NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES: A RISING PROBLEM

Iftikhar Ahmad

Abstract


Non-communicable diseases (NCDS) have risen to become a major menace to health worldwide. NCDs include cardiovascular, nervous, renal, mental, chronic lung diseases, permanent results of accidents, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, obesity, senility and blindness etc.

Keywords


Noncommunicable Diseases; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes Mellitus; Obesity; Arthritis; Chronic Disease; Risk Factors; Life Style; Premature Mortality.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46903/gjms/18.01.2131

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