Pill trouble

Dabur given go-ahead to market birth defect-causing drug

US comes clean

Diesel becomes a dirty word in the official US environmental lexicon

Exposing America's toxic burden

Pesticides Action Network's report says Americans carry high pesticide levels in their bodies

High hazard

Incidence of stomach cancer in Leh is four times the national average

Childhood leukaemia's nuclear link

A bad example from the US

A public sector technology transfer bill focuses exclusively on patenting

Cancer drug touted as fertility pill

Cancer drug letrozole is at the centre of a controversy over its being promoted as a fertility enhancer. The Union government has issued notices …

Aspartame ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’, labels WHO expert panel

Limited evidence on whether the artificial sweetener causes cancer in humans, more studies on carcinogenicity needed

Evergreen Novartis

The Swiss pharma giant’s challenge to India’s patent law, now in the Supreme Court, may help define drug efficacy

Genetic mapping of cancer cells raises hope of improved treatment

Researchers say better understanding of how cancers start and evolve can help improve efficiency of targeted treatment of cancers

Sun Pharma, Novartis settle lawsuit over Glivec

Sun Pharma allowed to launch generic version of anti-leukamia drug next year

Medicinal tea

Genes, Dreams and Reality

Don't blame your genes. Environment and lifestyle cause cancer

Suffocating Kolkata

Air pollution has put the city of joy on top of the lung cancer map in the country

Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Toxin trial-blazer

Cost-effective and easy way to test aflatoxin contamination evolved

Ringing in heaps of trouble

Vague verdict

Report on endosulfan raises more questions than it answers

Cancer agent

Cadmium affects the genome

Mizoram’s malignancy

Cancer gnawing at the northeast state

Radiation talk

Are mobile phones safe?

Screen test

Cheaper option to detect cervical cancer

Figure it out

WHO underestimates Chernobyl, claims Greenpeace

Cannabis prescription

Can help treat cancer and gut disease

Cigarettes lower immunity