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Small fatties getting bigger
Chandigarh, December 17 Studies show that 10 to 18 per cent children become obese every year. The disease has been spreading among children due to their changing lifestyle, says Prof J.S. Bajaj, chairman of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and honorary president of the International Diabetes Federation. Professor Bajaj was interacting with mediapersons at a national symposium on "Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)" and "Current concepts of hepatology" at the PGI here today. He said studies had shown shrinking park spaces and cycle tracks; there was little walking space left and people had been living a mechanised life, thus extending an invite to obesity and diabetes. Holding TV and video games equally responsible for it, he said children, while indulging in these, ate a lot of junk food along with soft drinks and thus consumed more calories. A sitting of eight hours per week increased obesity two times in children, he said. Experts shared their experiences on topics, including epidemiology and natural history of the NAFLD, its clinical spectrum, endocrinal and metabolic profile, diagnosis and management. "The NAFLD is an emerging clinical entity and the most common cause for unexplained rise in liver enzymes, unexplained cirrhosis liver and liver cancer," said Dr S.K. Sarin from New Delhi. The NAFLD is a major problem in our country similar to that in the West because of increasing diabetes and obesity, sedentary lifestyle and faulty eating habits. This disease usually occurs in obese patients, but can occur even in thin individuals. The disease occurs in non-alcoholics, but resembles alcohol-related liver disease in most aspects, he added. Prof G. Choudhari from Lucknow says in the initial stages the disease is often asymptomatic and comes to attention incidentally while the patient is being examined for other disease, or has malaise, fatigability, upper abdominal discomfort or during executive check-up. The NAFLD could be treated with lifestyle interventions like regular exercise, healthy diet, weight reduction and control of risk factors such as diabetic mellitus, hypertension and lipid abnormalities. Various drugs are now being tried at various levels of pathogenesis in this disease. The disease should be recognised and treated at an early stage before it progresses to severe liver disease like cirrhosis and liver cancer, they advised. Topics, including autoimmune hepatitis, viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, liver disease in pregnancy, hepatic failure, liver cancer and liver transplantation, were also discussed.
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Doctors prescribe medical tourism
Chandigarh, December 17 The seminar focused on promoting the tricity as the epicenter of medical tourism. The emphasis was on the potential medical tourism offered to improve healthcare, besides earning valuable foreign exchange. Dr R. Kumar, Medical Tourism Adviser, cited an example of Thailand's Bumrungrad hospital that has been earning $ 10 billion per year from medical tourism. Dr V.K. Kak, a former Principal-Director of the GMCH, said, "India is home to best surgical practices in the field of neurosurgery." Dr S.K. Sharma, an eminent urology surgeon, said world-class surgery on kidneys and the urinary system was being done in his hospital. Mr Shastri Ramachandran, Associate Editor, The Tribune, said medical tourism would help improve healthcare. Dr Raj Bahadur, Additional Medical Superintendent, PGI, pointed out that the need for orthopaedic services was the greatest in context with medical
tourists. Dr K.M. Kapoor, a cosmetic surgeon at the Fortis hospital, said: "We can follow the example of Singapore, which is marketing its surgical services in different countries by setting up medical representative centres." Dr Rajeev Bedi, Head of Oncology Department at the same hospital, highlighted the advances made by the medical and surgical services in the field of cancer. Over 100 senior doctors from the government as well as private sectors attended the seminar. |
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Cancer treatment facilities upgraded
Chandigarh, December 17 Dr Jatin Sarin (Medical Oncology), Dr Rudra Prasad Achaarya (Fellow Surgical Oncology) and Dr Mudit Kumar (Surgical Gastroenterology) joined the hospital today. Dr Akhil Bhargava, Managing Director of the hospital, said a “tumour board” had been set up for providing treatment of all types of cancers.
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Iqbal is best all-rounder
Chandigarh, December 17 The event started with a welcome dance by girls from various classes. Thereafter, the school flag was unfurled by the chief guest, Mr Nek Chand. This was followed by the march past by contingents of the four houses — Einstein, Iqbal, Shakespeare and Tagore. Students of Classes IV and V gave a synchronised display of yoga. A health ballet 'Multi-Vitamin Capsule', lazium and fun races were the highlights of the function. After the oath-taking ceremony, the sports meet was declared open. Students from primary section to Class XII participated in various track and field events. The function came to an end with a lively bhangra performance.
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Arvind is Mr Mohali
Mohali, December 17 Sixtyfive body builders participated in various fitness events. Results Senior category: below 55 kg: Mohit Kumar 1, Rajiv 2 and Kishan 3; below 60 kg: Arvind 1, Sainder 2 and Sunny 3; below 65 kg: Mohan Lal 1, Rajinder 2 and Rakesh Gupta 3; below 70 kg: Ved Bal 1, Amanpreet 2 and Narinder Pal 3; below 80 kg: Amandeep 1, Manit Sharma 2 and Yogesh 3; below 85 kg: Mandeep 1, Manjeet 2 and Amarjeet 3; above 90 kg: Baljeet Singh 1. Junior category: below 55 kg: Mohit Kumar 1, Vicky Singh 2 and Kishan 3; below 60 kg: Arvind 1, Rajwant 2 and Jasbir 3; below 65 kg: Mohammad Mushtaq 1, Mohan Lal 2 and Sunny 3; below 70 kg: Ved Bal 1, Shingara Singh 2 and Amanpreet Singh 3; above 75 kg: Amandeep 1, Manpreet 2 and Gurcharan Singh 3.
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Cricket title for Airtel
Mohali, December 17 Airtel won the toss and chose to field first. Dell team made 139 runs in 31 overs. The leading run scorers were Vikas 49, Brijesh Sanghi 24 and Karan Verma 15 Leading wicket takers from Airtel were Hartaj 4 for 15, Kanav Verma 3 for 25. The Airtel squad reached the target in 20 overs only and made 143 runs at the loss of 3 wickets only. Vinay Bhardwaj made an unbeaten 61 runs, Parvesh Sharma and Kanav Verma made 37 and 23 runs (n.o.). Ankur Bhanot took one wicket for 18 and Ankush claimed one wicket for 25 runs. Kanav Verma (Airtel) was declared man of the match. The chief guest , Mr Rajiv Bali of Mount Shivalik Breweries, gave away the trophies to the winning team. |
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Ankur beats Chetan,
reaches semis
Panchkula, December 17 Ankur hit the breaks of 41, 42 and 37 in three sets. In the first frame, Chetan came back after trailing by 31 points but missed the pink ball. Ankur potted the ball and won the frame. He dominated the next two frames too. Meanwhile, Amit Ahuja won a closely contested match against Aman (3-2) but lost to Abhishek (1-3) in the next tie. Results: Amit Ahuja b Aman 3-2, Ankur Nanda b Varun Setia 3-1, Chetan Chhabra b Chirag 3-1, Anand Sharma b Ravi Sharma 3-0, Abhishek b Amit Ahuja 3-1. |
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Connect beat Spice by 136 runs
Panchkula, December 17 Connect won the toss and elected to bat first and set a huge target of 201 runs before the Spice team. The Spice team, however, was bowled out for 65 runs in 19.4 overs. Brief score: Connect 201 for 6 in 25 overs; Spice 65 all out in 19.4.
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