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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Will Colombia stop fighting coca with Monsanto's glyphosate?
Picture a red jeep bumping up and down a longish, straight, red dirt road in rural Colombia and, coming from the opposite direction, one lone motorcyclist. The two vehicles draw near and stop. “Amigo,
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Pesticides and our health: a growing concern
A review of scientific literature shows clear evidence that exposure to certain pesticides, currently allowed in European fields, is associated with different forms of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases
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Colombia bans pesticide used against cocaine
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has told his government to stop using the controversial herbicide glyphosate — also known by its brand name Roundup. “I am going to ask the government officials
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EPA regulator says set to release key herbicide report, lauds biopesticides
The Environmental Protection Agency has wrapped up its review of the world's most widely used herbicide and plans to release a much-anticipated preliminary risk assessment no later than July, the regulator's
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Make branded medicines cheaper, Indian Medical Association requests health ministry
Prices of branded drugs available in India should be brought down closer to the prices of their generic alternatives, requests a letter from the Indian Medical Association (IMA) addressed to the union
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Most countries not protecting antibiotics, says WHO
Three-quarters of countries do not have plans in place to preserve antimicrobial medicines, the World Health Organization says. The body has repeatedly warned that the globe is heading into a "post-antibiotic
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Haifa Bay may be declared air pollution-stricken
As existing data resurfaced in recent days potentially linking increased cancer incidence in the Haifa Bay to air pollution, Environmental Protection Ministry professionals said on Wednesday that they
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Cancer rates keep rising in China
Chinese medical experts are suggesting mortality rates for cancer are set to keep rising over the next 20 years. A new survey by the National Central Cancer Registry shows about 3.3 million people were
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Govt Allows Pharma Cos to Hike Prices of 509 Essential Drugs
Prices of drugs for various ailments like diabetes, hepatitis & cancer to go up by 3.84% The government has allowed pharmaceutical companies to hike rates of 509 essential medicines used for treating
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Food-borne diseases kill 2m a year: WHO
Food-borne diseases kill an estimated two million people annually, including many children, in developing countries, the World Health Organisation said as people yesterday observed the World Health Day.