| Opting for poor lifestyles, Mumbai lies low by impotence
Impotence is on the rise in Mumbai, ignited by the pressures of urban existence and poor lifestyle choices. Sanghamitra Bhowmik reports on the toll every mans nightmare is taking, and how those affected are coping Thirty-something Vinod and Nisha Sharma have everything going for them: well-paying jobs, a brand new home, friends to party with. But when night falls and the time arrives to get into bed, they are consumed by worry and despair. It has been months since the Sharmas have had sex. The reason: Vinod is battling impotence, or to be medically precise erectile dysfunction. It was over a year ago that Vinod heard the diagnosis. He was shocked. I thought impotence affected only old people, he says. I kept thinking, How could I get it? Vinod has plenty of company.
Our Diseased Democracy
Last week was a tough one for a couple of my friends. One of them was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had to have immediate surgery to remove the originating tumor, and she's now waiting to hear a recommended course of treatment dependent on the results of tests to determine the cancer's spread. As of today, her prognosis is reasonably good. In the most awful of coincidences, another friend was diagnosed with lung cancer just two days later. Her prognosis is less favorable. Though she's already commenced with chemotherapy treatments, surgery isn't an option because the cancer cells have already spread beyond her lungs and into her liver and her bones. It's an unreasonable but inevitable fact that most of us, on hearing such news, begin to question all sorts of perfectly benign symptoms we feel or see in our own bodies.
Puckett survives race against time
After being given just 18 months to live, Ernie Puckett of Naples won his battle against lung cancer. Now, he's ready to take on the NDN Half Marathon. By Dana Oppedisano (Contact) Thursday, January 18, 2007 The doctor told Ernie Puckett he was in great shape. .
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