Tag: cancer

  • Sidhu’s wife served 850 crore notice over cancer cure claim

    Sidhu’s wife served 850 crore notice over cancer cure claim

     

     Former cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur is facing serious legal trouble after her husband claimed she cured her stage four cancer using diet alone.  

     

     The Chhatisgarh Civil Society sent the legal notice demanding a staggering INR 850 crore, accusing the couple of making misleading health claims.

     

     

     The controversy began when Sidhu said during a press conference on November 23 that his wife, once given only a five percent chance of survival by doctors, became cancer-free in just 40 days by switching to a strict, specialized diet. Sidhu also claimed that he cured his own fatty liver disease following the same nutritional regimen.

     

    According to the legal notice, Sidhu’s claims could potentially mislead cancer patients into abandoning conventional treatments, risking their lives in the process. The notice demands that the couple provide scientific proof to back their extraordinary health claims or face the ₹850 crore penalty for endangering public health.

     

    The notice further warned that spreading such as “false information” could create a negative perception of allopathic treatments, which are widely accepted as standard care for cancer.

     

    The civil society group has given Sidhu’s wife seven days to respond to the accusations or face legal consequences.

     

    Earlier, on 22 November 2024, in a press conference, Sidhu shared his belief that a combination of diet and lifestyle changes played a crucial role in his wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu’s recovery.

     

    His wife was diagnosed with stage-4 cancer, which had metastasized to the skin. He credited her recovery to a special regimen that involved cutting out sugar, rice, flour, and tea while incorporating various herbs and natural remedies.

     

    “I did not make any arrangements on my side. After researching Ayurveda, American doctors, and research in India, I read for 10 hours and came to the common denominator: cut sugar,” he revealed.

     

    Sidhu explained the simple routine he followed, which he believes helped his wife recover.

     

    “The first thing she used to have in the morning was lemon water with raw turmeric, garlic, and an apple. Half an hour later, she had neem leaves. This costs no money. Seriously, I want to tell everyone that this worked for her in 40 days, even at stage four cancer,” he detailed.

     

    Proudly sharing the outcome of his wife’s treatment, he said, “Her doctors were shocked when she underwent an operation because the cancer cells were gone. After 45 to 50 days post-operation, there were no cancer cells left.”

     

    Sidhu also claimed that he achieved this result despite being in the later stages of cancer, attributing his success to the natural and Ayurvedic treatments he followed.

  • Hina Khan shares moving photo of chemo’s affect on her body

    Hina Khan shares moving photo of chemo’s affect on her body

    Fighting cancer is tough, with chemo and radiotherapy sessions, weakness, lack of appetite and other side effects.

    Indian actress Hina Khan is bravely sharing the harsh realities of her battle with stage three breast cancer.

    She was diagnosed in June 2023 and has been undergoing treatment since then.

    On Instagram, Hina Khan shared various pictures of herself and said that the chemotherapy is just about to enter the final stages.

    She shared photos of her eyes with an emotional note: “Do you want to know what is giving me courage and strength in this difficult time? From that one eyelash that was once part of my eyelashes, a powerful and beautiful brigade enhancing the beauty of my eyes.”

    She described the last remaining eyelash as brave and a warrior during this grueling treatment and wrote, “I’m nearing my last cycle of chemotherapy. This one eyelash is my source of courage. It’s with me.” is fighting this disease, we are seeing all this and will continue to see it, God willing.

    Hina Khan further said that she has not used fake eyelashes since a decade, but now she has to do it for shoots.

  • Diabetes drugs like Ozempic lower cancer risks: study

    Diabetes drugs like Ozempic lower cancer risks: study

    A class of diabetes medications, which include the best-selling drug Ozempic, are associated with a reduced risk of certain obesity-related cancers, according to a study released Friday.

    Published in the journal JAMA, the study compared patients with Type 2 diabetes who were treated with insulin versus patients who were given a class of drug known as GLP-1 agonists, like Ozempic, between 2005 and 2018.

    The researchers found that the patients who received GLP-1 agonists had a significantly lower risk of developing 10 out of 13 cancers studied, including kidney, pancreatic, esophageal, ovarian, liver and colorectal cancer.

    Among the cancers which saw no significant change in risk were thyroid cancer and breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

    “Obesity is well known to be associated with at least 13 cancer types,” study author Rong Xu said in an email to AFP.

    “Our study provides evidence that GLP-1RAs hold promise in breaking the link between obesity and cancer,” Xu said.

    Among the drugs studied were semaglutide — commercially sold as Ozempic — as well as liraglutide and others. Ozempic was approved in the United States in 2017.

    GLP-1 agonists have been around for about 20 years, but a new generation of these drugs, among them Ozempic, has been popularized for their more significant weight loss effects.

    Xu suggested that the protective benefits demonstrated in the study may encourage doctors to prescribe GLP-1 treatments for diabetes patients instead of other medicines like insulin.

  • Hajra Yamin opens up about battling Dengue fever and Hepatitis

    Hajra Yamin opens up about battling Dengue fever and Hepatitis

    Hajra Yamin, the talented theater and film actor, began her acting journey on stage. She has starred in popular Pakistani dramas like ‘Mohabbat Chor Di Maine’, ‘Jindo’, ‘Jalan’, but is also recognized for her outspoken views on various social issues.
    Recently, Hajra appeared on Nadia Khan’s latest Ramadan show on Green Entertainment where she talked about her experience of feeling helpless when she got sick with dengue fever.

    “Two years ago, I caught Dengue fever from a set, it was the second time I got infected. All my tests were coming back negative. A doctor gave me antibiotics, which caused hepatitis A. My liver got damaged. During Dengue fever, you can’t take antibiotics because they react badly. At that time, COVID was also at its peak. I was so sick, I was choking when I called the doctor, who immediately suggested I go to the emergency room. None of my friends helped me; strangers took me to the hospitals.”

    She also added, “Those who claim they are Sufi are the most fake people.”

  • Kate Middleton conspiracies linger after cancer revelation

    Kate Middleton conspiracies linger after cancer revelation

    Washington (AFP) – The revelation that Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer prompted a swift backlash over a torrent of lurid social media speculation around her health, including by those positing she was secretly dead. But the somber news has not stopped the seemingly endless churn of conspiracy theories.

    Kate Middleton, 42, received an outpouring of global sympathy after her video message on Friday revealed she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy, seeking to put an end to a maelstrom of unfounded claims circulated amid her monthslong absence from public life.

    The manipulation of a royal photograph the palace released to the media, as well as the British monarchy’s culture of secrecy, had fueled much of the online speculation.

    But the proliferation of evidence-free theories on social media –- including posts peppered with skull emojis claiming the princess was dead or in an induced coma — illustrates the new normal of information chaos in an age of artificial intelligence and misinformation that has warped public understanding of reality.

    The speculation took a serious turn last week when the British police were asked to probe a reported attempt to access her confidential medical records.

    “Kate has effectively been bullied into this statement,” writer Helen Lewis wrote in US magazine the Atlantic.

    “The alternative — a wildfire of gossip and conspiracy theories — was worse.”

    Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid also lashed out, asking: “How do all those vile online trolls feel now?”

    If social media posts are to be believed, they are not too sorry.

    ‘Cruel grifters’

    Many on X, formerly Twitter, and TikTok claimed Kate’s video message was an AI-enabled deepfake.

    Some users posted slowed down versions of the video to support the baseless claim that it was digitally manipulated, asking why nothing in the background — a leaf or blade of grass — moved.

    Others scrutinized her facial movements and speculated why a dimple, as seen in previous images, wasn’t visible.

    “Sorry House of Windsor, Kate Middleton (and) legacy media — I’m still not buying what you’re selling,” said one post on X.

    “Actually not sorry – you’ve all read ‘The Little Boy That Cried Wolf’ right?”

    And then there was misinformation about cancer itself, with posts falsely claiming that the disease was not fatal while comparing chemotherapy with “poison.”

    And how could anti-vaccine campaigners be left behind?

    Many of them jumped on the conspiracy bandwagon, baselessly linking Kate’s diagnosis to “turbo cancer,” a myth linked to Covid-19 vaccines that has been repeatedly debunked.

    “There is no evidence to support the ‘turbo cancer’ lie,” said Timothy Caulfield, a misinformation expert from the University of Alberta in Canada.

    Conspiracy theorists “are cruel grifters marketing fear (and) misinformation,” he added.

    ‘Seed of doubt’

    The proliferation of wild theories highlights how facts are increasingly under scrutiny on a misinformation-filled internet landscape, an issue exacerbated by public distrust of institutions and traditional media.

    The same distrust, researchers say, has tainted online conversations about serious issues, including elections, climate and health care.

    “People don’t trust what they are seeing and reading,” Karen Douglas, a professor of social psychology at the University of Kent, told AFP.

    “Once a seed of doubt has been sown, and people lose trust, conspiracy theories are able to gain traction.”

    The rumor mill surrounding Kate spiraled since she retreated from public life after attending a Christmas Day church service and undergoing abdominal surgery in January.

    Conspiracy theories exploded after the princess admitted to editing a Mother’s Day family portrait, a move that prompted news agencies including AFP to withdraw it.

    Conspiracy theorists went down a new rabbit hole when a subsequent video emerged showing Kate strolling in a market with her husband, baselessly asserting that she had been replaced by a body double.

    “When it comes to an institution as old and opaque as the royal family, public distrust creates an appetite for a lot of sleuthing,” Dannagal Young, from the University of Delaware, told AFP.

    Social media hashtags about the princess gained such virality that many users began using them to promote unrelated posts about topics that receive far less traction, including human rights abuses in India and the Middle East.

    What made the frenzy worse, researchers say, was a culture of royal secrecy and the seemingly botched PR strategy of the palace.

    “To be honest, the palace could have nipped the situation in the bud much earlier,” Douglas said.

  • Gaza cancer patients fear Israel move to force them back ‘to hell’

    Gaza cancer patients fear Israel move to force them back ‘to hell’

    JERUSALEM: In a small hotel near the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, where she received radiation therapy for breast cancer, Palestinian Rim Abu Obeida waits anxiously.

    She is among a group of Palestinian patients living in limbo while a top Israeli court weighs whether they can be sent back to war-torn Gaza now that their treatment is completed.

    Like dozens of Gazans before Israel began its intensive military operations after October 7, she was granted permission to leave the territory for care because hospitals in the Gaza Strip did not have the necessary equipment.

    “This week, we were suddenly told we had to return to Gaza. This is sending us to hell, to death!” Abu Obeida said.

    If she is forced to leave, she will not have much to return to — her house in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis has been destroyed in Israeli’s offensive.

    The roughly 20 patients from Gaza, most of them battling cancer, have been receiving treatment in Tel Aviv and East Jerusalem for the past six months.

    COGAT, the Israeli Defense Ministry body that governs civilian affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, said this week that because the patients “don’t need any continued medical treatment, they are being returned to the Gaza Strip.”

    But at the last minute, the Israeli Supreme Court, responding to a petition by the NGO Physicians for Human Rights, suspended COGAT’s order.

    The court is expected to rule on the case, though the timeline is unclear. The government has until April 21 to file its arguments.

    In the next room, along with Abu Obeida, Manal Abu Shaaban was busy stashing food into her bags.

    “I have rice, sugar, everything they are deprived of there. I hope they won’t stop me from bringing them in,” she said.
    Abu Shaaban, a breast cancer patient like Abu Obeida, said she was not opposed to returning.

    Still, she knew the security situation meant she would be unable to reach her home in Gaza City, in the besieged territory’s north.

    “I want to go back. But to my home, in my house! Not in Rafah, in the south, where they want us to go, I don’t know anyone there,” she said.

    Large swaths of the north have been flattened by Israeli bombardment, and a UN-backed assessment said the area faces famine by May unless substantially more aid reaches it.

    Meanwhile, in Gaza’s south, up to 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are crammed into Rafah and live under the threat of a full-scale Israeli ground offensive.

    Asked about the fate of the patients who face being returned to Gaza, Augusta Victoria Hospital director Fadi Mizyed paused for a few seconds.

    “I don’t know. They will go back in a war zone, they will be at risk, they will be living in catastrophic conditions,” he said.

    “The situation in Gaza is beyond description, with no guaranteed healthcare services that can do what is needed for any cancer patients.”

    “We said we don’t think it’s the right thing to do but at the end of the day it’s not our call,” he added.

  • Mahira Khan wants trolls to reflect in light of Kate Middleton’s cancer

    Mahira Khan wants trolls to reflect in light of Kate Middleton’s cancer

    The Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, shared on Friday evening that she is battling cancer and receiving chemotherapy. The announcement came after many rumors circulated on social media about her health and whereabouts. Kate, 42, had not been seen in public since Christmas. However, a video surfaced this week showing her with her husband, Prince William, walking near their Windsor home. This sparked discussions among celebrities, many of whom criticized the digital speculation surrounding Kate’s absence.

    Some famous people criticized the rumors and asked for kindness.
    Actress Mahira Khan took to social media to write, “I wonder how people feel when they sit and type crap about public personalities. When they spend days believing their own ridiculous conspiracy theories, talking smack and being mean. Life is the same for all. Painful and terrible at times. Be kinder than you feel. You have absolutely no idea what someone is dealing with.”

  • What is ‘preventive chemotherapy’ that Kate Middleton is getting?

    What is ‘preventive chemotherapy’ that Kate Middleton is getting?

    On Friday evening, Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, shocked the world with a video announcement that she has cancer. As absurd rumors about her having died or being murdered by her husband Prince William, took hold on social media, the future Queen of England broke her silence and made a rare public appearance.

    Sitting on a bench, composed and calm, the Princess said that doctors found cancer after her “successful” abdominal surgery. She said she’s receiving “the early stages” of preventive chemotherapy. She did not offer more details about what type of cancer she has been diagnosed with or what stage her disease is at.

    But there are clues in her message. Let’s look at exactly what is ‘preventive chemotherapy’.

    Preventive chemotherapy, or chemoprevention, is the use of a medicine or a supplement to prevent cancer from developing in high-risk patients.

    The chemo in this instance can be used in a healthy person to stop cancer from developing, in a person who has pre-cancerous or stage 0 cancer to stop the cells from becoming malignant, or in a person who already has one form of cancer to stop another cancer from developing.

    Chemoprevention is primarily used in three types of cancer: breast, prostate (in men) and colon. However, it is also used, albeit less often, in lung, skin and neck cancers.

    Preventive chemotherapy is mostly delivered via IV tube or pills, usually in outpatient procedures. The patient does not need to be admitted to hospital.

    We hope that Princess Kate is able to beat her disease quickly and easily. Here’s wishing her and her family the best of luck on their journey.

  • Princess Kate announces that she has cancer

    Princess Kate announces that she has cancer

    In a shocking turn of events, Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed on Friday, via a video message, that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the “early stages” of treatment.

    The announcement was described by the princess as a “huge shock”. It has been two months after she had stepped away from public life, following what Kensington Palace stated at the time was surgery for an abdominal condition.

    “In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous,” she said, laying to rest all rumours about her disappearance from public life.

    Apparently, the surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer was present. “My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of that treatment.”

    Kate explained that her diagnosis was “a huge shock” and that “William and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family.”

    The princess added, “As you can imagine, this has taken time. It has taken me time to recover from major surgery in order to start my treatment. But, most importantly, it has taken us time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is appropriate for them, and to reassure them that I am going to be ok.”

    Kate said that she had told them she is “well and getting stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me heal; in my mind, body and spirits.”

    She praised her husband, Prince William for being by her side as “a great source of comfort and reassurance” as well as the support she has received from the public.

    “We hope that you will understand that, as a family, we now need some time, space and privacy while I complete my treatment. My work has always brought me a deep sense of joy and I look forward to being back when I am able, but for now I must focus on making a full recovery,” she said.

    She ended her heartfelt message by saying that she was also keeping “all those whose lives have been affected by cancer” in her thoughts.

    “For everyone facing this disease, in whatever form, please do not lose faith or hope. You are not alone,” Kate concluded.

    Recently, King Charles has also been diagnosed for cancer and is also in chemotherapy.

  • Maya Ali inspired by children battling cancer

    Maya Ali inspired by children battling cancer

    Maya Ali is known for her amazing acting in TV shows and movies, but the actress is also a softie at heart.

    Besides acting, Maya Ali really loves cricket. Recently, she cheered for her favorite team, the Quetta Gladiators, at the National Stadium in Karachi during a PSL match. Maya is the brand ambassador for the Gladiators.
    But Maya Ali isn’t just passionate about acting and cricket. She also cares about helping others.

    She recently met children battling cancer at the stadium in Karachi. Moved by their bravery, she shared a video on social media. In the video, she said, “It was literally the happiest moment for me to see these little warriors happy, and battling cancer with a big smile on their faces. The strength they show is something we can all learn from. I have made new friends who taught me that no matter what, life is beautiful and we just have to count our blessings and be grateful. May ALLAH bless them all with good health, Ameen”