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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Kenya: Over 5,000 Nakuru County Residents Suffer From Cancer
More than 5,000 Nakuru residents suffer from cancer, county medical services director Dr Solomon Sirma has said. He said a survey done by the University of Nairobi three months ago showed there is an
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South Africa: Dept Still Assessing 'Probable' Cancer-Causing Herbicide
The Department of Agriculture is still determining whether a compound in about 100 locally used pesticides, and that has been found by an international agency to "probably" cause cancer, will have to be
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Tens of thousands march worldwide against Monsanto and GM crops
Tens of thousands of people marched in cities across the world on Saturday to protest against the American biotechnology giant Monsanto and its genetically modified crops and pesticides. The third annual
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Pictorial warnings will cover 85% of cigarette packs from May 30
ISLAMABAD: Health experts on Sunday said that larger pictorial labels are more effective in informing about the dangers of smoking. They were addressing a concluding session of four-day awareness workshop
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South Africa: Dept to Probe Classification of Herbicide as Possibly Carcinogenic
Government will examine a recent evaluation by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) which found that glyphosate, a broad-spectrum herbicide used in about 100 products in South Africa,
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NGT pulls up Centre on spraying of pesticides on aircraft
The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the government and private airlines for not filing "satisfactory" reply on the plea of a US-based neurologist against spraying of pesticides on aircraft with passengers
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Eating avocado reduces damage from air pollution, heart attack
Recent studies have associated air pollution to rise in chronic disease such as heart attack, strokes, diabetes, hypertension, cancer to mention but a few. But scientists have found that extracts of the
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Kamrup tops in occurrence of female pharyngeal cancer in world: Study
The age adjusted incidence rate of pharyngeal cancers in females of Kamrup-urban area is highest in the world and age adjusted incidence of gall bladder cancer in females of Kamrup-urban is second highest
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Fracking produces air pollution that increases the risk of breathing problems and cancer, study claims
Fracking could release dangerous compounds into the air increasing the risk of breathing problems and developing cancer, a study has claimed. Researchers found that people living within three miles
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WHO findings on weed killer will not speed up EU safety review
EU regulators will not accelerate a decision on whether to restrict use of the world's most widely used weed killer, even though it has been linked to cancer by the World Health Organization (WHO), officials