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40% women lung cancer patients in Goa non-smokers, likely victims of passive smoking

Loknath Das, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Almost 40% of women in Goa who have lung cancer do not smoke themselves, which means it is likely that they are victims of `passive smoking’, an anti-tobacco NGO has said. The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) said yesterday that there has been a rise in the number of women in the state who smoke. The overall percentage of smokers in the state’s population has dwindled in the last three decades, it said. NOTE India president Dr Shekhar Salkar told reporters that almost 40% of the women diagnosed with…

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Pint-size device a big help for stroke victims

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  The size of a smartphone, the device stimulates muscles rendered immobile by a brain stroke and revives moveme… Read More A wearable device designed by a research team at the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK) holds out hope for stroke patients who have severe movement impairment. The size of a smartphone, the device stimulates muscles rendered immobile by a brain stroke and revives movement. It uses a mild electric shock to rejuvenate muscle tissues inactive for more than six months. Experts and doctors at INK, who have worked closely…

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