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
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
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come out with nine new health warnings for cigarette packs, to be introduced from September 2012. Various countries already have such warnings, and some of them attribute reduced tobacco use to these.
Hyderabad Good food, old Telugu movies and handsome money is what 25 women at Pidiguralla town in the coastal district of Guntur were promised in return for vials of their blood. But what they had not bargained for was severe body ache and hospitalisation.
Govt Seals Offices Of Pharma Co For Testing Cancer Drug Which Is Yet To Get Approval Hyderabad: A day after the chilling exposure of clinical trials on poverty-stricken women by a pharma major in Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh government on Friday raided and sealed the offices of a drug company.
Focus will be on diagnosis and treatment of cancer, diabetes The State health department will initiate preventive and treatment measures for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke in Shimoga and Kolar districts from July, under a Centrally-sponsored pilot project. Funded by the Union Health Ministry under the National Rural Health Mission, the National Programme for Prevention a
It is now possible to discriminate between cancers caused by intake of a radioactive material and those that arise spontaneously Recently, scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen have identified a genetic change in thyroid cancer as a signature or fingerprint that points to a previous exposure of the thyroid to ionizing radiation.
Unlike other caregivers of street dogs who feed the animals or play with them, Chitrita Majumdar and Roxan D
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has sought clarification from Jindal Ecopolis, the waste management company setting up a waste-to-energy plant at Okhla, saying that it would not be permitted to operate if the company fails to provide technical details about pollution control at the incineration plant. It may be noted that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has already made it clear that t
Inhaling air in the city can now cause cancer.
Proteins in frog skins which could be used to treat cancer, diabetes, stroke and transplant patients by regulating the growth of blood vessels have been discovered by Scientists at Queen's University Belfast. Led by Professor Chris Shaw at Queen's School of Pharmacy, the scientific team has identified two proteins, or