From the Editors: Renewed focus on screening and early detection of breast cancer

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From the Editors: Renewed focus on screening and early detection of breast cancer

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Published: November 02, 2020 12:12 Compiled by Devadasan KP, Picture Editor

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Stock Cancer pic — CANCER SCREENING AND INSURANCE COVERAGE: With Pink October having just passed and Movember here now, there is a renewed focus on screening and early detection of breast cancer and prostate cancer. While the importance of that cannot be underestimated, it is also worth looking at the need for such screenings to be covered by insurance as part of preventive care. Sadly, most insurance policies do not cover detection tests unless the patient presents with some symptoms. Many of these screenings are expensive and act as a deterrent for people to go in for them as regularly as recommended. To serve their purpose, they must necessarily be covered. [COMMENT BY: Sharmila Dhal, UAE Editor] Image Credit: Shutterstock

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OPN 201102 EDIT — NIGHTTIME CURFEW WILL EXACERBATE LEBANON’S WOES: A collapsing economy, an unchangeable sectarian political system, endless political corruption and mismangement have been a feature of Lebanese daily life for years. And COVID-19 has added the final nail in the coffin. With cases surging - 80,000 in a country of 5 million - Lebanon is lengthening a nationwide nighttime curfew and placing a number of towns under total lockdown. The priority of any government must be to ensure people’s health and safety; any move to counter this pandemic is to be welcomed. But the government’s utter failure to fix other causes of Lebanon’s decline will ensure the economic price Lebanese pay in this latest lockdown will be brutal. [COMMENT BY: Omar Shariff, International Editor] Image Credit: AFP

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