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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Clearing throats
The standard practice of removing small throat tumours using laser is ineffective against the larger ones, so a new procedure using a special drug and light rays can reduce the suffering of
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UNITED NATIONS
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that the drug used to fight breast cancer all over the world can actually be a carcinogenic agent by increasing the risk of contracting
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Overblown myth
BETA carotene, the amazing vitamin found primarily in carrots and promoted as a preventive cure for both cancer and heart disease may not work wonders after all. Contrary, to popular beliefs, two
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A shot in the arm
Humankind may soon to face to face with a miracle if the dozen odd cancer vaccine trials, currently on in the United States, emerge successful
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HERBAL REMEDIES
Nepalese herbs with anti-cancer properties of which little was known earlier, has stirred a lot of interest in the medical circles in Kathmandu. The leaf of Land Sallo, a herb found in
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Malignant misfortunes
CANCER, the Scourge Of the modern world, seems to have had its deadly effects even on the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, leading to their deaths. Juan Collar of the University of Carolina, us,
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Risky take off
The glamour of the profession apart, airline crew face a heightened risk of cancer. Researchers of the Finnish Cancer Registry conducted a study of the extent to which airline staff
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Three cheers
Three important developments made by cancer researchers this year have opened up some exciting new possibilities for the diagnosis, therapy andprevention of breast cancer
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'Dome'd to death
A NUCLEAR reactor in your vicinity could be the best way to contract breast cancer, as the latest Greenpeace report reveals. The report titled, "Nuclear Power, Human Health and the Environment:
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On the warpath
FINDING a cure for cancer has been unending drive for many a drug fil for years now. But the UK-based Brit Biotech company seems poised to lea the others far behind with its flagst anticancer