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Sunday, August 31, 2025
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Topic: Cancer

Lighting up debate: AIIMS distances self from oncologists calling for review of e-cigarette ban

Experts say even manufacturers don’t claim e-cigarettes are cessation devices, and no amount of ‘harm reduction’ rhetoric can obscure evidence that these devices inflict serious damage.

All about hepatitis D, deadly viral hepatitis given a ‘cancer’ tag by WHO

Hepatitis D or HDV, which only affects individuals infected with hepatitis B, is associated with a two- to six-fold higher risk of liver cancer compared to hepatitis B alone.

Exercise reduces risk of death from colon cancer, global study spanning 6 countries finds

Experts say findings, presented at the ongoing American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago, have potential to transform how cancer is managed across countries.

PM Modi deeply concerned for Biden, wishes former US president a speedy recovery from cancer

According to Biden's office, the 82-year-old is diagnosed with an 'aggressive form of prostate cancer' that spread to the bone and is currently reviewing treatment options with his family.

International expertise is next frontier in cancer care for Indians. Pvt hospitals joining bandwagon

While some say bringing expertise to a country where cancer cases are rising every year will bring hope, others say it may not always be relevant in the practical Indian context.

Cancer striking and claiming more lives among Indian women than men, shows ICMR study

An analysis by scientists from Indian Council of Medical Research, published in The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia, examines cancer data from 2013 to 2022.

Cancer registry covers only 10% of Indians. Call to make it notifiable disease is gathering steam

India ranked 3rd worldwide for new cancer cases in 2020 after China & US, according to GLOBOCAN. Currently, there are 11 notifiable diseases, including TB, cholera & AIDS.

Indian Navy drops plan of third aircraft carrier. Era of ceremonial power projection is over

India's cancer registry barely covers the population. Make it notifiable

36 drugs to treat cancer, rare diseases exempted from basic customs duty in Union Budget 2025

Lakhs of patients are likely to benefit from this move as some of these drugs were exorbitant to procure.

Cancer warning on liquor bottles ‘long overdue’. Even ‘light’, ‘moderate’ drinking poses threat

Even moderate drinking of one-two drinks per day raises cancer risk, say oncologists. New data suggests link of alcohol with cancers of skin, endometrium, ovary, prostate & blood.

On Camera

Volvo EX30 isn’t solving the information overload problem in Indian cars

Even in China, where the instrument cluster screen has become smaller than the infotainment screen, manufacturers haven’t completely removed the traditional instrument cluster.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.