cancer
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Despite social media posts declaring that “lungs can be easily detoxed after smoking” with homemade remedies, there’s no scientific evidence to support the claims. By Tej Kumar As the world observes Lung Cancer Awareness Month through November, it’s important to set straight the countless social media posts claiming that “lungs can be easily detoxed after smoking” with homemade remedies. Viral videos on Facebook and YouTube are promoting similar homegrown detox drinks, comprising ingredients such as castor oil, liquorice root, ginger, and peppermint. Ho...
Health Analytics
Researchers have been studying anti-carcinogenic properties of limonoids in laboratories for years. However, they haven’t yet found any conclusive evidence to support its role in cancer treatment or prevention in humans. By Tej Kumar A viral WhatsApp video is back with a misleading cancer cure claim, despite being debunked earlier – albeit with minor changes. This time the video claims that when you cut lemon and pour hot water over it, it becomes alkaline and can be effective an anti-cancer drug. Further, it claims that hot lemon juice battles cancerous tumours and can be used to treat all ty...
Health Analytics
There is no scientific evidence to prove that wearing pads for long periods of time causes cancer. By Pankhuri Agarwal A misleading Instagram post claims that the chemical used in ultra napkins, which converts liquid into gel, causes bladder and uterine cancer. The text also promotes the use of cotton pads over ultra pads and asks users to change ultra pads within five hours. There are no conclusive studies to prove any of the mentioned claims. The post has been liked by 52,877 people and has 439 comments. We asked experts and looked into some definitive research supporting these claims but di...
Health Analytics
Here is what Google Trends say on what was most searched when Covid-19 was at its peak in 2020 By Nabeela Khan The pandemic brought along with it a few health protocols – recommended by the WHO and the CDC, as also various governments. Wearing a mask, washing hands regularly with soap, use of infrared thermometers and sanitizers signified a “new normal”. We tracked Google Trends at different points in 2020, to get a sense of what people were searching for. Here are some interesting insights: We also found that around the same period that the search trends peaked, there were social media posts ...
Health Analytics
Regional Cancer Centres are dedicated to providing specialised services in cancer diagnosis, treatment and palliative care. They also have dedicated research facilities and education programs in oncology. Locate them here. By Anuja Venkatachalam Global efforts to prevent and cure cancer have met with little success as cancer kills over 9 million people every year. The latest World Health Statistics Report released by the World Health Organization in December 2020 shows that countries have made considerable progress in reducing deaths from HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria and other Neglected tropical...
Health Analytics
As the second leading cause of global mortality, cancer is often equated with death. This World Cancer Day, Dr Hari Menon urges us to look at this much-dreaded and oft-misunderstood healthcare challenge through a more hopeful and scientific lens. By Jisha Krishnan In 2000, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), a non-governmental organisation, conceptualised a day – 4 February – to raise awareness about cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. This year, as we continue to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, with the global spotlight on healthcare, World Cancer Day...
Health Analytics
Right from the lab work and clinical trials to the grants and funding, for the scientists or researchers working on cancer research, everything has come to a screeching halt since the outbreak of the COVID-19. Here’s our report. By Deepika KhuranaAround the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed countless lives, caused economic disruptions, and, for scientists working on cancer research, it has thrown the research program into a tailspin.In fact, since the outbreak of the COVID-19, cancer researchers and patients around the world are looking at an uncertain future. The lockdown that followed...
Health Analytics
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら