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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Spurt seen in cancer cases in India
As many as 10 lakh cancer cases have already been detected in India in current year with the case load set to shoot to 11.48 lakh by 2015 and 13.20 lakh by 2020. A whopping 27 pc of these cancers are associated
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Worldwide air pollution deaths per year number over 2 million
Air pollution may be responsible for more than 2 million deaths around the world each year, according to a new study. The study estimated that 2.1 million deaths each year are linked with fine particulate
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High benzene levels raise alarm
IGI Airport, Mandir Marg, Civil Lines Affected; IIT-Kanpur To Study Trend Benzene levels in air are alarmingly high in some parts of Delhi. A potent carcinogen, benzene levels were 2 to 12 times more than the prescribed limit at Civil Lines and IGI airport on Sunday evening and through the day on Monday.
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GMOA to issue eight proposals to boost public health
The insulin intolerance level in children adults in Sri Lanka has gone up to 11 per cent, according to the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), which has decided to present eight proposals,
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151 essential medicines to become cheaper from today
Chemists Say They Are Yet To Get Drugs With Revised Pricing From Monday the most essential drugs will go cheaper by10 to 50% as the revised prices fixed by the national pharmaceutical pricing authority comes into force. In the first phase the prices of 151 formulations will come down and the remaining 91 formulations will become cheaper from next month.
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Centre let tobacco rule go up in smoke: apex court
Bombay High Court also under fire for interim stay orders. The Supreme Court on Monday removed all hurdles to implementation of Point of Sale Rules on tobacco and tobacco products. As per the rule, each
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Formalin treated food items cause deadly diseases
Formalin is being used by the traders as a preservative in fish, fruits, meat, milk, vegetables and a wide variety of food items. Consumption of such food items, according to medical scientists, may
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Scientists sound new warning for arsenic in rice
Rice tainted with high levels of arsenic has been linked to genetic damage that heightens the risk of cancer, a study published on Monday said. Naturally-occurring arsenic in drinking water is a long-known
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राजधानी में बढ़ा कैंसर का खतरा
दिल्ली की आबोहवा जहरीली होती जा रही है। यहां कैंसर पैदा करने वाले रासायनिक कण बढ़ते जा रहे हैं। ताजा स्टडी जेएनयू द्वारा की गई है। सरकार के इको फ्रेंडली सारे प्रयास के बाद भी हवा में ऐसे कण पाया जाना चिंताजनक
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Air pollution kills over two million people each year
Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said. A study, published