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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Fuelling a debate
Ethanol is a clean and cheap fuel blend. But the Indian government is impeding the use of ethanol when it is callously promoting cancer causing MTBE
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Ethanol: Impact on health and environment
With ether-based oxygenates falling out of favour, ethanol is emerging as one of the most favoured options worldwide. According to H B Mathur, professor emeritus at the Delhi College of Engineering,
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Lung Cancer
Lung cancer can also be due to occupational exposure <br><br> <font class='UCASE'>gregory r wagner</font> , director, division of respiratory disease studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, USA, speaks to Down To
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Burning problem
Safdarjung Hospital s incinerator spells trouble for those living in its vicinity
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Toxic mall
Instead of curtailing use of plastics, the Delhi government sets up a new market
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Worth a spit
Researchers in the UK have found a reliable way to detect pre-cancerous cells in samples such as saliva. Most human cancers originate in epithelia
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On the Hope
1: Mohammed Farouque 4, has brain tumour. His father Sayyad Hussain earns Rs 1,800 per month polishing brass on utensils in a factory in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. The child was six months old
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Financial Drain
Siddhant Panigrahi, 3, has Non Hodgkin s lymphoma. This resident of Rajgangpur town, Orissa, was treated at AIIMS, New Delhi. His treatment, lasting for about eight months, gives an idea of the economic cost of cancer treatment
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Travesty of medical research
Yes, India does have a National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP). It is run by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi. It is quite another matter that not a single report has come
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The Meek Inherit Cancer
In the absence of any recent data on cancer incidence, Down To Earth conducted a survey of two Delhi localities to see the difference in how cancer is affecting the rich and the poor. Two things