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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200 die of cervical cancer everyday
Over 1.30 lakh cases are reported in the country annually, says a WHO report Bangalore: A WHO report on cervical cancer and the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) revealed that over 1.3 lakh cases of cervical cancer are reported in India every year, with nearly 75,000 deaths.
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Vegetarians at lower risk of cancer: Study
Scientists have confirmed what have been a long-held belief: vegetarian diet may help to protect against cancer. Analysis of data from 52,700 men and women by British researchers have shown that those who did not eat meat had significantly fewer cancers overall than those who did.
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Johnson baby products may cause cancer
Popular bath products for kids contain cancer-causing chemicals, says a new study. According to a research carried out in the United States, many of the top-selling brands contain formaldehyde, which is used to embalm corpses.
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New surgery to cure cancer
Offering hope in several cases of technically inoperable tumours, the inventor of the most advanced CyberKnife robotic radio surgery system, Dr John Adler said that cancer is curable. However, the cyberknife that involves non-evasive and painless surgery for cancer is a step towards conquering the fatal disease, he said while talking to reporters in the capital.
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According to report
Marijuana to cancer: Scientists in Seattle have found that young men smoking marijuana were at a higher risk of developing an aggressive form of testicular cancer called nonseminoma than those who had never tried the drug. The disease is known to strike men in there 20s and 30s and is the most common type of cancer among men in the UK, the researchers said. The study, published in the journal
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Joint venture to fight cancer
OUR CORRESPONDENT Siliguri, March 9: Health Care Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG) has decided to spread its network in the region by entering into a collaboration with North Bengal Oncology Centre, a private organisation.
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Scientists find enzymes that promote cancer
In a discovery which potentially can help decrease fatalities caused by cancer, scientists have found an enzyme that promotes spread of cancer from its original location. The majority of deaths caused by cancer are due to metastatis, or spread of cancer from its original location to the others in the human body.
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The controversy about a possible relationship between mobile phone use and cancer
During the last decade, mobile phone use increased to almost 100% prevalence in many countries of the world. Evidence for potential health hazards accumulated in parallel by epidemiologic investigations has raised controversies about the appropriate interpretation and the degree of bias and confounding responsible for reduced or increased risk estimates.
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Bad for the skin
Studies conducted on parthenium in the Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai indicate that parthenin, the principle component of the grass, might possess anti-cancer properties. The plant is already part of folk remedies for certain skin afflictions, fever, anaemia and dysentery. parthenium is used as firewood as well as green manure in agricultural fields. However, its usefulness is far outweighed