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 they influence health outcomes. It is imperative to bridge these gaps amid the ongoing epidemiological, nutritional and demographic transitions that are bringing …
Over a 10-year period, about 780 of the 4,860 cancer cases found in the region likely resulted from air pollution. After meeting over the weekend with Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav, Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabbay (Kulanu) decided on Sunday to launch a special task force focused on mitigating Haifa Bay’s …
Public smoking in China's capital, Beijing, is now banned after the introduction of a new law. China has over 300 million smokers and over a million Chinese people die from smoking-related illnesses every year. Smoking bans already existed in China, but have largely failed to crack down on the habit. …
DHAKA : The number of cases of the cancers most common in men and women have shown an upward trend since 1990 while liver cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Bangladesh, reports UNB. Breast cancer accounts for the highest number of new cancer cases among women in …
Incidence of new cases in India half the global figure The incidence of cancer has grown over the last decade in India although the rate of mortality has fallen, new data shows. Breast cancer is the fastest growing in terms of incidence for women and kills the most, and prostate …
Deaths In India From The Disease Have Gone Up By 60% Cancer has emerged as the second-leading cause of death globally after cardiovascular diseases.Proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12% in 1990 to 15% in 2013 while the number of new cases almost doubled in …
The term drug reimbursement describes the policy system that determines whether or not a drug is entitled to reimbursement within the healthcare system. Countries make different decisions regarding which cancer treatments to routinely provide. As a result, depending on the cancer drug-indication and the country assessing it, the decision can …
The Capital continues to choke even six months after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered a ban on all petrol and diesel vehicles over 15 years of age in Delhi-NCR. The ban was eventually stayed by the NGT till July. The vehicles under review are the ones conforming to older …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Monday alleged that the Centre resorted to "selective use" of studies by IIT-Delhi to argue that vehicles were minor contributors to PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) levels and that banning older diesel vehicles would not help in improving the city's air quality. The …
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 increase in cancer cases in the county. Speaking during the Nakuru Hospice Cancer walk on Saturday, …
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 regulated. "In its recent evaluation in March 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), as …
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 March Against Monsanto – begun by the Occupy movement – was held in around 400 cities in more than …
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 on ‘Pictorial Health Warning in Pakistan’, jointly organised by the Society for Alternative Media and Research (SAMAR) and Coalition for …
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, could possibly cause cancer. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said in a statement that it takes the findings …
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 on board. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar granted last opportunity to the Centre and other …
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 leaves, fruits, seeds and bark of avocado can protect the body from the damages of air pollution. Botanically …
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 in the world, next only to Chile in South America. The incidence of gall bladder cancer in …
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 of a fracking site could be exposed to pollution levels that are significantly higher than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deems …
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, we have problems,” says the motorcyclist to the jeep driver, “they’re fumigating.” “Where?” He gestures back …
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 said on Tuesday. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, …
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 such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and diseases of the newborn. This is the conclusion of a new report published by Greenpeace, Pesticides and …
