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 …
Researchers, investigating how blood vessel growth keeps cancers alive, claim to have made a breakthrough that could boost the chances of successfully treating life-threatening tumours. A team at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, led by Ruth Ganss, has found that a gene called RGS5 can reverse angiogenesis - …
Extracts from a mushroom used for centuries in Eastern Asian medicine may stop breast cancer cells from growing and could become a new weapon in the fight against the killer disease, scientists said. Laboratory tests using human breast cancer cells show the mushroom called Phellinus linteus has a marked anti-cancer …
Eating just one sausage a day, or the equivalent of any processed meat, could increase the risk of developing bowel cancer by a fifth, says a leading scientist. Martin Wiseman, medical adviser for the World Cancer Research Fund, said people eating 50g of processed meat a day
sericin, a by-product of silk, may now find use in skin care products that protect from ultraviolet (uv) rays. A study revealed the protein protects the outermost layer of skin from uv rays. Sericin halts death of skin cells initiated by uv-b ray. Exposure to uv-b burns the outer layer …
A nationwide survey of nearly 700 people suggests that Americans would prefer more money be invested in technology to solve the nation's energy ailments than to cure cancer or other diseases. Some 37% of respondents to the poll, conducted by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority in Virginia, said they …
- A nationwide survey of nearly 700 people suggests that Americans would prefer more money be invested in technology to solve the nation's energy ailments than to cure cancer or other diseases. Some 37 percent of respondents to the poll, conducted by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority in Virginia, …
Scientists today publish the first genetic clues to unravelling the mystery of why some smokers puff their way through life without developing disease while others die young of lung cancer. Three research teams have independently discovered a set of genetic variations that increase the risk of lung cancer and may …
Scientists have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more prone to get hooked on tobacco, smoke more cigarettes longer, and develop deadly lung cancer. The discovery by three separate teams of scientists makes the strongest case so far for the biological underpinnings of the addiction of smoking and how …
More women are dying from cancer than men in Punjab. This is contrary to the global trend where more men die from cancer than women. This is the finding of a study by Bajinder Pal Singh in a recently concluded project, "Cancer deaths in agricultural heartland: a study in Malwa …
Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynaecological neoplasms, especially in industrialised countries. Some environmental exposures, notably talc and asbestos, have been suspected as ovarian carcinogens. April 2008
Puffing kills. But a new study, led by a researcher of Indian-origin, claims that mobiles phones are more dangerous than fags. "Though mobiles can save lives in emergencies, there is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile phone usage and certain brain tumours (which can …
vehicular pollution is common to most metros. A Kolkata-specific study has highlighted how vehicles in Kolkata emit cancer-causing volatile organic compounds (vocs). The study noted that specific vocs were found in very high concentrations in the city. "Levels of btex
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday launched a new health scheme under which cancer patients in the State will be provided chemotherapy drugs free of cost. Speaking at a function held on the occasion at the Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute here, Mr. Gogoi said the government decided to provide …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today formally launched the Government's free anti-cancer drugs treatment scheme at Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute. Launching the new initiative of the State Health Department at the premier cancer institute of the region, Gogoi said, "This scheme of providing anti-cancer drugs to the patients will give …
A Delhi High Court interim order given last week can totally alter the patent regime in the country for life-saving drugs. The court allowed Cipla to market Erlontinib , a medicine for lung cancer, though the Indian patent on the drug, Tarceva, is held by Roche of Switzerland. The court …
358 of 413 drug patent applications for the disease in India are from top multinationals. The recent legal reverses suffered by multinational majors Novartis and Roche over patents for cancer medicine could be the tip of a huge iceberg. A city-based policy research group has found that multinational drug firms …
School going children have developed a culture of taking junk foods in the name of fast food although such junk foods that contain excessive fat and carbohydrate are bad for health. At a discussion with the school going children at the University Laboratory School and College in the city yesterday, …
AnemiaA federal advisory panel, in response to mounting safety concerns, called on Thursday for additional restrictions on the use of anemia drugs by cancer patients. The recommendation by a committee that advises the Food and Drug Administration could lead to an additional decline in sales for the drugs: Aranesp, made …
With federal drug regulators planning another meeting on Thursday to weigh the safety of widely used anemia drugs, Dr. Athanasius Anagnostou resists any urge to say "I told you so.' But in 1990 Dr. Anagnostou published some of the first evidence suggesting that Amgen's then brand-new anemia drug, Epogen, might …
