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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Children of endosulfan
Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala. <font class='UCASE'>Sopan Joshi</font> listens
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What s the buzz?
A whisper campaign that CNG causes cancer is doing the rounds in Delhi
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The aftermath
The effects of the Balkan war is beginning to show on NATO soldiers
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Checking leukaemia
In people suffering a common form of leukaemia, certain chromosome abnormalities in cancer cells could help predict how quickly the disease will progress. This is the result of a study conducted in
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DNA to test carcinogens
Chips made of DNA strands can detect carcinogenic chemicals
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System error
IT will become an agent of change only when there is less of government and more of innovation
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To prevent overkill
Medicinal values of marine life make it vulnerable to overexploitation. But it is now possible to artificially produce such qualities
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Malachite green: a carcinoge
Malachite green, a mineral banned for human consumption, is a carcinogen. It is used ex tensively in India in the dyeing of cotton, wool, jute and leather, as well as an antiseptic. The Cancer
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Slow, but sure
A gentle therapy for patients undergoing chemotherapy
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Healthy tea
It is believed that green tea prevents certain types of cancer. But the fermentation process involved in making black tea was thought to destroy the protective compounds. Now researchers from the UK