Me likes what me likes

World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF pledge close to $600 million to combat cervical cancer

Commitments at first ever global forum to eliminate the fourth most prevalent cancer among women

Chernobyl

Twenty years ago -- on April 26, 1986 -- the biggest nuclear disaster happened in Chernobyl, in what was then the Soviet Union, when a chain …

Mobile tower risks: Rajasthan High Court issues notice to telecom operators

Petition filed by two senior citizens dwells on harmful and hazardous radiation from towers

Pesticides, food additives and scientific lies

Calculated Risks: The toxicity and human health risks of chemicals in our environment Joseph V Rodricks . Publisher: Cambridge University Press, …

Simply Put: Free with your baby powder

COVID-19: More than 28,000 children died of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020

Travel restrictions mean children with cancer can’t seek hospital care in time

India and UK launch new research initiative on cancer

The partnership is aimed at finding new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer with a focus on affordable approaches

Research on fundamental cell process wins Medicine Nobel 2019

William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza had described how a cell senses and adapts to the level of oxygen available

Mammograms linked to overdiagnosis, overtreatment of breast cancer: study

Women are unnecessarily treated with anti-cancer therapies, including chemotherapy, for tumours that would never have caused a health problem

Scientists synthesise new compound to fight stomach infections

IIT-Gandhinagar scientists have found a way to fight a bacteria that causes gastritis, peptic ulcers and stomach cancers

The craft of corrupt science

If there is evidence of toxicity in Monsanto’s glyphosate, then why are governments not banning it?

What elephants teach us about cancer prevention

Elephants naturally avoid cancer after 55 million years of evolution. Scientists are studying if they can extract lessons that could help people

Brush with cancer

Documentary>>Cancer Katha, Director Vasudha Joshi, Produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust, 26 minutes

Gopal Subramaniam, Rohinton Nariman swap places in Novartis patent case

 Will take on each other in the patent case of anti-cancer drug Glivec filed by Novartis

Women over 65 most prone to cervical cancer

Regular screenings for the disease fall drastically with age

Toying with danger?

No Europe-wide ban on potentially dangerous chemicals used in plastic toys

Particles in our body

Minute particles have a lethal effect on human health

Toxic mall

Instead of curtailing use of plastics, the Delhi government sets up a new market

Burning problem

Safdarjung Hospital's incinerator spells trouble for those living in its vicinity

Ailing hospitals

A survey of hospitals in Delhi reveals the poor state of waste management

The road ahead

A time-bomb ticking

Troubled island

Unchecked pollution in Eloor has lead to high disease incidences

Tobacco turns a new leaf

Can yield drugs