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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42% water samples in Muktsar not potable
Archit Watts Tribune News Service Muktsar, April 6 A survey report of the Health Department stated that above 42 per cent of the water samples collected from Muktsar, last year, were not potable. Of the
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AIIMS docs trash tobacco report
Rubbish Panel Views On Cancer Deaths Doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), which runs one of the busiest cancer centres in the country, rubbished the report of a parliamentary
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Coal the biggest contributor to toxic air pollution: study
Australia's coal industry is driving increases in air pollution according to a new analysis which names coal mining as the dominant source of air particle pollution. Environment and health groups are
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Govt bows to tobacco lobby, puts off warnings on packs
The Health Ministry today postponed indefinitely the enforcement of tougher anti-tobacco pack warnings it had notified in October last year for implementation from April 1 this year. The postponement
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Doctors diagnose 'serious health risks' of fracking
Doctors and other health professionals have added their weight to the campaign for an immediate moratorium on fracking in the UK as a new report from health charity Medact warns that exploratory drilling
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Two Japanese professors awarded esteemed medical research prize
Two Japanese professors will be awarded the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Awards, an esteemed medical research prize considered to be a good predictor of future Nobel Prize winners, the Gairdner Foundation
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Monsanto rejects claim weedkiller contains ‘probable carcinogen’
Monsanto has called for the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency to retract a report that found that glyphosate, the world’s most widely-used herbicide, a “probable carcinogen”. Brett Begemann,
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United Nations warns on pesticides
The UN's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said Friday (20 March) that three pesticides, including the popular weed killer Roundup, were "probably" carcinogenic and two others, which have
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Monsanto Bites Back at Glyphosate Findings
Monsanto Co. escalated its criticism of a World Health Organization agency’s finding last week that a commonly used herbicide probably has the potential to cause cancer in humans. The St. Louis-based
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Riverton fire releases cancer-causing substance into air – report
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The air quality report on the Riverton dump fire, commissioned by the Health Ministry, shows that the samples of air pollutants taken from the site contained high levels of hazardous