he Supreme Court has asked Parliament to bring in proper amendments to the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, or enact a suitable legislation so that women and children born out of live-in relationships are protected, though those types of relationship might not be a relationship in the nature of a marriage.

Making this suggestion, a Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Pinaki Chandra Ghose said: “Parliament has to ponder over these issues, and bring in proper legislation or make a proper amendment of the DV Act.”
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Sarla was 32 years of age when she felt a lump in her breast. Since it was painless she ignored it; annoyingly, it refused to go away. After a week she decided to visit a gynaecologist who suggested a mammogram. A few days later, she underwent a fine needle aspiration to establish whether she had a benign or malignant tumour. 
The cancer was detected early because the radiologist insisted that an ultrasound be done as well. As Sarla had dense breast tissue, little could be discerned from the mammography film which was white and opaque. 

Public interest groups, which moved the Supreme Court over the unethical trial of  HPV vaccine by PATH, have sought re-examination of the current ethical and legal framework to conduct drugs/vaccine trials in India to secure stronger protections for human subject participants.

The groups-- SAMA, a resource group for women and health, Locost, Drug Action Forum, Karnataka and Delhi Science Forum – also claimed that the existing laws proved to be inadequate to protect the subject participants.
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the government’s plan for the creation of a specialised cadre of health care workers for rural areas by instituting a three-year-course in State universities.
The Bachelor of Science (Community Health) course will create a cadre of Community Health Officers who will be posted at sub-centres, functioning under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, where they can provide basic health care.
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Gynaecological cancers in India affect around 40,000 people per 100,000. In JIPMER alone, there are 1500 new patients treated for gynaecological cancers every year. A majority of these cancers affect the uterine cervix.

For this reason, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, JIPMER, along with the Association of Gynaecologic Oncologists of India, is organising AGOICON 2013, their 21{+s}{+t}Annual Conference, from Friday till Sunday, a release said.

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