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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Silk care to protect skin from UV rays
sericin, a by-product of silk, may now find use in skin care products that protect from ultraviolet (uv) rays. A study revealed the protein protects the outermost layer of skin from uv rays.
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Genes give clue to lung cancer risk in smokers
Scientists today publish the first genetic clues to unravelling the mystery of why some smokers puff their way through life without developing disease while others die young of lung cancer. Three research teams have independently discovered a set of genetic variations that increase the risk of lung cancer and may make smokers more addicted to nicotine. Their papers appear in the journals Nature and Nature Genetics. The gene affected seems to make a protein that acts as a "receptor", or docking point, for nicotine in the brain.
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Now, scientists link smoking to genes
Scientists have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more prone to get hooked on tobacco, smoke more cigarettes longer, and develop deadly lung cancer. The discovery by three separate teams of scientists makes the strongest case so far for the biological underpinnings of the addiction of smoking and how genetics and cigarettes combine in cancer, experts said. And it may lay the groundwork for more tailored quit-smoking treatments.
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More women die than men
More women are dying from cancer than men in Punjab. This is contrary to the global trend where more men die from cancer than women.
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Perineal use of talc and risk of ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynaecological neoplasms, especially in industrialised countries.
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Mobiles more dangerous than smoking: study
Puffing kills. But a new study, led by a researcher of Indian-origin, claims that mobiles phones are more dangerous than fags.
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Cancer in Kolkata air
vehicular pollution is common to most metros. A Kolkata-specific study has highlighted how vehicles in Kolkata emit cancer-causing volatile organic compounds (vocs). The study noted that specific
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Assam to provide free drugs to cancer patients
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday launched a new health scheme under which cancer patients in the State will be provided chemotherapy drugs free of cost.
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Free cancer treatment scheme launched
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today formally launched the Government's free anti-cancer drugs treatment scheme at Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute.
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Patent crusader
A Delhi High Court interim order given last week can totally alter the patent regime in the country for life-saving drugs.