Gonda: Heart disease and cancer are becoming serious health challenges in India. Changing lifestyle, irregular eating habits, stress, physical inactivity and not getting tested on time are becoming the major reasons for the increasing cases of these diseases. Experts say that if timely testing is done and proper treatment is given, then it is completely possible to save life and maintain the quality of life in both these diseases.

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Dr. Avinash Kumar Singh, Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology, Medanta Hospital, said that today even young people are falling prey to heart diseases. He said, “High blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and smoking are rapidly increasing the risk of heart diseases. Heart diseases often progress slowly, so regular checkups and timely treatment are extremely important.” He said that with modern interventional techniques, treatment of conditions like angiography, angioplasty, pacemaker, ablation and heart failure has become safer and more effective than before.

Meanwhile, Director of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Care, Medanta Hospital, Dr. Mohammad Suhaib said that due to changing lifestyle, cancer cases are also continuously increasing. He said that many cancers like breast, cervical, prostate and colon cancer can be caught in the early stages with regular screening. Regular health check-up is very important after the age of 40.

Dr. Suhaib said that with modern technologies like IMRT, IGRT and stereotactic radiotherapy, cancer treatment has now become possible with more precise, safe and less side effects. He said that after treatment, follow-up, mental health, balanced diet and regular exercise help the patient to return to a normal and active life.

Both experts said that there is a need not to be afraid of heart disease and cancer, but there is a need for correct information, timely testing and awareness. Made people aware in Gonda about the cardiology and cancer care of Medanta Hospital, along with this an appeal has been made to the common people not to ignore the symptoms, because a step taken in time can save life.

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