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Cancer

5:34 AM | Posted by Unknown | | Edit Post

Cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the human body organs. It is the oldest form of non communicable disease since Hippocrates which is the major cause of death in the world. There are 100 varieties of cancers found in the world whose symptom varies from the types of cancer. Cancer are in the forms of breast cancer, colon cancer, lungs cancer, thyroid cancer, cervical cancer, skin cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer and many more cancers.
Cancer is one of the most leading causes of death in the world which have tremendous effects in the family, society and countries. In the world, one out of two men and one out of three women are suffering from various types of cancer. The female cancers are breast, cervical, intestine, stomach and lungs. Male cancers are mouth, lungs, prostate, alimentary, lever and stomach. There has not been the study of exact cause of cancer but many researchers have found that nutrition, taking of tobacco, occupational exposure, infections, environmental causes and other causes contribute to cancer. Hepatitis B causes cancer of the liver and human papiloma virus (HPV) causes cervical cancer. Many women in the world suffer from breast cancers as the cell of the breast starts growing abnormally and have to lose the organ. If not treated in time, they have to die untimely. The intake of unhygienic food and non nutritious foods do not provide energy in the body and cannot increase immunity power. It brings various diseases including cancer. People working in coal mines, large scaled industries have to suffer from lungs cancer as they are exposed to various harmful gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, hydro carbon, sulfur dioxide and many more gases. Due to industrialization and urbanization in developed and developing countries, the risk of cancer is increasing high. The risk factor of cancer is smoking of tobacco which contains nicotine causing lungs and mouth cancer. Most of the people of the world smoke as it is the fashion in the modern era. More use of x-rays and ultra violet rays cause cancer. Cancer patient may experience loss of weight, blood loss through vagina, tenderness in some parts of the body like breast, regular hard coughs and regular diarrhea. Cancers can be prevented in some extent by creating healthy behaviors like use of hygienic foods, avoiding tobacco, alcohol, doing physical exercises, doing self mammary gland test, Pap smear and many more. Cancer can be treated in early stages by chemo therapy, gene therapy, radiations, immune therapy and various modern scientific measures. Vaccines are also the ultimate preventive measures for cancer. Example, vaccination for human papillomavirus causing cervical cancer and hepatitis B vaccination for hepatitis B virus which cause liver cancer.
Cancer is said to be incurable diseases but it's a very wrong concept because cancer can be treated if screening is done in time. However, the proper implementations of screening process have not been achieved in developing countries and it is very costly. Cancer is a silent killer disease in which many people die each year causing cancer. Cancer can be controlled but cannot be eradicated from the root.

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Food Adulteration Affecting Human Health

7:23 AM | Posted by Unknown | | Edit Post

Food adulteration is the process of mixing other non nutritious materials, decomposed foods, mislabeling which decreases the quality of the food products and adversely affects the human health. It is popular all over the world and practices may vary from one country to another country. Though it is not a healthy practice, many industries have less quality food productions in order to earn more profits. It may be both intentional and accidental.

In many countries, there is the trend of mislabeling of the packed foods which have less in quality. The consumers have to be cheated in great number and many times in life by paying lots of money for quality less foods. Dusts, sand, tiny stones, straw and other raw material are used to earn profit which degrades the quality of food. Tiny dust of bricks are mostly used in chili powder, water in milk where fats are already taken out, hydrogenated vegetable oil added with animal fats, small stones in pulses, rice and black pepper is mixed with papaya seeds. Some adulterants like stones, dried straw pieces and iron pieces can be visually removed but non visual material like dusts, brick powder are difficult to remove. These all are the cheating process for the costumers. The packed and cooked foods are prepared under unhygienic and unsanitary places like near toilet and bathrooms in which foods are contaminated by flies, bacteria and other harmful insects. It brings the health problems like insomnia, vomiting, dizziness, less appetite, poor vision, stomach disorder, liver problem, dysentery, abortion, anemia, cancer, jaundice, paralysis and other neurological health problems where all the people need to be healthy. With increase in rapid population growth, food adulteration process is also increasing in rapid pace because of high demand of the food. In most of the cases, wild mushrooms and some types of sea fishes are very poisonous which may cause death are also being sold in the market. So, consumers themselves should be cleaver and have to notice and read correctly before purchasing any food items. They should check properly as the containers packed foods are rusted or not. Meat and milk are also sold which are from diseased and dead animals. In such cases, they should not buy. Some people preserve their agricultural productions like maize, wheat by the use of chemicals like pesticides to earn money. This practice is not good and it may lead to death as it is highly poisonous to consume.

Food adulteration as a social problem is increasing day by day in the world. Though there have been made strict rules and law by different global organizations, it have not been properly implemented in a systematic way. The appropriate way of inspections in food quality in food industries should be organized which helps to minimize the food adulteration process. Food consumers should be given information about the food adulteration and to be aware as they have consumer rights to complain and judge. There should be made the appropriate provision of license for foods sale. So, human health problem can also be minimized slowly.

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