India may have to battle a 'tsunami' of chronic diseases like cancer due to globalisation, predicts US oncologistIndia will have to utilise the tech boom to safeguard her citizens from health scares, suggests experts.
19 Jan, 2023, 09.06 AM IST
HPV vaccine helps fight cervical cancer in older women, says studyA study suggests that giving injections to women who are going for treatment of precancerous lesions may reduce the risk of it happening ag...
04 Aug, 2022, 08.12 PM IST
To tackle low screening rates of cervical cancer, Aindra offers a solution at Rs 200Offering simple, reliable yet affordable point of care systems for cervical cancer screening is the mission of Bengaluru-based Aindra syste...
24 Jan, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
Theranos’s empty promise to cure a fake problemElizabeth Holmes employed a conspiratorial tone, painting herself as a preventive medicine crusader going up against the medical establishm...
27 Mar, 2019, 09.29 AM IST
Forget nanobots, healthcare shows some disturbing trendsTechnology to treat illness and fix our body may be at highest levels ever, but healthcare has some fundamental problems.
17 Sep, 2016, 12.30 PM IST
Women in police face privacy, sanitation issues at work: SurveyThe survey, which was discussed at length during the January 6-8 conference, also made recommendations which have been submitted to the gov...
07 Feb, 2016, 01.20 PM IST
Bengaluru-based startup AIndra to tackle low screening rates of cervical cancerThe AIndra device banks on the pap smear test, a method of cervical screening to detect potentially cancerous cells.
05 Feb, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Here's how you can prevent cervical cancerCervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women the world over and India has the largest burden of cervical cancer patients i...
12 Nov, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
Inexpensive cervical cancer screening method devisedResearchers at a city hospital have found an inexpensive way to screen for cervical cancer by visual inspection with acetic acid method, wh...
13 Oct, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
Row over clinical trial as 254 Indian women dieThe trial was for a cervical cancer screening method and the women who died were part of a control group kept without screening to study de...
21 Apr, 2014, 11.13 AM IST
Indian doctors develop low-cost screening for cervical cancerThe procedure, involving use of vinegar, curbed the deaths caused by the cancer by 31 percent in a group of 1.5 lakh women, it said.
03 Jun, 2013, 07.09 PM IST
Taking guard against cancer: I stand for cancer awareness because of what happened to meI read a tweet the other day: Dear cancer, someday I hope you're just a zodiac sign . That's what I hope for every day of my life now.
21 May, 2013, 11.50 AM IST
- Regenix Drugs forays into manufacturing
Following a collaboration with Canadian, American, European and Chinese firms, the Chennai-based entity is gearing up to manufacture USFDA-...
01 May, 2009, 04.33 PM IST