Ads term gutkha ban unfair
Analysts call the ads misleading; health ministry plans action against industry
Big tobacco blows new smoke rings
A third front has opened up in their war on Australia’s cigarette packaging rules
Science and Technology - Briefs
Diesel price hike: no scope for roll back
'Not raising diesel prices would harm economy much more'
Indian company gets licence to manufacture and sell patented cancer drug
This is the first-ever compulsory licence given to a generic drug company
Gutkha sympathiser
Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others
Gutkha ban: Supreme Court seeks compliance report from states
Ban remains on paper; activists demand nationwide enforcement
In Court
Letters
Over 3% of all cancer patients in India are under 15; 4.6% under 20: Study
Leukaemias make up nearly half of all cancers in 0-4 year age group (42.1%), 5-9 year age group (42.5%)
Unhealthy numbers
India saw the world’s third highest number of new cancer cases and the second highest mortality rate attributed to the disease in 2022. The …
India reported 1.41 million new cancer cases in 2022; breast cancer ranks highest
Globally, lung cancer most common, followed by breast, colorectal, prostate and stomach cancers
Cancer treatment can cause metastasis; a new nutraceutical drug can contain it: Research
R-Cu made from grape extract, resveratrol, and copper, deactivates chromatin particles, reduces toxicity of chemotherapy drugs
Sarah Ferguson diagnosed with malignant melanoma – here are the latest treatments for it
While melanoma is much more common in people with the duchess’s skin type, it’s important to be aware that anyone can get it
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
Union Budget 2024-25 encourages vaccination against cervical cancer, provides insurance to frontline health workers
We hope the regular budget after the elections increases the health budget while paying attention to greater utilisation, expert tells Down To Earth
As told to Parliament (February 9, 2024): Cancer cases on the rise in India
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Osteoporosis drug may find use in cancer therapy
A group of drugs called bisphosphonates, which are used for treatment of osteoporosis, can also be used for treating some lung, breast and colon …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 7, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
"Massive assault"
Vo Quy is semi-retired, but still officially heads the Center for Natural Resources Management and Environmental Studies at the University of …
A researcher reflects on progress fighting hepatitis C — and a path forward
The development of treatments over the past 30 years reflects the amazing progress the field has made in tackling hepatitis C in a relatively …
ChevronTexaco on trial
October 21, 2003. High-level corporate lawyers from ChevronTexaco sit in the same packed muggy courtroom as bare-breasted Amazonian men and women …
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 …
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 …
Ominous Signs: How deadly cancer is for India
While cases have increased in all the 28 cancer registries in India, mortality has gone up in 14. People of northeastern states are most …