Thinking Fast and Slow

World Cancer Day (4 Feb) World Cancer Day, organized by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and celebrated each year on 4 February, is an opportunity to rally the international community to end the injustice of preventable suffering from cancer. As per WHO ( world health organization), This year theme, "I can, we can" acknowledges that everyone has the capacity to address the cancer burden. We can work together to reduce cancer risk factors. We can overcome barriers to early diagnosis, treatment and palliative care. We can work together to improve cancer control and achieve global targets to reduce premature mortality from cancer and NCDs. Cancer Prevention  Between 30-50% of all cancer cases are preventable. Prevention offers the most cost effective long term strategy for the control of cancer. National policies and programmes should be implemented to raise awareness, to reduce exposure to cancer risk factors and to ensure that people are provided...

The world health organization (WHO) says, 'Not enough is known about 2019 Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to draw definitive conclusions about how it transmitted, clinical features of disease, or the extent to which it has spread. The source also remains unknown' The following information is based upon interim draft guidelines and is subject to change as and when newer recent information is received. According to WHO, a new type of coronavirus (2019 novel coronavirus, nCoV) has been identified in China on 7 January 2020. The cluster of patients with pneumonia-like-illness was initially reported on 31 December 2019. What is the nCoV? Coronavirus are the family of  respiratory viruses, named for the crown- like spikes on the surface. Coronaviruses can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The Novel coronavirus, nCoV is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously iden...