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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WHO global action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs 2013-2020
The action plan provides a road map and a menu of policy options for all Member States and other stakeholders, to take coordinated and coherent action, at all levels, local to global, to attain the nine
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Kozhikode corporation to carry out cancer screening for women
KOZHIKODE: The city corporation will conduct door-to-door cancer screening for women in a bid to reduce the number of cases here. The civic body has decided to extend the ambitious Jeevanam project of
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U.P. Cabinet nod for cancer institute in Lucknow
The super speciality cancer institute proposed to be set up here will have in-house facilities for research, educational programmes and training of medical and para-medical personnel. The Cabinet on Tuesday
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Non-communicable diseases and injuries in Pakistan: strategic priorities
Non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental disorders, and injuries have become the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Pakistan.
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Cancer may become killer disease by 2015: experts
Cancer might become the leading cause of death for non-communicable diseases by 2015 in the country if the current trend of significant increase in different cancers’ continued unabated, two cancer experts
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Goa leads with highest colon cancer cases
While there has been an overall increase in gastrointestinal diseases in Goa, the state has also registered highest number of colorectal cancer -- commonly known as colon or bowel cancer -- cases in the
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National green tribunal bans burning of plastic, tyres in Delhi's scrap market
To prevent serious injury from being caused to environment and humans, national green tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday banned burning of plastics, tyres, wires or any such materials in the scrap market of Mayapuri
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A new test to spot pancreatic cancer
15-Year-Old American Develops A Faster, Cheaper Way For Early Detection A15-year-old high school student in the US, whose uncle died of pancreatic cancer, has developed the first test for the disease that could detect tumours before they become too advanced to treat. Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate for any cancer, which has remained unchanged for 40 years. It is symptomless in its early stages and strikes more than 8,000 people a year in the UK and 45,000 in the US. Four in five patients are inoperable by the time they are diagnosed and fewer than four in 100 live for five years.
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Vitamin D deficiency more prevalent in Kashmiri Muslim women: Expert
Expressing concern over the growing problem of vitamin-D deficiency across the globe, the second international conference on “Vitamin-D deficiency and its health consequences”, held recently in Abu Dhabi, has stressed on creating awareness and education among the masses, especially women, to control this global pandemic. The prime objective of the conference was to identify the reasons of vitamin-D deficiency in the UAE, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the world; discuss issues related to laboratory measurement of vitamin, deliberate on consequences of vitamin D deficiency in bone and bone-related diseases like rickets, explain various biological roles of vitamin D in cancer, diabetes and depression and current clinical practice guidelines and their relevance.
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Mobile tower threat: City project to map radiation
High Levels of Radiation Suspected In Several Areas Kochi: In the wake of increasing number of complaints of high-level radiation from mobile phone towers, the government has finally decided to conduct a radiation intensity mapping in the city to identify areas where the radiation is above permissible limits. The Kerala State Council for Science and Technology has appointed the state wing of the Swadeshi Science Movement to conduct the ‘Mapping of intensity of electromagnetic fields in Kochi’. The mapping will cover the entire area under the Kochi corporation.