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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Barc finds anti-cancer molecule
Mumbai: A cost-effective and natural alternative to chemotherapy may be in the offing after a team of scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) found that a commonly-found amino acid acts like an anti-cancer molecule when administered in the right proportion and an appropriate environment.
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Pawar doesnt know of Punjabs cancer belt!
Says he isn
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Maternal dioxin exposure combined with a diet high in fat increases mammary cancer Incidence in mice
Early-life exposure to environmental pollutants such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) or diets high in fat has been associated with an increased risk of cancer. La Merrill et al. (p. 596) investigated how developmental exposure to TCDD and a high-fat diet (HFD) might interact to alter breast cancer susceptibility in a laboratory animal model.
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The good, the bad, and the volatile: Can we have both healthy pools and healthy people?
Given the popularity of swimming for recreation and sport, it is remarkable that we are only in the early stages of understanding swimming pool chemistry, human exposure(s), and potential health risks. This is partly due to the complexity of swimming pool water chemistry, which increases with transformations that water undergoes as it moves from its source to pools filled with swimmers.
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A vaccine to fight prostate cancer
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment that uses a so-called cancer vaccine, a drug that trains the body
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Shampoo, cosmetics may form cancer-causing substance in water supplies
Your shampoo may seem harmless, but it could be contributing to the formation of a mysterious, cancer-causing substance, a new study says. New research reveals that common household products such as shampoo can interact with disinfectants at U.S. wastewater treatment plants to form a little-studied class of cancer-causing substances.
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The big test for bisphenol A
After years of wrangling over the chemical
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An apple (and four other fruit and vegetables) a day
They were the sort of headlines that could deflate even the most ardent healthy-eating campaigner.
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Cipla unveils version of Bayers cancer drug at one-tenth price
CIPLA has launched a copycat version of German pharma company Bayer AG