Cancer

Tipping the scales: Why preventing obesity makes economic sense

Three out of four (75 per cent) people in the UK are unaware of the link between obesity and cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK report. The nationwide survey found that people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to know about the link *.

Publication Date:

09/09/2016

Source: Cancer Research UK

Tags:

Obesity, Cancer, Health Effects, United Kingdom (UK), Child Health, Non Communicable Diseases, Advertising, Lifestyles, Food Process Industry, Fast Foods

Health

Anti-obesity injections: Good or bad?

According to a recent survey, 80 per cent of Delhi NCR residents are obese. In the year 2014, there were around 20 million obese women and 9.8 million obese men recorded in India alone.

Publication Date:

06/09/2016

Author(s): Kalpana Sharma

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Vaccination, Obesity, Cancer, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Health Effects, Diabetes, Health

Wildlife

Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

Although cancer rarely acts as an infectious disease, a recently emerged transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) is virtually 100% fatal. Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) has swept across nearly the entire species’ range, resulting in localized declines exceeding 90% and an overall species decline of more than 80% in less than 20 years. Despite epidemiological models that predict extinction, populations in long-diseased sites persist. Here we report rare genomic evidence of a rapid, parallel evolutionary response to strong selection imposed by a wildlife disease.

Publication Date:

30/08/2016

Author(s): Brendan Epstein, Menna Jones, Rodrigo Hamede & et al

Source: Nature Communications

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1-7

Tags:

Wildlife, Animal Diseases, Cancer, Australia

Health

Obesity sparks 8 more types of cancer: Study

Being obese or overweight may lead to eight more types of cancer than previously thought, new research has warned.

Publication Date:

26/08/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Obesity, Cancer, Health Effects, WHO, Child Health, Health

Health

Being overweight is linked to eight more kinds of cancer

MIAMI – Being overweight can raise the likelihood of being diagnosed with cancers of the stomach and digestive tract, as well as certain brain and reproductive tumors, international researchers sai

Publication Date:

26/08/2016

Source: Japan Times (Japan)

Tags:

Health, Obesity, Cancer, Brain Cancer, Smoking, Non Communicable Diseases

Water Pollution

Monsanto beats cities' lawsuits over San Francisco Bay pollution

A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits in which the California cities of San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley sought to force agricultural company Monsanto Co (MON.N) to help pay for reducing PCB contami

Publication Date:

24/08/2016

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Water Pollution, Monsanto, United States Of America (US), Cancer, Health Effects, PCBs, Pesticides, Industrial Pollution

Water Resources

Urban water pumping raises arsenic risk in Southeast Asia

Large-scale groundwater pumping is opening doors for dangerously high levels of arsenic to enter some of Southeast Asia's aquifers, with water now seeping in through riverbeds with arsenic concentr

Publication Date:

23/08/2016

Source: Science Daily

Tags:

Water Resources, Arsenic, Asia, Rivers, Freshwater Ecosystems, Health Effects, Groundwater Pollution, Cancer

Air Pollution

Iraqi children pay high health cost of war-induced air pollution, study finds

Air pollution caused by war may be a major factor in the numbers of birth defects and cancers being reported in Iraq and other war zones, a study has suggested.

Publication Date:

23/08/2016

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Health Effects, Child Health, Iraq, Air Pollution Control, Children, Hazardous Waste, Cancer

Health

Additive effects of millimeter waves and 2-deoxyglucose co-exposure on the human keratinocyte transcriptome

Millimeter Waves (MMW) will be used in the next-generation of high-speed wireless technologies, especially in future Ultra-Broadband small cells in 5G cellular networks. Therefore, their biocompatibilities must be evaluated prior to their massive deployment.