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 …

How fireworks kill you: part by part

A look at the chemical composition of commonly available fireworks, their roles and physiological effects

इस गांव में कैंसर से दो साल में 50 मौतें, क्या है वजह?

बिहार में कोसी नदी के किनारे बसे इस गांव को पिछले दो साल से कैंसर ने अपनी चपेट में ले रखा है 

Cancer not a single disease: it has multiple causes and as many treatments

With time, cancer has increasingly come to be understood as a lifestyle and an environmental disease with several causal pathways

100% Indians exposed to PM 2.5 pollutants beyond limits

Long-term exposure to the pollutant has been associated with lung cancer 

वायु प्रदूषण के कारण हो रहा है फेफड़ों का कैंसर

सर्जनों द्वारा किए गए अध्ययन के अनुसार दिल्ली की प्रदूषित हवा से फेफड़ों का कैंसर होने की आशंका है

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 …

New drug combo using pain killers may be effective against cancer

Of the four complexes made from combining ruthenium and commonly used pain killers, two showed remarkable effects in stopping growth of …

Nanotherapy for cancer

Nanoparticles wrapped in polymers effectively kill cancer cells

भारत में तंबाकू से कैंसर के मामले तेजी से बढ़े: एनसीआरआई

नेशनल कैंसर रजिस्ट्री ऑफ इंडिया एक नई रिपोर्ट जारी की है, जिसमें कैंसर के बढ़ते मामलों के बारे में बताया गया है

Cancer incidence in India higher than expected from earlier projections, says new data

National Cancer Registry Programme data also states that women are most at risk from cancer

Tobacco behind more than a quarter of India’s cancer cases

Released by the National Cancer Registry of India, a new report has profiled the country’s cancer landscape

Sharp rise in cancer cases, deaths worldwide: WHO

11 per cent rise in cases and 8 per cent rise in deaths; over one-fifth of all new cases diagnosed in India

हृदय रोग से जा रही हैं सबसे ज्यादा जानें, 2019 में 90 लाख लोगों की मौत

हृदय रोग, मधुमेह, स्ट्रोक, फेफड़ों के कैंसर और सीओपीडी के चलते 2019 में स्वस्थ जीवन के लगभग 10 करोड़ अतिरिक्त वर्षों का नुकसान हुआ ...

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 …

Lung cancer common in Indian men

Breast cancer among women

Antioxidants can accelerate tumour growth, suggests study

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

Living with smokers is as bad as living in polluted cities

Passive smoking can expose non-smokers to three times the officially recommended levels of fine particulate matter

Every breath you take

Pollutants in the air damage more than the lungs, warn health experts