Ravi Mehrotra, MD (Prevent Cancer) @StopCancerDoc

Sharing our HT op-ed on why cancer vaccine uptake is lagging in India and possible corrective steps. Please ensure that any eligible 14-year-old girls in your family and neighborhood get vaccinated at a nearby government facility, if they haven’t. hindustantimes.com/s/1WVM4h7

Ravi Mehrotra, MD (Prevent Cancer) @StopCancerDoc

2 days ago

Navigating the last mile of the HPV vaccination programme in India . 'As schools reopen after summer, ideally, Parent-Teacher Meetings (PTMs) should include a briefing by a medical professional.' Peer endorsement in a familiar setting is more powerful than any billboard.

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At its core, this study suggests that when it comes to healthy aging, sleep follows a "Goldilocks principle" — there is a sweet spot where your body functions best, and both too little and too much sleep might accelerate the aging process. Instead of the generic "everyone needs 8 hours" rule, this research points to a slightly narrower, highly specific window of 6.4 to 7.8 hours (roughly 6 hours and 25 minutes to 7 hours and 50 minutes) as the optimal range for long-term health. Here is a breakdown of what this actually means for our biology and how to interpret these findings. 1. The "U-Shaped" Sleep Curve In public health and longevity research, sleep almost always forms a U-shaped curve on graphs. The bottom of the "U" represents the lowest risk for age-related health issues, which sits right in that 6.4 to 7.8-hour window. Below 6.4 Hours (Short Sleep): Deprives the brain of sufficient deep sleep and REM cycles. This is when the glymphatic system (the brain's waste-clearance mechanism) flushes out cellular debris, like amyloid-beta plaques associated with cognitive decline. Chronic short sleep also keeps cortisol (stress hormone) elevated, increasing systemic inflammation. Above 7.8 Hours (Long Sleep): While it feels intuitive that more sleep is always better, consistently needing more than 8 hours in older adulthood is often a marker rather than a cause. It frequently signals underlying low-grade inflammation, occult (hidden) cardiovascular issues, or poor sleep quality (where you are in bed longer because your sleep is fragmented and less restorative).

DYK: ‘A study suggests 6.4 to 7.8 hours of sleep each night may be linked to healthier aging.’ eatingwell.com/healthy-aging-…

A healthy environment means a healthier future. Women and children are especially vulnerable to air pollution, second-hand smoke, and environmental hazards. Smoking and smokeless tobacco remain major preventable causes of cancer.

Promising in preventing recurrence, for now. Hope therapeutic vaccines work too.

NBC News @NBCNews

6 days ago

An experimental vaccine from Moderna shows promise in keeping deadly skin cancer from returning for years, according to new clinical trial results. nbcnews.com/health/cancer/…

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WNTD 26. The proof of the pudding is in the doing! Health and Nicotine awareness camp with our partners at Gautam Budha University, Gr. Noida was very attended. @chipfoundation

CHIP Foundation India @chipfoundation

a week ago

World No Tobacco Day 2026 Thank you to everyone who joined the Health Camp & Awareness Session organized by CHIP Foundation in collaboration with GBU. #WorldNoTobaccoDay #CHIPFoundation #GBU #NoTobacco #HealthCamp #CancerAwareness #HealthyCommunities #TobaccoFreeIndia #WNTD

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A new study links GLP-1 drugs and 30-35% reduced incidence of breast cancer, using matched-pair propensity analysis ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/OP… Confirms other association studies but still no proof

Scientists are developing a new wave of gene therapies to regenerate the heart — offering hope for treating heart failure, a debilitating and common condition. go.nature.com/3PvDZfv

Progress though staggered, in the treatment, deadly cancers like pancreas and melanoma is so heartening.

Eric Topol @EricTopol

7 days ago

Big progress vs cancer, folks. The kind of event curves from randomized trials that we've not seen before for a couple of the most deadly cancers. Congrats to the oncology research community for getting these trial done. #ASCO26, @ASCO

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Longevity update.

Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann

a week ago

if you're under 50 and you stay healthy, i think you will live to 150 years old minimum the medical singularity is happening. just in the past 2 months alone: > revmed's pancreatic cancer drug (daraxonrasib) doubled survival in the deadliest cancer there is, 13.2 months vs 6.7

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The wearable health tracker landscape that spans 19 device categories across various body parts. What's left? Which body part of health wearable category has not found its market yet?

“Scientists used a gene test called Prosigna to measure the activity of 50 genes involved in breast cancer growth and calculate a patient's risk of the disease returning.” bbc.com/news/articles/…

"Quiet Emergency" Surging levels of obesity, hypertension and diabetes (NCDs) signify the latest NHFS-6 report. Shouldn't India be worried and take corrective steps? Yes, the National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6) report released in May 2026 has prompted urgent calls for intervention from health experts and policymakers. The data confirms a "dual burden" of disease where rising lifestyle disorders now coexist with persistent challenges like undernutrition. 1. The Evidence: Why India Should Be Worried The "worry" stems from the speed at which these Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are escalating, affecting both urban and rural populations. • Obesity Epidemic: The prevalence of abdominal and generalized obesity has spiked significantly since NFHS-5 (2019-21). • Women: Overweight/obesity rates rose from 24% to 30.7%. • Men: Rates increased from 22.9% to 27.3%. • Urban Crisis: In urban areas, 42.8% of women and 36.3% of men are now overweight or obese. • Diabetes (High Blood Sugar): • The proportion of men with high blood sugar (or on medication) jumped from 15.6% to 20.9%. • For women, it rose from 13.5% to 17.8%. • Regional Hotspots: States like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Punjab are recording obesity prevalence exceeding 33-40% among men, signalling a geographic expansion of the crisis beyond just metros. • The Dual Burden: India must now fund long-term chronic care for diabetes and heart disease while still battling child stunting (which remains high at ~29%) and anemia. • Economic Impact: Unlike infectious diseases, NCDs require lifelong management/medication, which threatens to increase out-of-pocket expenditure for families despite insurance schemes like Ayushman Bharat. • Hidden Risk: Experts warn that Indians develop diabetes and cardiovascular risks at lower BMI levels than global standards due to "metabolic obesity" (high body fat with normal weight), making the official numbers potentially conservative. 3. Corrective Steps & Recommendations The report and subsequent expert analysis suggest the following corrective measures are necessary: • Regulatory Action: Accelerating Front-of-Pack Labelling (FOPL) regulations by FSSAI to warn consumers about high sugar, salt, and fat content in packaged foods. • Preventive Screening: Shifting focus from "illness to wellness" by strengthening primary healthcare centers (Health and Wellness Centers) to screen for hypertension and diabetes early, rather than treating late-stage complications. • Lifestyle Interventions: Promoting the Eat Right India movement and physical activity, specifically targeting the "sedentary shifts" caused by urbanization and desk jobs. • Scrutinizing Medical Practices: Addressing the "over-medicalization" of healthcare, evidenced by the high rate of C-section deliveries (54.1% in private facilities), which is often linked to the commercialization of maternal care. theweek.in/news/health/20…

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Australia just did something no other country has ever done. Doctors in Sydney are now killing cancer tumours by freezing them solid — no scalpel, no stitches, no surgery at all. It's happening at Liverpool Hospital in southwest Sydney, home to Australia's first MRI-guided cryoablation machine. Here's how it works. A needle thinner than a few millimetres is threaded into the tumour while doctors watch every move in real time on the MRI. Then gas shoots through it, dropping the temperature to around minus 180°C in seconds. The tumour freezes into a tiny "ice ball." The cancer cells rupture. The blood supply chokes off. The tumour dies. No cutting. No bleeding. No weeks of recovery. One of the first patients was Josephine Cordina, 64, who'd been living with a 9mm tumour buried in her spine. The pain stole her sleep. Painkillers barely touched it. Open surgery would've meant screws in her spine and weeks flat on her back. Instead, doctors froze it. One day later, she walked out of the hospital pain-free. That's the part that sounds impossible — most patients go home within 24 hours and skip the long hospital stay entirely. It works on tumours in the spine, the liver, the kidneys. And it gives hope to people who were told they were too old, too sick, or too high-risk for traditional surgery. The future of cancer treatment might not involve a single cut. Source: Liverpool Hospital, Sydney (Australia's first MRI-guided cryoablation procedure)

Appropriate No tobacco day video message. linkedin.com/posts/chipfoun…