Crisis staved off

How smoking causes cancer

Researchers discover the cellular reactions that trigger tumours

Herbal cure to cancer

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Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

Lethal link

An expert on toxicology and a campaigner deeply concerned with the health impact of chemical pesticides, Romeo F Quijano was at the forefront …

United States bans white asbestos, last of its kind still in use

Chrysotile asbestos used in chlor-alkali industry to make water treatment chemicals, chlorine bleach, caustic soda

Simply Put: Editing out the problem

WHO releases technical guidance for procurement, safe use of radiotherapy devices

More than half the cancer patients require radiotherapy as part of cancer care

Blueprint to tackle non-communicable diseases released

It has a list of good practices and gives structure to an otherwise unregulated field

Nanotherapy for cancer

Nanoparticles wrapped in polymers effectively kill cancer cells

A cancer centre is the latest victim of cyber attacks. Why health data hacks keep happening

Nearly half of these ransomware attacks disrupted the health-care services, with impacts including electronic system downtime, cancellations of …

FDA approves marketing of 8 smokeless tobacco products in US

Using General Snus instead of tobacco cigarettes can cut risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic …

HPV vaccines effective in reducing infections, precancerous warts: WHO

Widespread vaccination programmes can help achieve WHO's global call to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem  

Now, chickens lay eggs with anti-cancer drugs

These chickens were genetically modified by Scottish researchers, who say that this method is 100 times cheaper than producing the drugs in factories

Air pollution kills 7 million people annually: WHO

Up to one-third of deaths from heart attack, stroke, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases are caused by air pollution, says World Health …

A flower which can treat skin cancer and prevent greying of hair

Used for worship and hair colouring, modern entrepreneurs have found new uses for the hibiscus flower

Tobacco control policies are effective, says WHO report

The report further finds that tobacco control does not harm economies and has a modest impact on employment

Call to make healthy choices available and affordable

Health experts lash out at food industry for putting public health at risk

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'Lifestyle' diseases spur UN to act

Time to wake up to threat of NCDs

As the UN begins its meeting to devise strategies to tackle NCDs, Indian public health activists say it was a wake-up call for the health …

Non-communicable diseases: The unrecognised public health threat

Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a …

Researchers find more reasons to quit smoking

Death due to renal failure and intestinal ischemia associated with smoking

Punjab, cancer capital of India

Government survey shows cancer cases in the state exceed national average