Governments endorse UN-backed plan to tackle cancer, diabetes and other deadly diseases
Oct 20, 2017, at 06:04 pm
New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): Global leaders have pledged to take bold action to reduce suffering from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include the world's leading killers – heart and lung diseases, cancers and diabetes – the United Nations health agency has reported.
UN atomic agency co-hosts international meeting on cancer in developing countries
Mar 23, 2017, at 05:12 am
New York, Mar 22 (Just Earth News): Cancer can be a death warrant in some developing countries, spurring the United Nations atomic agency and the international community on Wednesday to hold a high-level discussion on how to get more funding and support for treatment to parts of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
Funeral Home Ad in Canada hospital troubles patients and families
Oct 05, 2016, at 04:55 am
Toronto, Oct. 4 (IBNS): Cancer patients and their families who received treatment at a Barrie hospital in Canada's Ontario were outraged after they saw an ad for a funeral home on the gates of the hospital parking lot in Sept 2016, reports said.