-The Times of India "Number of deaths may shoot up to 1.2 million by 2035" Every year nearly one million new cancer cases are diagnosed in India, the prevalence being 2.5 million. With mortalities of 6,00,000-7,00,000 a year, cancer causes six per cent of all adult deaths in the country. The number of deaths per year is projected to shoot up to 1.2 million by 2035, according to a series of papers published...
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Ayurveda Offers Balm to Cancer Patients -KS Harikrishnan
-IPS News THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Balakrishnan, a labourer from Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala, was suffering from oral cancer. He was admitted to the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram. After the first course of radiation therapy, the 60-year-old could not eat or drink because of severe pain and infection in the mouth. An Ayurvedic mouth wash developed from the Neem plant was administered to Balakrishnan for three weeks during the...
More »Treatment alone will not win war on cancer: prevention is crucial, UN reports
-The United Nations With new cancer cases worldwide expected to rise from 14 million to 22 million per year within the next two decades, and annual cancer deaths rising from 8.2 million to 13 million, the United Nations today called for multipronged preventive action including treaties and laws extending tobacco-style restrictions to alcohol and sweetened beverages. "More commitment to prevention and early detection is desperately needed in order to complement improved treatments...
More »Cancer cases set to rise by half by 2030: UN
-AFP PARIS: New cases of cancer will rise by half by 2030, reaching 21.6 million per year compared to 14 million in 2012, the UN said on Monday in a global analysis of the scourge. Cancer deaths, meanwhile, will likely rise from 8.2 million to 13 million per year as the world's population grows and ages and more people adopt risky lifestyle habits, said the report compiled by the International Agency for...
More »Is chemical the culprit? -Dinesh C Sharma
-Down to Earth Scientists in Bihar find a plausible link between pesticides and Breast Cancer "There were no apparent risk factors. I had no family history of Breast Cancer, married early, had a baby whom I breastfed. Above all, I followed a healthy lifestyle. The only thing that could have led to my cancer could be environmental factors-exposure to pesticide residues through food and pollution," narrated Niti, a young Breast Cancer survivor,...
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