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Doctor: Stop the smoking, drinking 

Change lifestyle for longer life
Jump to full article: Trinidad Express (tt), 2007-11-26
Author: Driselle Ramjohn

Intro:

ABOUT 95 per cent of patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer locally were smokers, Dr Wendell Dwarika said yesterday.

He was speaking to the Express at the fifth Annual Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) workshop at the Normandie Hotel, St Ann's.

Dwarika, president of the ENT Society, was the organiser of the course, which was geared towards educating general practitioners about medical conditions affecting their patients.

Thirty-one doctors from across the country attended the workshop yesterday morning

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