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Are You Afraid of Cancer? Confirm It With These Tests!

Everyone would like to be in the ‘Top 5’ or ‘Top 10’ of things. Sadly, when it comes to diseases, nobody would like to rank them, even in the ‘Most deadly’ or ‘Highly morbid’ categories.

Being responsible for 13 percent or 8.2 million deaths worldwide, cancer bags the fifth position in the league of ‘Top 10 causes of death globally.’

Dismal figures color the sad picture of mortality due to cancer in India. With a total of 2.5 million Indians suffering from cancer, every 8 minutes a woman dies because of cervical cancer. Tobacco related diseases are alone responsible for 2,500 deaths daily. If 2 women are diagnosed of breast cancer, another woman would be dying because of it somewhere else.

CANCER


For reference sake, let us see the ‘Top 10 causes of death globally’:

Ischemic heart disease
Stroke
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Lower respiratory infections
 Cancer
 HIV & AIDS
Diarrhea
Diabetes
Road-traffic accidents
Hypertensive heart disease

Now if we observe carefully, these diseases have one thing in common – THESE CAUSES ARE LIFESTYLE RELATED. As much as there is to feel bad about these health problems, the good news is that most of these are PREVENTABLE; be it with a healthy diet, regular exercise, maintaining safety, or with periodic health check-ups.

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Breast Cancer Check Up: When, How and How Often

Breast cancer is a most common and deadly disease that affects many women globally. The disease has proven its continued presence in India. So if there is a time to get educated about breast cancer, if you’re not already, it’s now.

How is breast anatomy affected by cancer? Breast-Cancer

Breast cancer initiates in the breast’s cells. The abnormal cells multiple rapidly and sometimes spread to other parts of your body. The cancer begins in the breast tissue and the surrounding milk ducts and glands. Breast cancer usually begins with a small lump or tumor that then spreads through the body. An important note here is that men can develop breast cancer too; just its presence is not as common as that in women.  Continue reading “Breast Cancer Check Up: When, How and How Often” →