Social health schemes better for cancer patients than tax-based systems, say researchers

A study of European countries by London-based researchers shows the adverse impact of global financial crisis on cancer drug reimbursements

It's whales today, but it could be you tomorrow

Industrial pollution along Canada's southeastern coast and its fatal results form the theme of BBC's Death on the St Lawrence.

Cancer fumes

Scientists say diesel fumes are carcinogenic, giving the war against vehicular pollution a shot in the arm

Smoky future

A US jury holds tobacco companies liable for manufacturing a product that causes lung cancer and other diseases

Houston, we've a tumour

Docking a space shuttle and detecting tumours -- NASA's new neural network does both with aplomb

Antioxidants can accelerate tumour growth, suggests study

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

Drug pricing body puts cap on trade margin for 42 anti-cancer drugs

Experts say move will not benefit patients as drug prices are already too high and the cap only negligible

Cancer-immune, naturally

How controlling what you eat can help reduce the risk

Ringing in cancer

Bitter battle

US bans MTBE

Fat-free, dioxin-free

A fat substitute can speed up the removal of carcinogens

Safe chemotherapy

Taste that

...could kill skin cancer cells

Taken to task

US to indict biotech company for misleading investors

Toxic effects

Air pollution considerably increases cancer risk in the US

Killer industries

Intrinsic link

Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt

Our discovery can help cancer patients

Amarnath Maitra , professor in the department of chemistry, University of Delhi, has developed a new way of administering drugs to the human body.…

Ayurvedic cure

A proposal to set up ayurvedic centres in hospitals across the country to treat cancer patients is on the anvil

Not immune to threat

A compound commonly found in fungicides and pesticides causes irreversible damage to our immune system

Health in news on June 6

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on health

Desperate writ petitions of dying patients

Cancer, TB patients are urging a reluctant government to use compulsory licences to make life-saving drugs accessible

Wake up early to pare breast cancer risk

Sleeping more than the recommended 7-8 hours a night can also increase the risk  

Just tweaking time of administration can make cancer drugs more effective

IIT Madras researchers found that by aligning drug administration with the internal rhythms of reactive molecules production, the efficiency of …