New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) About a decade back, the age group of women most vulnerable to breast cancer was 50 and above. But with changing times and a faster lifestyle, younger women are becoming more susceptible to the disease, say doctors.
Amit Bhargav, consultant oncologist at the Max Healthcare hospital in the capital, said that in his career, the age group vulnerable to breast cancer has dropped drastically.
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) Eradicating polio from Bihar continues to be a big challenge with at least 100 new cases of polio recorded in the state this year, despite multi-million rupee campaigns by the state and central governments as well as WHO and Unicef, officials said Saturday.
After Uttar Pradesh, Bihar has been recording the second highest incidence of the disease in India for the last few years.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) With 29 new dengue cases reported in the capital Saturday, the total number of those affected by the vector-borne disease rose to 527, health officials said.
“There were 29 fresh cases of dengue confirmed today (Saturday). This takes the total number of cases to 527,” Chief Medical Officer, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, N.K. Yadav told IANS.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Twenty five new dengue cases were recorded in Delhi Friday, taking the number of people affected by the vector-borne disease to 489, health officials said.
The Delhi government has appointed a nodal officer to whom all dengue cases will be reported by government and private hospitals.
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6 (IANS) Eminent public health expert C.R. Soman passed away at a hospital here Friday. He was 71.
Soman, a former professor at the medical college here, had been hospitalised a few days ago and had undergone a heart surgery, family sources said. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
Kathmandu, Nov 6 (IANS) Though not yet having lost a patient to swine flu, Nepal Friday sounded an alarm after the discovery that the epidemic could be spreading in two districts in the west where school children and security personnel tested positive for the disease.
Schools were closed in Parbat and its neighbouring district Baglung after viral fever raged in classrooms and 12 people tested positive for swine flu in Parbat.
Sydney, Nov 6 (IANS) High-risk melanoma patients who are treated with radiation after surgery have a significantly lower risk of their cancer returning to the lymph nodes, compared to those patients who do not have radiation therapy, according to new research.
“Results of this trial now confirm the place of radiation therapy in the management of patients who have high risk features following surgery for melanoma involving the lymph nodes,” said Bryan Burmeister, M.D., lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The national capital Friday recorded 25 fresh dengue cases taking the number of people affected by the vector-borne disease to 489, officials said.
“There were 25 fresh cases of dengue confirmed today (Friday). This takes the total number of cases to 489,” Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) Chief Medical Officer, N.K. Yadav told IANS.
Hyderabad, Nov 6 (IANS) VIP security must be sensitive to the “emergency needs” of the people, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Friday while describing as unfortunate the death of a patient outside a Chandigarh hospital when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was visiting.
Chidambaram hoped that the Special Protection Group (SPG) and state police had learnt their lesson and that such incidents would not happen again.
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) As the national capital Thursday recorded 26 new cases of dengue, taking the total number of cases of the vector-borne disease to 464, Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain ordered health officers to take stringent action to stop the spread of the disease.
“There were 26 fresh cases of dengue confirmed today (Thursday). This takes the total number of cases to 464,” Chief Medical Officer, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) N.K. Yadav said.