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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Tumours with PI3K activation are resistant to dietary restriction
The authors show that mouse or human tumours in which the PI3K/Akt pathway is constitutively activated are resistant to dietary restriction whereas other tumours are sensitive. The authors also implicate the Akt target gene FOXO1 in the response to dietary restriction.
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Night shifts tied to higher cancer risk
Exposure To Light At Night Lowers Levels Of Key Hormone: Study Washington: Late-night shift work may increase the risks of developing cancer, says a new study.
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Book river polluters: Seechewal
Lohian: The polluters of rivers, be it bureaucrats or politicians who turn a blind eye to the environmental violations, must be brought to book and asked to compensate those who have lost their loved ones to pollution-related diseases like cancer.
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NBRIs radioactive waste being released in Gomti?
LUCKNOW: Could NBRI be dumping radioactive waste in Gomti directly through its sewage system? Knowing that radioactive material can induce cancer, birth defects and infertility in humans directly exposed to it, releasing it in Gomti is a huge big ecological disaster.
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Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to Permethrin in the Agricultural Health Study
This study evaluates the incidence of cancer among pesticide applicators exposed to permethrin in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS).
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Science and Technology - Briefs
evolution Wolves from dogs Human beings can enrich biodiversity without doing much. Take raising dogs as pets, for example. A study says dogs have helped in the evolution of black colour in wolves. This bodes well for wolves inhabiting fast depleting snow-covered northern environments like the Arctic tundra. While hunting, the dark colour helps them merge with surroundings. Using
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Prevention of life style releted diseases
The Sapporo Cancer Seminar Foundation in collaboration with JICA has initiated an evaluation process of the school-based projects for the prevention of lifestyle related diseases in Sri Lanka.
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'Aggressive cancer' risk higher for black women - Study
Black women are three times more likely than other women to develop an aggressive form of breast cancer characterised by "triple negative tumours", a study published Wednesday found. The findings, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research, held true even when other risk factors such as lifestyle, age and weight were taken into account.
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Some anticancer medicinal plants of foreign origin
An attempt has been made to review some medicinal plants used for the prevention and treatment of cancer in foreign countries. Information on the botanical names of plants with family names, parts used and their main active components, and original/native place of these plants have been collected from the literature. This article considers 62 medicinal plants of foreign origin.