Cancer Tsunami to hit India Unless We Change our LIfestyle - Docs in Health Awareness Classes

The country is going to face the threat to be hit by a Cancer wave in the next few years unless we change our lifestyle, cautioned the doctors in the Employees' Awareness Program.

The three-day Lifestyle Disorders and Diseases entered the second day on Sunday at Mahati Auditorium in Tirupati. During the session, the experts called on the employees to shift to healthy lifestyle habits to protect themselves from Cancerous diseases.

The second-day first session began with ''Prevention & Management of Life Style Disorders through Ayurveda'', Dr. Renu Dixit, Medical Superintendent

S.V. Ayurvedic Hospital of TTD. She explained elaborately how to overcome obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiac-related ailments with the available home remedies and by consuming the proper ayurvedic products.

She also stressed on the importance of integrated medicine wherein a patient can take ayur products while undergoing allopathic treatment to prevent the further spread of disease. She also explained the importance of readily available plants like Nalleru, aloe vera, amla, Arka, jilledu, etc.

The doctor also said the TTD Ayurvedic Pharmacy Centre will soon bring out 314 products, approved by the Ministry of AYUSH into the fore for healthy living.

Later Dr. Subashini, an expert in CPR, clearly taught the importance and how to perform Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation when the need arises by setting a mock display on the stage. She said the awareness of CPR is a must for everyone as most of them are succumbing to not receiving CPR on time.

In the last session of the day, Prof. Dr. Rani Sada Siva Murthy, Vice Chancellor of TTD-run SV Vedic University took a session on the Herbal and mantra basic health techniques for general ailments from the Vedic scriptures.

Director SVETA Smt Prasanthi, over 1500 male employees including Senior officers of TTD were present.