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Share of health budget has gone down, says IMA President Dr RV Asokan
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
"This budget is status quo for health concerns, with only two silver linings: customs duty exemptions on diagnostics and cancer drugs. The economy has moved from USD 3.4 trillion to USD 4 trillion," said Dr Asokan.
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Exemption of customs duty on cancer drugs in budget "commendable step towa
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented the Union budget, which exempts customs duty on three cancer drugs and makes them affordable for patients.
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Union Budget 2024: Experts hail exemption of customs duty on three cancer
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Industry experts have hailed the Central government's proposal to exempt three more life-saving cancer medicines from Customs duty.
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Study sheds more light on ability of cancer drug to lower blood sugar
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The efficacy of a medication to prevent liver fat accumulation--a condition that frequently coexists with obesity and can result in dangerous fatty liver disease--has been further explored by researchers at the University of Oklahoma.
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Fake cancer drug racket busted in Delhi, 4 accused arrested
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
In a significant update on Delhi's fake cancer drug racket, the Delhi crime branch on Friday arrested four people for their alleged involvement in the case, bringing the total to 12.
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Research shows how oestrogen protects against fatty liver
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New research from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet demonstrates how oestrogen protects against MASLD, a fatty liver disease that has developed rapidly during the obesity epidemic. The study, published in the journal Molecular Systems Biology, demonstrates how a new medicine under development c
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Researchers find how anti-cancer drug can improve symptoms after stroke
Updated : 2 years ago IST
An investigation conducted by the UAB's Institut de Neurociencies (INc-UAB) showed the advantages of vorinostat in animal models following a stroke.
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Study reveals how cancer drug helps to restore immune system's ability to
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A group led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has discovered a brand-new, bio-inspired medication that restores the capability of immune cells to combat cancer. The medication increases the effectiveness of immunotherapy and inhibits tumour growth in mice models of melanoma,
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Study finds new ways how pancreatic cancer cells prevent starvation
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a recent study, a new therapy regimen safely reduced the growth of pancreatic cancer in mice by stopping the cancer cells from scavenging for fuel.
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Prostate cancer drug helps to fight against Covid: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Men appeared to experience greater rates of severe sickness and mortality at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, which led researchers to hypothesise a connection between androgen receptors—which bind to hormones like testosterone—and SARS-CoV-2 virus infection
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Existing cancer drugs can be regenerated to fight certain aggressive cance
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A group of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) discovered that a cancer medicine that is currently on the market might be modified to target a subgroup of malignancies that are frequently linked with poor outcomes and lack focused therapy choices.
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Experimental cancer drug slow inflammation associated to heart disease: St
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A recent study suggested that an experimental medicine that has been investigated as a potential treatment for cancer, lung, and Alzheimer's disease may also prevent the development of atherosclerosis, the precursor to heart disease.
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