More than 2,200 people who received blood transfusions in India in the past 17 months were infected with HIV, new figures show. The data were released by the National AIDS Control Organisation(NACO ), part of the Indian government’s Department of Health and Family Welfare, in response to a RTI (Right toContinue Reading
For three years, Uttar Pradesh farmhand Pradeep Kumar, 24, has been treated for a disease that India largely eliminated 11 years ago: Leprosy, one of humankind’s oldest diseases—is notorious for the visible disfigurement of victims and their subsequent ostracisation. In 1991, when India began economic liberalisation, leprosy was reported inContinue Reading
A major study has suggested there is a link between mobile phones and cancer. The report is an in-depth peer reviewed study conducted by the US government and represents a significant development in long-running controversy over how mobile phones impact on users’ health. Researchers from the National Toxicology Program exposed male rats toContinue Reading
One out of every two adults is mentally disturbed in Kashmir Valley, says a survey conducted by Medecines Sans Frontiers (MSF). The Valley has been in the midst of a violent conflict for more than two decades. The MSF’s “first comprehensive mental health survey” also reveals that one in everyContinue Reading
The Northeast has always recorded a relatively high number of cancer cases but the numbers are constantly still growing says a report from the latest cancer data. The data clearly states that the highest number of men who have cancer are from Mizoram while the maximum number of women thatContinue Reading
The National Cancer Registry Programme has generated reliable data on magnitude and patterns of cancer from different regions of the country. The consolidated data of 2012-14 from various Population Based (PBCR) and Hospital Based Cancer Registries (HBCR) has been released this week. The highest age adjusted incidence rate (AAR) (271/100,000)Continue Reading
One in eight men and one in nine women in India will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime, latest government data reveals, pointing to a health crisis in the country where medical costs are rising sharply. India will see an estimated 1.45 million new cancer cases in 2016Continue Reading
Babies born with a low birthweight are at an increased risk of death in infancy till adolescence compared to babies born at a normal birthweight, suggests new research led by an Indian-origin scientist. The findings showed that death rates were higher in babies with low birthweight in both age groups.Continue Reading
Two biotech companies in the United States have been given the green light to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people. Bioquark Inc., in collaboration with Revita Life Sciences, has been given ethical permission by US health authorities to recruit 20 patients who have beenContinue Reading
Chamba (Himachal Pradesh): In spite of advancing years, health worker Kaushalya, whose name roughly translates into “ability to do something well”, is showing the light to women in one of the remotest areas of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh. She has, in fact, dedicated 31 years to propagating institutional deliveriesContinue Reading