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 …
scientists at the University of Bonn, Germany, have identified a substance in sunflower that can prevent the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) from reproducing in cell cultures. Called dicaffeoyl quinic acid (dcqa), the chemical is produced when the plant is infected with a fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum , which causes the white …
smelling cancer: Research conducted in the US presents astonishing evidence that man's best friend, the dog, may help in early detection of cancer. Led by Michael McCulloch of the Pine Street Foundation in California, and Tadeusz Jezierski of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, the …
A degraded environment brings with it a set of health problems - some new and some, which have posed a challenge over the years. Presenting Body Burden, a compilation of reports from Down to Earth on the health impacts of environment pollution in India.
the 200 million global consumers of aspartame, a sweetener, could be at high risk of contracting cancer, claims a recent study. Conducted by researchers from Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center of the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, a non-governmental organisation in Italy, the study shows the sweetener …
tobacco is in for a drastic change in image: a known carcinogen, it may now be used to help fight cancer. The plant might be one of the most effective ways to produce drugs, such as therapeutic antibodies (proteins that fight infection), and vaccines against breast cancer, among other diseases, …
viral cancer: The fusion of human cells is a normal process that leads, for instance, to the formation of muscle and bone. Viral infections can also cause cell fusion, but such cells are generally believed to die without consequences for the host. According to a recent study, however, cell fusion …
At the present stage of India's health transition, chronic diseases contribute to an estimated 53% of deaths and 44% of disability-adjusted life-years lost. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are highly prevalent in urban areas. Tobacco-related cancers account for a large proportion of all cancers. Tobacco consumption, in diverse smoked and smokeless …
At the present stage of India's health transition, chronic diseases contribute to an estimated 53% of deaths and 44% of disability-adjusted life-years lost. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are highly prevalent in urban areas. Tobacco-related cancers account for a large proportion of all cancers. Tobacco consumption, in diverse smoked and smokeless …
At the present stage of India's health transition, chronic diseases contribute to an estimated 53% of deaths and 44% of disability-adjusted life-years lost. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are highly prevalent in urban areas. Tobacco-related cancers account for a large proportion of all cancers. Tobacco consumption, in diverse smoked and smokeless …
The rate of stomach cancer prevalence in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir is alarming. Since the year 2000, as many as 72 cases of stomach cancer have been reported from Leh where 1,17,637 people live, according to a local surgeon. This works out to about four times the national …
us scientists have found that 4-nonylphenol (4- np), a chemical released into the environment from cleaning materials, textiles and plastics, mimics the female sex hormone oestrogen and hence it may act as a trigger for breast cancer. Once 4- np enters the body, it stimulates an enzyme system in the …
cancer risk among rural workers exposed to pesticides is almost twice as high as that for non-exposed workers, according to a Brazilian study published in the journal Environment International (July, Vol 31, No 5). Brazil is the world's seventh largest pesticide consumer. Researchers Illona Maria de Brito S
Bhola Singh is dead... Bhola Singh was a farmer from village Balloh, district Bhatinda, Punjab. He is part of a story with a beginning and an end. But it has no middle. Thus what follows is a fragment. But it is not fiction. Punjab practices intensive agriculture that needs pesticides. …
us scientists who developed a microbial fuel cell (mfc) to simultaneously clean wastewater and produce electricity, have now altered the cell to produce almost four times as much hydrogen directly out of biomass than can be generated typically by fermentation alone. Hydrogen can be used as a clean fuel. In …
indian research on gallbladder cancer, the disease with a very high incidence in north India, is ignoring the most crucial aspect of prevention, a recent meeting revealed. On April 23-24, 2005, the Institute of Medical Sciences (ims) , Banaras Hindu University, held a meeting of experts at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, …
If you use a cell phone, take a call on its health effects. Despite cell phone manufacturers sticking to the line that there are no confirmed adverse effects of the contrivance, studies doubting its innocuousness continue to appear with a grim regularity. Not only that; its innocence is being lawfully …
researchers from the Tata Memorial Centre (tmc), Mumbai and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon (France) have found a cheap substitute for a popular but expensive method to detect cervical cancer. They say a combination of two tests
us scientists have found a daisy-like plant common in gardens across North America can kill the cells that cause leukaemia or blood cancer. While current treatments target the cancerous cells, the Bachelor's Button or Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is perhaps unique in eliminating the very cells (stem cells) from which the …
