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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Over 4,000 fall prey to cancer in Punjab annually
Contaminated drinking water the primary cause: Seechewal Umesh Dewan Tribune News Service Punjab Pollution Control Board member Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal shows polluted waters of the Beas and Kala Sangha drain, collected in bottles, to mediapersons in Patiala on Sunday. Punjab Pollution Control Board member Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal shows polluted waters of the Beas and Kala Sangha drai
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At Kaziranga, five elephants die in six days
As many as four wild elephants have died around the Kaziranga National Park within six days, ringing alarm bells among the authorities.
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Extensive use of pesticides: A recipe for disaster
KOLKATA, 10 OCT: Even as chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was taking a justifiable pride at an industrialists
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And, chemistry Nobel Prize for 2010 goes to Molecule makers
AUS and two Japanese scientists won the 2010 Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday for revolutionary chemical research with uses that range from fighting cancer to producing thin computer screens. Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki shared the prize for the development of
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German co recalls Indian arms drugs
GERMAN drugmaker Fresenius Kabi has started voluntary recall of two batches of a cancer drug shipped to the US made by its Indian subsidiary Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd after it found cross contamination. The drug sold as anastrozole tablets is used to treat breast cancer and is sold in the US through Fresenius Kabi
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17 more detected hepatitis positive
SEPPA, Sept 28: Taking the alarm a notch higher, 17 more students were tested Hepatitis-B positive out of 419 students tested on the concluding day of the three days school health program organized by the District Health Society here yesterday, reports DIPRO.
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Malwa belt has highest number of breast cancer cases: Study
The Malwa belt of Punjab has the highest number of breast cancer cases in Punjab, according to the latest study conducted by a UK-based NGO
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Punjab's Malwa belt has high incidence of breast cancer, reveals study
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Malwa belt in Punjab has recorded high incidence of breast cancer in the State, according to a study by the United Kingdom-based non-governmental organisation,
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Soon, cancer treatment will become affordable
For cancer patients and their families, some good news is on the cards.
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Cancer incidence in Manipur highest in Northeast
IMPHAL, Sept 23: The Governor of Manipur, Gurbachan Jagat said that the present scenario of cancer problem in the State does not appear encouraging.