Call for disclosure of cancer trial data
Patients are suffering because clinical trial data are being left unpublished and inaccessible, Britain's leading cancer charity said. Cancer Research UK has launched a drive to persuade all
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Road traffic and railway noise exposures and adiposity in adults: A cross-sectional analysis of the Danish diet, cancer, and health cohort
<p>Traffic noise has been associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Potential modes of action are through stress and sleep disturbance, which may lead to endocrine dysregulation and overweight.
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A unified framework for the infection dynamics of zoonotic spillover and spread
<p>A considerable amount of disease is transmitted from animals to humans and many of these zoonoses are neglected tropical diseases. As outbreaks of SARS, avian influenza and Ebola have demonstrated,
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India world's new diabetes epicentre: Lancet
ONLY 2.2 per cent of its adult population is obese but India has the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world. In its latest issue, leading medical journal The Lancet says an estimated 12 per cent
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Centre for Bharat Stage II diesel buses
The Centre has submitted to the Supreme Court that the plying of Bharat Stage II diesel buses will lead to improvements in the vehicle technology of CNG buses albeit indirectly.
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Aspirin a day reduces strokes
Everyone over 50 should take a mini-aspirin daily to reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes, a leading researcher said.While strokes and heart attacks could be reduced by about a third, a
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Can mobiles make you infertile?
Health Ministry Orders India's First Major Study To Find Out In a recent pilot study done at Jawaharlal Nehru University, rats subjected to radiation from mobile phones were found to have damaged DNA and low sperm count, leading to infertility and reduction in testis size. The Union health ministry now wants to find out whether excessive cellphone use could be having the same adverse effects on your health.
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Freeze on water reforms sought
Welcoming the Delhi Government's decision to usher in transparency over the controversial water privatisation issue, leading non-government organisation Parivartan on Friday urged Chief Minister
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U.S. municipal solid waste incinerators: an industry in decline
A total of 1.6 million Americans live next to the most polluting incinerators in the country, with lower-income and minority communities exposed to the vast majority of pollution coming from these waste-burning
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New batteries required
For all its modern looks and aerodynamic curves, the General Motors EV1-one of the most advanced electric cars in the world-is powered by 19th century technology. Its lead acid power pack is little
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Health experts concerned over Indias asbestos industry
India's reliance on asbestos in buildings and its poor protection for workers exposed to the material could lead to an explosion in related malignant disease, warn experts.
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Drug flood adds to AIDS threat
So many pharmaceutical companies in Asia are racing to produce anti-HIV drugs that a leading AIDS organisation is sounding an alarm that widespread misuse could create future epidemics from
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Tuberculosis prevalence surveys: a handbook
This book was produced by the WHO Global Task Force on TB Impact Measurement as a major collaborative effort involving 50 authors from 15 institutions. The project was coordinated by WHO. The book is an
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Montevideo roadmap 2018-2030 on NCDs as a sustainable development priority
<p>Heads of State and Government and ministers from around the world today committed to new and bold action to reduce suffering and death from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), primarily heart and lung
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Mediterranean diet and invasive breast cancer risk among women at high cardiovascular risk in the PREDIMED Trial
<p>Breast cancer is the leading cause of female cancer burden, and its incidence has increased by more than 20% worldwide since 2008. Some observational studies have suggested that the Mediterranean diet
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Poison flows
Contrary to the government s claims, British rivers are not safe. Many contain amazing concoctions of toxic compounds
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Status of trace and toxic metals in Indian rivers 2018
<p>42 rivers in India are polluted with at least two toxic heavy metals reveals this report published by Central Water Commission.Ganga, the national river, is polluted with five heavy metals—chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron</p>
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Pollution up three times on Diwali day
Air pollution has gone up by almost three times on Diwali day this year compared to 2011 and Vijay Nagar has emerged as most polluted area of the city. This year, the city reported acute rise in air pollution
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Now, India to roll out vaccine against Rubella
NEW DELHI: India will for the first time introduce a vaccine against Rubella - a viral disease that infects pregnant women and leads to babies being born with cardiac, cerebral, ophthalmic and auditory
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Japan may east mad-cow test standards
Japan's agriculture minister on Friday proposed relaxing testing standards for mad cow disease in amove that could lead to the end of an eight-month ban on US beef imports. The minister, Yoshinobu