ramesh Thakur (46) experienced intense pain in the abdomen last month, he rushed to a big south Delhi hospital. The emergency physician,
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Early marriage increasing risk of cervical cancer among rural women: Experts
MADURAI: Incidents of cervical cancers are on the decline among women in cities but are high among their rural counterparts, and early marriage is one reason for it, said doctors at the 30th annual conference
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Less than a quarter of cancer patients get proper surgery: study
LONDON, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Over 80 percent of the 15 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide in 2015 will need surgery, but less than a quarter will have access to proper, affordable surgical