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 …
The centres will be in addition to the 31 centres already functioning and upgraded since 2014-15, when the government floated the scheme. The health ministry has drawn a detailed project plan which will be reviewed by the PMO on Monday in a high-level meeting. According to the proposal, reviewed by …
There are few whose lives have not been touched by cancer. It cuts down friends, loved ones, siblings, spouses, parents and children. And it does so more than it used to. A generation ago, one in three people in the rich world could expect one day to hear the fateful …
A new device can detect whether or not a tumor is cancerous in just 10 seconds - and should be in operating rooms as soon as 2018. The cancer 'pen', called the MasSpec Pen, was designed by researchers at the University of Texas Austin, and it will be able to …
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on Tuesday said it never claimed that mobile phones cause cancer. In a statement released Tuesday, the agency said it never issued any statement or made any presentation to that effect because there is no scientific basis to make such declaration. The News Agency of …
Rajya Sabha MP Shamsher Singh Dullo had asked several questions, including if “it is a fact that the number of cancer patients is on the rise in the country, particularly in the states of Punjab and Haryana. CANCER CASES are increasing in Chandigarh, revealed figures given by the Indian Council …
The government on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that the exposure to chemicals used in textile dyeing units can affect human health and the civic authorities would take action against any such industries operating in residential areas in the Capital. Responding to a Parliament question on illegal jeans dyeing units …
Nearly two and a half months after Times of India reported that two persons had died in North east Delhi's Shiv Vihar area as the unauthorised jeans dyeing industry+ in the residential area was polluting the water, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case to investigate how …
VIJAYAWADA: Think twice before consuming food in printed papers served by street vendors and small hotels as there is a higher risk of contracting cancers at an early age. Though the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of newspapers and other printed papers, still …
With improved survival of childhood cancer patients, the number of longterm cancer survivors is increasing. Some studies have assessed the long-term morbidity after childhood cancer treatment in the developing countries. This study was conducted to assess the spectrum of late effects of cancer treatment in paediatric cancer survivors. Original Source
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide worldwide. It is a broad spectrum herbicide and its agricultural uses increased considerably after the development of glyphosate-resistant genetically modified (GM) varieties. Since glyphosate was introduced in 1974, all regulatory assessments have established that glyphosate has low hazard potential to mammals, however, the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rise in Cancer Patients, 01/08/2017. As per Indian Council of Medical Research’s Cancer registry data, there has been an increase in estimated incidence of cancer in the country including the States of Punjab and Haryana. The details are at Annexure-I.
The tobacco industry is hampering efforts to introduce life-saving interventions in low and middle-income countries, according to a report by the World Health Organization. Countries covering two-thirds of the world's population now have measures in place to encourage people to stop smoking. But tobacco still kills more than 7 million …
NAGPUR: The state government has started taking steps to develop Rashtrasant Tukadoji Regional Cancer Centre (RST) into a state-of-the-art Tertiary Care Cancer Centre (TCCC). The state public health department on Monday issued a notification releasing Rs1.80 crore as the first instalment for converting RST, situated in South Nagpur, into TCCC. …
Bacterial drug resistance has emerged as a serious global threat mandating the development of novel methodologies that allow facile modulation of antimicrobial action in a controlled fashion. Conjugating antibiotics to nanoparticles helps to meet this goal by increasing the drug’s overall avidity, bioavailability and easier internalisation into mammalian cells, targeting …
An investment of USD 371 billion will be required to achieve key global health targets and prevent 97 million premature deaths in 67 countries, including India, by 2030, a study has said. An investment of USD 371 billion will be required to achieve key global health targets and prevent 97 …
Transcription factor AP-1 plays a central role in HPV-mediated cervical carcinogenesis. AP-1 has also been implicated in chemo-radio-resistance but the mechanism(s) remained unexplored. In the present study, cervical cancer stem-like cells (CaCxSLCs) isolated and enriched from cervical cancer cell lines SiHa and C33a demonstrated an elevated AP-1 DNA-binding activity in …
The quest for children with cancer in Ghana to seek lasting treatment from Ghana’s health service has suffered a major blow regarding government’s refusal to include treatment of this malady on the National Health Insurance Scheme. The World Child Cancer organization has criticized government decision not to include treatment of …
Rabat – Drugs prices for several common chronic disease medications have been reduced by 46 percent, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health on Monday. Drugs to treat illnesses like cancer, diabetes, blood pressure, infectious diseases and inflammatory illnesses have had their process slashed in a …
Nagpur: Cases of cancer in the city have risen by 30% from 2004 to 2011. The incidences are likely to increase by another 35.1% by 2020. This was revealed by oncologist Dr Bharat Vaswani from Yashoda Cancer Institute, Hyderabad, who is originally from the city. Vaswani said this while delivering …
