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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MNCs have a healthy share of cancer drug patent claims
358 of 413 drug patent applications for the disease in India are from top multinationals.
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The wounds of salt
Kharaghoda, a large village located on the edge of the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, has a population of 12,000. Here
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Thailand to breaks cancer patents
Thailand's new government will override international patents on three cancer drugs, Chaiya Sasomsap, the new health minister said yesterday, after a month of protests against his review of the policy
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Radiation exposure linked to heart disease
If a link with cancer wasn't bad enough, radiation may be bad for your heart too.
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Temporal variation in the association between benzene and leukemia mortality
Benzene is a human carcinogen. Exposure to benzene occurs in occupational and environmental settings. The researcher evaluated data from a cohort of 1,845 rubber hydrochloride workers. Benzene exposure
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Cancer deaths in agricultural heartland
Indian state of Punjab is increasingly under focus for the increasingly incidence of cancer mortality as well as indiscriminate use of pesticides in agricultural practices. This study investigates cancer mortality, and its correlations with numerous variables, including demographic characteristics, cropping pattern and pesticide residues in soil and water.
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Solving a massive worker health puzzle
The largest workplace health study ever conducted is applying cutting edge techniques to investigating an apparent cancer cluster-and highlighting the reasons why science doesn't always protect us at work. March 2008
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Anniversary of Terry Fox Run to help cancer research on March 2
Leander Paes considers the Terry Fox Run a journey of life. Considered the largest single-day fund-raiser for cancer research in the world, the 10th anniversary of the event in Mumbai will be celebrated on March 2. People come together as individuals, families, schoolchildren and groups to raise money in Terry Fox's name. "Being a former cancer patient (Leander was diagnosed with a parasitic infection in the head and admitted to M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre, Orlando, in 2003) I feel for his brave effort. We are many miles away from Canada, but I am happy at the efforts put in by the Terry Fox (India) Committee and support group,' said the tennis ace, now looking forward to partnering Aussie Paul Hanley in the Dubai Open next month. Diagnosed with bone cancer at 18, Canadian-born Terry decided to run across the nation to generate funds for cancer research, calling his journey the
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Disinfectants pollute water
about 250 million people in urban India drink municipal water, which is treated and disinfected before being supplied. A recent study shows the chemicals used for treatment methods might give the
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CDC criticised for delaying report on environmental health
The US Centers for Disease Control has been accused of withholding data related to health risks in and around the Great Lakes area. But the agency says the report, pairing toxin concentrations with human health concerns, which was due out last year, had "deficiencies'.