International Agency For Cancer Research

Rediff.com » News » International Agency For Cancer Research

News for International Agency For Cancer Research

News
Business
Sports

No amount of alcohol is safe, shows WHO analysis

There is no safe limit to alcohol consumption and any amount of drinking can severely impact one's health, according to a statement published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in The Lancet......

5% cancer cases in India last yr linked to drinking: Study

Alcohol consumption was associated with 62,100 or 5 per cent of newly diagnosed cancer cases last year in India, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology journal which shows alcohol......

'COVID-19 will be a year-long struggle'

'Predictions are that numbers will continue to rise till May end and maybe in the first half of June will be our peak.' IMAGE: Medical workers arrive for COVID-19 testing at a containment zone in......

'Emergence of another coronavirus is inevitable'

'The worst case scenario is a rebound of the virus.''Life is not going to be what it was.''Life as we know it has changed forever.''The new normal therefore is test, trace and treat.' IMAGE: The......

Why lack of testing must worry all of us

'Our government's claim that there are no undetected cases of infection that happened within our bustling cities because of exposure to infected international travellers are not credible,' notes......

Will govt's move to limit use of herbicide glyphosate hit India's food security?

Kerala, Punjab, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are among the major agriculturally important states that have banned the use of glyphosate citing its adverse impact on human health. In a sudden move,......

No carcinogen in our daily bread please!

'Government must strictly ban use of potassium bromate, a known carcinogen.' It has been a rattling week for bread lovers after a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found over......

Six sectors that will open up market for India-US

In its communication to the Office of the US Trade Representative imploring the agency not to put India on its trade hit list when the Special 301 Foreign Trade Barriers report is released next......

Budget 2012 is a mixed bag, says CSE

Centre for Science and Environment supports the tax hike on big cars and SUVs brought on by the Union Budget 2012. Excise duty on large cars has increased marginally from 22 per cent to 24 per......

Maruti shareholder activism grows from baby steps

On Friday, worried investors of Maruti Suzuki took the extraordinary step of bypassing the management and spoke directly to the representative of the workers'union.The company is going through a......

Livestrong cancer charity drops Armstrong name from title

The Lance Armstrong Foundation has formally dropped the name of the disgraced cyclist from its title, the organization said on Wednesday, marking the latest move by the cancer charity to distance......

State of the Lance Armstrong Foundation's finances

Lance Armstrong stepped down on Wednesday as chairman of the Austin, Texas-based Livestrong cancer charity he founded in 1997. -All about the Lance Armstrong doping case The Lance Armstrong......

Rediff News