It's time India had a scientific ethics body

Root therapy

Gimme way

Documented evidence reveals why cyclists are a confused, pesky lot

"Massive assault"

Vo Quy is semi-retired, but still officially heads the Center for Natural Resources Management and Environmental Studies at the University of …

Use of triclosan in popular brand of toothpaste raises concern over USFDA processes

Colgate Total contains the chemical ingredient associated with growth of cancer cells in animals

Child cancer drugs neither available nor accessible to the poor in Delhi

A study reveals that a lowest-paid government employee will have to spend 55 days’ wages to get a child treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma and …

For the first time, study establishes link between PM 2.5 and breast cancer

A study on US women found that for every one unit increase in PM2.5, the risk factor for breast cancer increased by 4 per cent

Endemic encounter

Some children appear to have received close to 100 rads. The radiation has mainly occurred from iodine 131, a radioactive form of iodine that is …

Eat sauce, fight cancer

Go grab a slice of pizza and be liberal with the ketchup. The tomato paste may help prevent many types of cancers

Mothers' gift

The benefits of breastfeeding babies include better intelligence, lower risk of cancer and asthma, and much more...

Health class

Enemies of health and allies of poverty join hand to create global havoc, leaving different marks on different classes

Cycle of movement

Watch video to find out who wins in this race to emit more. A blue graph will appear shortly on your screen. Do not be alarmed. It is an attempt …

'I am rewriting Ayurvedic knowledge'

Vaidya Balendu Prakash is presently carrying out research work on Rasayan Shastra (metal therapy), based on ayurveda. He has been successfully …

Why cancer survival rate in India is a low 30 per cent

Study published in The Lancet indicates what the country will need to spend to provide basic cancer screening and care to patients

Antioxidants can accelerate tumour growth, suggests study

The chemicals inactivate a protein that works as tumour suppressor and prevents cancer

Many poor patients forego operation

They don't have family attendants to care for them after surgery

World Cancer Day: Southeast Asia should strengthen diagnosis, treatment, palliative care tools

Cervical cancer is the second-most prevalent in southeast Asia

Falling prey to the evil weed

Cancer threat

Benzene in the air

Levels of carcinogenic pollutants are alarmingly high in Calcutta's air

SOUTH AFRICA

Revising rules

Extinction threat

Extinction threat

Cancerous spread