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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Pollution and mortality
Possible biological mechanisms by which pollution affects mortality
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Deadly Particles
They are tiny and deadly. Recent research has brought to light the existence of airborne particles so tiny they defy measurement. Toxic particles so minute as to be almost intangible. Though evidence is piling up increasingly on the lethal effects of part
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Double trouble
The chronically depressed are more likely to develop cancer
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Marinate to prevent cancer
Marinating a steak before grilling not only improves its flavour and tenderness but also decreases the production of carcinogenic compounds. The latest evidence for this comes from Mark G Knize,
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Vehicular emissions are a cause for concern
<font class='UCASE'>Praful B Desai</font><font class='UCASE'>,</font> professor emeritus and former director of the Tata Memorial Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai, spoke to <font class='UCASE'>Leena Chakrabarti </font> on the increasing incidence of ca
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A cell made cancerous
Those studying tumour cells have no way of knowing all the different mutations that make them divide uncontrollably. Robert Wein berg and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
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SOUTH AFRICA
Sosobala Mbatha, South Africa's most famous traditional healer, will share his knowledge of Zulu indigenous medicine with his counterparts in the us . Mbatha has been invited to New York by
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Smoky future
A US jury holds tobacco companies liable for manufacturing a product that causes lung cancer and other diseases
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CHINA
As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and China, the two countries have signed an agreement on joint research in the use of
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Global fund for research
a global fund to sponsor and coordinate research into the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment was launched in London. The European Chemical Industry Association, the us