-The Times of India New Delhi: In what could be an alarming fallout of air pollution, top cancer doctors say they have noted a significant rise in lung cancer among non-smokers in recent years. Roughly one in every five persons diagnosed with the disease does not smoke, they said. "Till about a decade ago, less than 10% of all lung cancer patients were non-smokers. This percentage has now gone up to around...
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Death by cancer — it’s preventable -R Venkataramanan & CB Koppikar
-The Hindu Business Line Early detection really helps, particularly in the case of breast cancer, a big killer in India The incidence of cancer worldwide is on the rise. Cancer has risen from 700 new cases per million people in 2013 to nearly 1,000 new cases per million people in 2015. Even in India, the trend has been along similar lines. The World Health Organisation estimates that cancer deaths in India alone...
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-Hindustan Times Malkeet Kaur, 55, travels 60 km each day to Kalianwali in the heart of Haryana’s cotton belt to undergo radiation therapy at the Advanced Cancer Diagnostic, Treatment and Research Centre in Bathinda. A resident of Kaali Mali village in the Sirsa district, the mother of four was diagnosed with breast cancer in her right breast in April this year. She now goes for radiotherapy five days a week to remove...
More »Cancer drugs, stents at 60% discount soon -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Over 200 cancer drugs, 186 medicines to treat cardiovascular diseases and 148 stents and cardiac implants will now be available at central government hospitals at prices 50-60% lower than the open market. The health ministry has launched a programme called AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment), under which the government will run pharmacy retail stores to sell medicines in hospitals like All India Institute...
More »What other farmers can learn from Manipur's Devakanta -Manu AB
-Rediff.com Potshangbam Devakanta from Manipur shows the way in conserving the biodiversity of the state, farming around 100 traditional varieties of paddy and rare medicinal plants, finds Manu A B/Rediff.com. When farmers across India are grappling with weather woes and poor yields, Potshangbam Devakanta from Manipur has succeeded in adopting smart and eco-friendly methods of farming to ensure his harvest is satisfactory year after year. Like thousands of farmers in India, 60-year-old Devakanta...
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