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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Almost 70,000 people in NI living with cancer
Nearly 70,000 people in Northern Ireland are living with cancer, or have had a cancer diagnosis in the last 18 years. The figure - 69,377 - is contained in a report by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry,
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HC calls for measures to check cancer
Says Punjab, Haryana have failed to cut down on use of pesticides In Punjab, one person succumbs to cancer every minute-and-a-half. On an average, 18 persons die of cancer everyday. But these statistics may soon change. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has called for remedial measures after taking cognisance of Punjab and Haryana Governments’ failure to prune the use of pesticides.
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Heavy use of herbicide Roundup linked to health dangers: study
- Heavy use of the world's most popular herbicide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's, infertility and cancers, according to a new study. The
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Punjab's cancer capital goes for reverse osmosis plants
Caught in the throes of cancer, Punjab seems to have finally heard the wake-up call. The state, with an average 90 cancer patients per one lakh population - higher than the national average of 80 per lakh
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Mad rush for RO plants in cancer-hit Malwa region
Last month the Bhatinda Municipal Corporation put stickers on all 540 handpumps in the town, warning people that the water from them is unfit for drinking. At the same time, the municipality is proud to
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Tripura, Meghalaya to ban gutka, pan masala
Following the direction of the union government, Tripura and Meghalaya will ban the sale, manufacture and distribution of gutka (tobacco–laced areca nut pieces) and pan masala (a chewing mixture), officials
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Jammu’s groundwater high in toxicity, says research
After her path-breaking discovery of 14 new species of Chironomus or midge fly in 2009, local scholar Dr Pragya Khanna’s has come up with alarming research findings suggesting “poisoning” of Jammu region’s
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Oral cancer cases higher in developing countries
ORAL cancer is the sixth most common cancer reported globally with roughly two thirds of these reported in developing countries, according to a report. Regardless of nationality, roughly half of long-term
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Explain cancer treatment set up lying defunct: High court
ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court asked state government and principal secretary Medical Education to file a short counter affidavit within two weeks in reply to a public interest litigation against equipment for cancer patients lying defunct in Moti Lal Nehru Medical College( MLNMC) Allahabad. Petitioner advocate Manoj Kumar Singh has said in the PIL that in spite of the presence of equipment related to cancer treatment, no efforts were being made to operate them.
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Indoor smoking pollutes air 19 times higher than in smoking-free zone: Study
Businesses that allow indoor smoking have 19 times higher levels of polluted air compared to that of places where inside smoking is banned, a study report said. The study was carried out recently under