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
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
Contamination Of Water Rings Alarm Bell An unexplained boil could be the beginning of a big problem for Brajendra Kumar who lives in an arsenic-affected Vishwas Khand area of Gomtinagar in the city. “It
In June, 2014, 20 experts from nine countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC; Lyon, France) to assess the carcinogenicity of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), tetrafluoroethylene
<p>According to this new report released by WHO on July 10, 2014 at the United Nations General Assembly, 38 million people die each year from NCDs (28 million in developing countries), mainly from cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes.</p>
Genetic testing can help prevent breast cancer. The test is yet to gain popularity in India. Dr Devinder Singh Sandhu, oncologist and haematologist, attended a conference at the US recently. He said:
The prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [BMI]≥40 kg/m2) has increased dramatically in several countries and currently affects 6% of adults in the US, with uncertain impact on the risks of
Smoking increases the risk of many diseases, and it is also linked to blood DNA methylation changes that may be important in disease etiology. The objective of the study was to identify novel CpG sites
BAREILLY: A recent survey by the Jal Nigam has found high levels of arsenic in ground water in 19 villages in Bareilly district. The survey was conducted after over 25 cancer-related deaths were reported
HYDERABAD: A dip in river Ganga can possibly cause cancer. Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared that cleaning Ganga was his top priority but more needs to be done than expected. The Department
<p>The health effects of a Roundup-tolerant NK603 genetically modified (GM) maize (from 11% in the diet), cultivated with or without Roundup application and Roundup alone (from 0.1 ppb of the full pesticide
Xiong Demin could not have foreseen that the mine he worked at for 32 years would leave his home village poisoned and hundreds of residents, including himself and his wife, stricken with cancer. The