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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Centre helps people assess cancer risk
Pune: There is better awareness about genetic testing for cancer in the city. Within a month of its launch, the first counselling centre set up in a city hospital to advise people on whether or not they
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Ahmedabad has highest oral cancer casesd
On the eve of World Cancer Day on Tuesday, experts warned that Gujarat has become the breeding ground for oral cancers as over 1.3 crore Gujaratis are addicted to tobacco consumption. "National Cancer Registry Programme has indicated that Ahmedabad has the highest incidence of oral cancers in the country with 17.1 per 1 lakh population fresh cases of cancer registered every year", said leading oral cancer surgeon Dr Kaustubh Patel of HCG Cancer Center.
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Cancer cases growing at an alarming pace: WHO agency
Effective prevention measures are the only way to prevent cancer crisis, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) stated on Monday. The agency, which is part of the World Health Organization,
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Number of cancer patients increasing
The number of cancer patients is rising every year, with most people unaware of the disease and even those, who know about the disease, opting for treatment only during advanced stages. In Nepal, the
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Cancer 'tidal wave' on horizon, warns WHO
The globe is facing a "tidal wave" of cancer, and restrictions on alcohol and sugar need to be considered, say World Health Organization scientists. It predicts the number of cancer cases will reach
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WHO Warns of 22 Million Cancer Cases a Year Within Two Decades
The World Health Organization’s cancer agency warned there will be 22 million new cases of cancer each year within two decades, as the burden of the disease falls disproportionately on developing countries.
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Global battle against cancer won’t be won with treatment alone: effective prevention measures urgently needed to prevent cancer crisis
<p>The World Cancer Report 2014 launched by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reveals how the cancer burden is growing at an alarming pace and emphasizes the need for urgent implementation of efficient prevention strategies to curb the disease. Read Press Release on this report.</p>
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दूध मिलावटखोरों को हो उम्रकैद की सजा
दूध में वाशिंग पाउडर, कास्टिक सोडा, यूरिया और ह्वाइटनर जैसे खतरनाक पदार्थो की मिलावट पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट नें गहरी चिंता जताई है। उसने राज्यों से इस बाबत कानून सख्त करने के लिए कहा है। शीर्ष अदालत ने भारतीय
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Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh, January 2014
<p>Bangladesh ranked 169th among 178 countries in the Global Environmental Performance Index 2014. Bangladesh scored 25.61 out of 100 taking into consideration indicators like health impacts, air quality, water and sanitation, water resources, agriculture, forests, fisheries, biodiversity and habitat. Read more in this January 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh</p>
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Black carbon in air a worry, say scientists
PUNE: The amount of black carbon or soot, a potential cancer-causing substance, has been gradually increasing over Pune city since 2005, shows a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). Soot is a human carcinogenic which is considered second only to carbon dioxide in causing climate change or global warming.