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Health Weekly Roundup: Diwali air over north India world’s worst, air pollution behind 1 in 10 under-5 deaths, new breast cancer cases to rise to 3.2 mn a year by 2030

November 6, 2016 Srijita1, 10', 2030:, 3.2, a, Air, behind, Breast, by, Cancer, Cases:, Deaths, Diwali, Health, In, India, mn, New, North, Over, Pollution, Rise, Roundup:, to, Under-5, Weekly, World's, worst, Year

This week was filled with important medical discoveries, researches and health news. To ensure that you don’t miss any, we bring you a weekly roundup. Here is this week’s aggregation of the latest news stories on health, fitness and diet. Delhi chokes on worst Nov smog in many years The air quality index for 4 pm on November 2 was 432, in the “severe” category, while the index on October 31 (post Diwali) was 445. At 14 times the safe limit, Ggn breathes fire Concentration of PM 2.5 touched the…

New breast cancer cases to rise to 3.2 mn a year by 2030

November 5, 2016 Srijita2030:, 3.2, a, Breast, by, Cancer, Cases:, mn, New, Rise, to, Year

New breast cancer cases to rise to 3.2 mn a year by 2030 (Chad Baker/Getty Images) By 2030, the number of women diagnosed every year with breast cancer could almost double to 3.2 million and cervical cancer cases can rise at least 25 per cent to over 700,000 globally unless urgent action is taken, a study has cautioned. India and China are two countries with the largest number of women with breast and cervical cancer, show the findings of the study, published in the Lancet. Globally, cervical and breast cancer…

New Breast Cancer Cases to Rise to 3.2 Million a Year by 2030

November 3, 2016 Srijita2030:, 3.2, a, Breast, by, Cancer, Cases:, Million, New, Rise, to, Year

By 2030, the number of women diagnosed every year with breast cancer could almost double to 3.2 million and cervical cancer cases can rise at least 25 per cent to over 700,000 globally unless urgent action is taken, a study has cautioned. India and China are two countries with the largest number of women with breast and cervical cancer, show the findings of the study, published in the Lancet. Globally, cervical and breast cancer take the lives of 800,000 women every year — with two-thirds of breast cancer deaths and…

New Immunotherapy Technique May Cure Food Allergies

November 2, 2016 SrijitaAllergies, cure, Food., immunotherapy, May, New, technique

Canadian researchers have developed a new immunotherapy technique that has the potential to eliminate the allergic response to peanut and egg white proteins. Anaphylaxis, defined as a severe rapid-onset allergic reaction, can be life-threatening and treatment options are limited. Using the new technique, the researchers were able to nearly eliminate the allergic reaction in mice by converting allergen-sensitive immune cells into cells that mimic the response seen in healthy, non-allergic individuals. The treatment reduced the symptoms of anaphylaxis, and lowered other key protein markers in the allergic response by up…

Life Expectancy in Australia Hits New High: Report

October 29, 2016 SrijitaAustralia, expectancy, High;, Hits, In, Life, New, Report

Life expectancy in Australia has hit a new high, with babies born in 2015 expected to live two years longer than those born in 2005, according to a report issued on Friday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report showed that life expectancy had hit 84.5 years for females and 80.4 years for males, but demographics expert Peter McDonald of the University of Melbourne said that the statistics assume no improvements in healthcare and were therefore conservative estimates. “They are not any individual’s lifetime; they are just telling you the…

New hope for patients with deadly brain tumour

September 25, 2016 SrijitaBrain, deadly, for, hope, New, Patients:, tumour, With

Non-invasive gene therapy could treat brain tumour (Fatine El Hassani/Getty Images) Researchers have found a potential new way of stopping one of the most aggressive types of brain tumour from spreading, which could also lead the way to better patient survival. Glioblastoma, which is one of the most common types of malignant brain tumours in adults, grow fast as well as spread easily. The tumour has threadlike tendrils that extend into other parts of the brain making it difficult to remove it all, the study from the University of Southampton…