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 …
More than 4,000 cancer deaths are being recorded annually in Zimbabwe, with the government moving to establish a prevention and treatment strategy for the deadly cervical cancer which is responsible for most of the fatalities. Family Health Director in the Ministry of Health and Childcare, Dr Bernard Madzima, said until …
Nagpur: In an important development for the city's health sector, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court, on Wednesday, sternly directed Maharashtra government to set up State Cancer Institute (SCI) in the city within two years. It's a huge victory for the petitioner Dr Krishna Kamble and medical fraternity …
There has been a rise in the number of cancer patients across the state. Mumbai: In a bid to provide better treatment and facilities to cancer patients across the state, the Central government has approved the first installment of Rs 35 crore to the ‘State Cancer Institute’ at Aurangabad. Recently, …
KOZHIKODE: A cold war is on between Kerala and the Union Government over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship e-Hospital platform under the Digital India Initiative, with the state giving impetus to its own e-Health facility offering online services to patients. Though state officers couldn’t give the exact reason for not …
Dr Joel Yarney, the Head of the Medical Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has said about 60, 000 cancer cases are recorded by the country annually. He said out of this figure 2,500 were breast cancer cases, and this requires that urgent action be …
70,230 tobacco users screened in Coimbatore, Tirupur and Erode districts; 88 out of 1 lakh had oral cancer A cancer screening programme conducted by Coimbatore-based Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Oncology and Research (SRIOR) among tobacco users in Coimbatore, Tirupur, and Erode districts showed that 88 out of 1 lakh population …
Campaign implemented in 22 districts to diagnose breast, cervix cancer The Punjab government on Sunday said it had started a special screening in 22 districts of the State to diagnose breast, cervix and mouth cancer. The campaign is being implemented in 192 sub-divisional hospitals and community health centres, Health and …
DURBAN - Toxicology experts hired by EnviroServ have said in a report that they could not rule out that exposure to the fumes hanging over the Upper Highway region posed no health risk. However they doubted the fumes caused cancer. The Infotox team, led by chemical toxicology and human risk …
The European Food Safety Authority dismissed a study linking a Monsanto weedkiller to cancer after counsel from a US Environmental Protection Agency officer allegedly linked to the company. Jess Rowlands, the former head of the EPA’s cancer assessment review committee (CARC), who figures in more than 20 lawsuits and had …
The Delhi high court on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of a TOI report highlighting release of poisonous substances into groundwater from polluting industrial units in northeast Delhi's Mustafabad. Terming the report titled 'Is blue the colour of death in Delhi's 'cancer colony'?' an eye opener, a bench of acting …
Study Shows The Fruit's Extracts Can Inhibit Growth Of Malignant Cells Tomato extracts can inhibit the growth and malignant cloning of stomach cancer cells, according to a new study that paves the way for novel therapies to treat the deadly disease. Researchers analysed whole tomato extracts for their ability to …
You may want to rethink moving to a green neighbourhood as a recent study has linked poor environmental quality to elevated cancer rates. The study revealed an association between cumulative exposure to harmful environmental factors and cancer incidence across the United States, with prostate and breast cancer especially demonstrating strong …
The horizon appears brighter for cancer patients in low and middle-income countries such as Nigeria as the World Health Organization launches a pilot scheme that hopes to make some of the most expensive treatments for the disease more widely available in these countries. According to a press statement, the global …
An Article by Audrey Bonaventure and colleagues in the Lancet Haematology provides international comparisons of 5-year net survival statistics of children diagnosed with leukaemia, and another Article by Eva Steliarova-Foucher and colleagues in the Lancet Oncology is an exhaustive report on worldwide incidence rates of childhood cancers observed in 2001–10. …
Convocation of Khaja Banda Nawaz Institute of Medical Sciences held Stressing the need for rapid expansion of medical infrastructure in the country to cater to the growing demand, J.P. Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, said that 58 new medical colleges will be established across the country by …
MEERUT: Angered by poor implementation of its repeated orders to provide safe drinking water to the affected villages in six western Uttar Pradesh districts, the national green tribunal warned the UP government and asked why the tribunal should not close the industries which are polluting the rivers and groundwater of …
Poor eating habits are predisposing many people in tea growing areas to lifestyle diseases. This is despite their active daily routine. Medics came to this finding during a three-day medical camp at Rukuriri Tea Factory in Embu where six out of every 10 people examined, were found either obese, overweight …
Rabat – The international rate of child cancer cases has increased by 13 percent since the 1980s, according to a survey by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In a press release, the IARC noted from its global study on about 300,000 cancer cases examined in 2001-2010 that …
Anti-radiation activists fighting a battle against unregulated mushrooming of mobile phone towers in the city say the Supreme Court order to shut down one such tower in Gwalior has given their campaign a boost. The SC has ordered deactivation of the tower within seven days on the grounds that it …
No Consensus On Extent Of Radiation That Can Cause Diseases Is the radiation emitted by a mobile phone tower a health hazard? Telecom operators have long denied the possibility , but the global scientific community now strongly thinks it is -though there is no consensus on the duration and distance …
