In 2016, Geetha Manjunath had a terrific career heading the Data Analytics Research Laboratory in Xerox Research Centre India (XRCI). And then, one phone call changed her life. Her cousin, all of 42, had been diagnosed with breast cancer. As the diagnosis was done very late, she didn’t survive. “I was devastated,” she recalls. Working…
Most of us think of a hernia as a visible bulge in the abdomen. This is certainly true, but there are other symptoms of a hernia that can present as something entirely different. Be cautious, and don’t ignore them or self-diagnose thinking your symptoms are insignificant. Some untreated hernias can be quite dangerous. Let’s look…
When Sarala (name changed) was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019, the 50-year-old’s world came crashing down. It was a chance checkup at a hospital that led to the diagnosis. As she made up her mind to fight the disease, what she wasn’t prepared for was the hair loss from chemotherapy. “While I was mentally…
Men can get breast cancer too, but they account for less than 1% of all breast cancer cases. Among women, breast cancer is the most second most common cancer diagnosed, after skin cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths, after lung cancer. On average, 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in…
Dr Narendra Chopde, a leading colorectal surgeon and laparoscopic surgeon in Pune who recommends laser surgery for fistula. Laser Surgery for fistula is the most recent treatment option in treating fistula with the best possible outcomes. Moreover, it is a day procedure, and the patient is discharged on the same day. In this procedure, laser energy is…
A cancer diagnosis is a life-changing event, and for Babar Shaikh and Zahra Khan, it was no different. Earlier this year, Zahra was diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma, “a highly malignant breast cancer which was fast growing”. In a viral LinkedIn post, Babar shared his wife’s breast cancer journey and the lessons they…