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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Fukushima quake 'increased cancer risk' for some nearby
People living near the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have an increased risk of developing some cancers, the World Health Organization says. The increased risk is limited to communities and some emergency
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HC notice to state on cancer drug prices
Taking suo motu cognisance of a letter seeking action against renowned pharmaceutical companies for looting cancer patients by printing inflated maximum retail price (MRP) on medicines, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today put the state of Punjab on notice. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain issued the notice after taking cognisance of the letter by Faridkot-based Bhai Ghanaiya Cancer Roko Seva Society.
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Link patented drug prices to per capita income: Panel
Agovernment panel has proposed that prices of patented medicines be based on the country’s per capita income, a move that would substantially reduce prices of costly drugs made by global pharmaceutical firms. The proposal, which seeks the input of other government agencies as well as industry groups, could provoke the ire of Big Pharma, which has clashed with India over protection of intellectual property, price regulations for generic drugs, and compulsory licenses for costly medicines.
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Hair dyes chemicals can cause cancer
Hair dyes used by millions of women and men contain chemicals linked to cancer, British scientists have warned. They say that both home hair colouring kits and the dyes used at expensive salons pose
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Lens on Ethics Panels for Clinical Tests
Panels meant to ensure safety & rights of volunteers must be registered with DCGI Starting next week, all ethics panels that are meant to ensure the safety and rights of volunteers for clinical trials, must be registered with the Drug Controller General of India. The changes in the norms for ethics committees, that review and approve protocols of all clinical trials, are part of a clean-up act in the regulation of such trials initiated by the government after being rapped by the Supreme Court last month.“Even the existing ethics committees, which are part of ongoing trials would have to seek registration at the drug regulator’s office within 45 days of the notification,” said a health ministry official.
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Only 1 in 10 children with cancer get complete treatment in India: Report
At least 10-12 children per 10,000 population will develop cancer in India annually. Out of 60,000 children afflicted with this disease, only one out of 10 receives complete therapy. According to researchers with the new Lancet Oncology series published on Tuesday, the burden is likely to increase if cases are not detected early. Even as the new series has sent messages to various governments to develop strategies for childhood cancer, for the first time the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research in Bangalore will come out with a report on the incidence of different types of childhood cancers in India. Dr A Nandakumar, director in charge of the centre, said that leukaemias, lymphomas and retinoblastomas are very common in India.
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Man-made chemicals cited in health scourges: UN report
Man-made chemicals in everyday products are likely to be at least the partial cause of a global surge in birth deformities, hormonal cancers and psychiatric diseases, a U.N.-sponsored research team reported
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Sri Lanka court to deliver verdict on graphic cancer messages on cigarette packs
Sri Lanka Court of Appeal will tomorrow deliver the verdict of a case over displaying graphic images of cancer on the packets of cigarettes. The petition was filed by the Ceylon Tobacco Company against
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Delhi Government banners on health education questioned
“Insensitive attempt to create awareness about cervical cancer” Is the Delhi Government promoting moral policing in the name of health education? That is the question to which women activists and students have demanded an answer, pointing to the Delhi Government roadside banners that blame “immoral sex” for cervical cancer. Stating that these banners are an “insensitive” attempt by the Delhi Government to create awareness about cervical cancer, a Jawaharlal Nehru University student Radhika said: “These banners that have been placed at various places in Delhi are for public education, but to state that ‘immoral sex’ is responsible for cervical cancer in women is tactless and highly offensive.’’
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City hospital launches PET-MRI service for faster cancer diagnosis
A city hospital has launched a state-of-the-art technology, available only in select centres across the world, to help in early and accurate diagnosis of various cancers and degenerative neurological disorders. The PET-MRI technology installed at Apollo Hospitals is the first such technology in South Asia, according to doctors of the hospital.The PET-MRI has been started as part of a cumulative PET SUITE, consisting of the PET-MRI and PET-CT technology.