Subterranean blues

Subsoil carcinogens possible cause of cancer in Punjab

Cell towers, a health risk

Panel recommends restrictions on mobile phone towers

China eying Lhasa site for nuclear reactor

A US-based Tibetan organisation says not only is China intending to build a nuclear reactor near Lhasa, but is also setting up sites for missiles …

Virtual reality

A new computing laboratory can project larger than real life images of human body's smallest part

Fatal Attraction

The thirst for diesel in India is growing. Diesel mania grips the Indian automobile industry and the customers with more and more companies going …

Rise of AMR could result in up to 10 million annual deaths by 2050: UN report

AMR can push 24 million more people into extreme poverty by 2030

Health in news on June 7

Here's a round-up of today's news and debate on health

Monsanto's plea to civil group to submit internal communication violates US Constitution

In a subpoena served in January, New York Supreme Court also asked for names and email addresses of staff, activists, farmers and allies who are …

Sunscreen wouldn’t have saved Bob Marley from melanoma, and it won’t help other dark-skinned people

Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer linked to overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun

Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize for experiments on cell recycling system

Ohsumi’s experiments helped us understand that mutations in autophagy genes can cause diseases like cancer

Study opens new avenue for preventing cancer

Scientists have found a way to stop the degradation of a protein called p53 that prevents cancer cells from proliferating and forming tumors

India-UK project to find affordable solutions to cancer

In order to promote research in affordable approaches to cancer, the government’s Department of Biotechnology has joined hands with British …

Why is Johnson and Johnson talcum powder being tested by Indian authorities?

Indian authorities are verifying the truth behind the allegations of carcinogens in Johnson and Johnson's talcum powder

Humans cause cancer in wild animals

Chemical pollution in oceans, release of radiation into the atmosphere are some of the human activities that are causing animals to suffer

Diseases of a lifestyle: the transition to avoid

Can we not go from being poor but unhealthy to being rich and healthy? Why should we inherit diseases that can be junked? 

For a good night's sleep

Most urban Indians dread bedtime. Sleep disorders ensure that 93 per cent of the people living in cities don't sleep well or worse, are not able …

World Cancer Day: 'Toxins in the environment are a major problem'

With the rise in the number of cancer cases reported in India every year, prevention and affordable treatment will become critical in battling …

Stopmotion: Why diesel vehicles should be regulated in Delhi

Diesel vehicles are allowed to pollute more and their exhaust is directly linked with cancer. This is a good enough reason to regulate the sale …

Bihar initiates PPP model cancer treatment

Modern oncology centre with all treatment and diagnosis facilities envisaged in Patna Medical College in first phase

Bihar initiates PPP model cancer treatment

Modern oncology centre with all treatment and diagnosis facilities envisaged in Patna Medical College in first phase

Push to prevent cancer, strokes

Government wakes up to threat of non-communicable diseases

Childhood cancers

Toxic houses

PUERTO RICO

Pill trouble

Dabur given go-ahead to market birth defect-causing drug