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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Cancers more than double in the country in two decades
National Cancer Control Programme Director Dr. Mrs. Dr. Neelamani Paranagama yesterday revealed that the number of cancer patients in Sri Lanka had more than doubled in the last two decades. She pointed
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Global atlas of palliative care at the end of life
Only 1 in 10 people who need palliative care - that is medical care to relieve the pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness - is currently receiving it. This unmet need is mapped for the first time
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Minister: CNG hike bad for environment
New Delhi: The new environment minister, Saurabh Bhardwaj, has slammed the latest price hike in CNG, saying competitive pricing of diesel and CNG will be detrimental to the environment. He also suggested
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Residents say becoming difficult to breath near industrial zone
Air and water pollution is posing great health risk to the people residing in colonies near the industrial zone in Sectors I9 and I10, Islamabad. The residents of the area have demanded the authorities
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Draft pollution law seeks to tackle lethal European air
BRUSSELS: EU policymakers on Wednesday unveiled a draft law to tackle air pollution, which every year is linked to 400,000 premature deaths in Europe and costs of tens of billions of euros. The proposals include new limits on emissions from power plants and industry, as well as measures to make member states comply with existing rules on limiting pollutants associated with asthma, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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Maharashtra 2nd only to Uttar Pradesh in no. of cancer cases among women
Despite the implementation of a national prevention programme and state-of-the-art infrastructure for treatment, Maharashtra has witnessed an alarming rise in cases of cancer among women in the last four
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NGT pulls up collectors of 12 districts
Pune: The western bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that notices be issued to the collectors of 12 districts to seek their response to a petition that alleges that they have failed
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Smelling a rat
Genetically modified maize causes cancer: that was the gist of one of the most controversial studies in recent memory, published in September 2012 by Food and Chemical Toxicology. Well, actually, it doesn’t.
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Cadila Pharma launches new lung cancer drug
Cadila Pharmaceuticals, on Thursday, launched a new lung cancer drug, Mycidac-C. The drug is priced at Rs.40,000 for a 10-course injection, much cheaper than the drugs manufactured and sold in the market
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New Indian study points to carcinogenic potential of roundup herbicide
Roundup herbicide, which is meant to kill farm weeds, “poses the risk of serious human health hazards including cancer”, says a new study by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR). The study,