Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) or Sudden Death has been in the news recently as there have been few shocking incidents in the football field. Let's see what are the danger signs of this sudden cardiac death. 

Statistical surveys conducted by the renowned Imperial College and Harvard Universities of London have come up with the fact that the number of people who are falling victims to Diabetes have doubled recently. They have revealed that diabetic patients have increased from 15.30crores to 34.70crores which is really alarming.

“Cigarette smoking is injurious to health’. The latest that we learn about tobacco smoking is that it is not only injurious to the smoker, but also to the bystander, or someone who is exposed to the smoke. The greater the exposure, the greater is the magnitude of damage.

A study conducted on over 1500 teens in the US, suggested that 40% of those who were not direct smokers but were in company of tobacco smokers had detected hearing impairment.

• Pancreas is an organ in the abdomen that lies horizontally behind the lower part of the stomach. 
• Pancreas secretes enzymes that help digestion
• Pancreas secretes hormones that help in regulating the metabolism of sugar. 
• Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of the pancreas. 
• Pancreatic cancer spreads rapidly and it is rarely detected in early stages. 
• Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis even when it is diagnosed in early stages. Surgical removal is also not possible.