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 …
Greenpeace has called on the Australian government to suspend the sale of the weedkiller Roundup after a US court ruled it had caused the terminal cancer of an American man. On Friday, the San Francisco superior court of California ruled that Roundup caused school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson to develop non-Hodgkin …
Drugs that are already clinically approved or experimentally tested for conditions other than cancer, but are found to possess previously unrecognized cytotoxicity towards malignant cells, may serve as ftting anti-cancer candidates. Methyl N-(6-phenylsulfanyl-1H benzimidazol-2-yl) carbamate [Fenbendazole, FZ], a benzimidazole compound, is a safe and inexpensive anthelmintic drug possessing an efcient …
Kohima/Guwahati: The Tata Trusts on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Nagaland government to roll out a cancer care programme in collaboration with the public healthcare system of the state, a release from the Tata Trusts said. The programme will integrate with the existing plans of the …
In the next decade, breast cancer cases could double in Africa if action is not taken, according to a study released on Wednesday by the University of Edinburgh. Researchers at the university examined a total of 41 previous studies across 22 African countries. They found that rates of this disease …
Dewayne Johnson said that if he had known what he knew now about Roundup weedkiller, “I would’ve never sprayed that product on school grounds ... if I knew it would cause harm ... It’s unethical.” Johnson, a former school groundskeeper in northern California who is terminally ill, was testifying Monday …
As per the government data, 25 cases of different types of cancer were reported in the village in five years. As many as 25 cases of cancer have been reported from Harsola village in Indore district in the last five years, an NGO has claimed, prompting the government to announce …
Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries today said it has received approval from the US health regulator for its INFUGEM injection used for treatment of cancer. This is the first US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval for a product from the company's Halol facility after receipt of Establishment Inspection Report …
Jaipur: The health department is taking lessons from Ujjain’s hospital in developing cancer care facilities in its district hospitals across the state. The health department had sent its nurses and doctors to Ujjain for training. With increase in cancer patients and limited cancer care facilities in hospitals attached to government …
VISHAKHAPATNAM: While India has been recently abuzz with the news of actress Sonali Bendre’s high grade cancer, which has metastasized (spread to other organs) from its point of origin (which has not been revealed by the actress yet, or possibly the point of origin is unknown), oncologists from King George …
Nagpur: Both government and private hospitals in city have a total of 12,815 beds, which means one for 234 people if city’s population is taken to be 30 lakh. This was revealed on Thursday by Maharashtra government, underlining the fact that health care facilities are still insufficient in city. Public …
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $4.7bn (£3.6bn) in damages to 22 women who alleged that its talc products caused them to develop ovarian cancer. A jury in the US state of Missouri initially awarded $550m in compensation and added $4.1bn in punitive damages. The verdict comes as …
Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have found that working in night shifts increases risk of developing obesity and diabetes, which may lead to heart diseases, stroke and cancer. The research, undertaken by scientists from Washington State University (WSU) in the US, dispelled the belief that the day-night cycle of …
Sonali Bendre recently revealed that she has been diagnosed with a high-grade cancer that has metastasised. With this news, the actor falls in the category of other celebrities, such as Manisha Koirala, Lisa Ray and, more recently, Irrfan Khan, who were also diagnosed with different types of the disease. What’s …
The genetic causes of cancer include both somatic mutations and inherited germline variants. Large-scale tumor sequencing has revolutionized the identification of somatic driver alterations but has had limited impact on the identification of cancer predisposition genes (CPGs). Here we present a statistical method, ALFRED, that tests Knudson’s two-hit hypothesis to …
Nagpur: Platelet count is a common problem in lots of infections like malaria or dengue. But majority of the people do not require platelet transfusion and nothing will happen to them even if the count has crashed. Transfusion is required only in a few cases, said Dr MB Agrawal of …
One of the world’s most dreaded viruses has been turned into a treatment to fight deadly brain tumours. Survival was better than expected for patients in a small study who were given genetically modified polio virus, which helped their bodies attack the cancer, doctors report. It was the first human …
The liver is a vital organ that processes nutrients, filters blood and fights infections. ‘Hepatitis’ means inflammation of the liver. When the liver is inflamed, in due course it ends up in scarring and its function gets deranged. Heavy alcohol use, toxins, some medications, herbal remedies KOCHI: The liver is …
SAN FRANCISCO: In the first trial of its kind, a Californian dying of cancer is suing US agrochemical giant Monsanto, claiming its popular herbicide Roundup caused his disease -- a case that could have sweeping ramifications. The stakes are high for Monsanto, which could face massive losses should it have …
A lack of symptoms makes the diagnosis and treatment of this viral disease difficult. Improved awareness is the only recourse. Hepatitis C kills more people every year than malaria and tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). What makes this disease deadly is the near-absence of visible symptoms. Though …
GUWAHATI: Assam is scheduled to launch a cancer care foundation, the first for any State government in India, on Monday for making treatment of the disease more affordable and ensuring care for patients till survival. The Indian Council for Medical Research had in 2016 reported 31,825 new cancer cases in …
