Although betel-nut chewers spit out its juice ... forms of cancer among males in the country has been identified as oral cancer, occurring at a rate of 30 out of 100,000. Such males also have ...

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are addicted to a tropical palm-tree seed that provides a caffeine-like buzz—yet many users don’t know it puts them at grave risk for cancer. Oral cancers ...

The Ministry of Health and Welfare has proposed a draft betel nut hazard prevention act (檳榔健康危害防制法), which would list venues ...

In Papua New Guinea, the popularity of the psychoactive betel nut is on the rise. With mouth cancer rates soaring, the nation is struggling to control its growing addiction. Once reserved for ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s health ministry announced a draft of the "Betel Nut Health Hazard Prevention Act," which ...

pointed to lifestyle factors such as betel nut chewing and gutka addiction as key culprits. “Oral cancer often starts as ulcer or loose teeth near the gingivobuccal sulcus, but many patients don ...

India accounted for 83,400 of the 120,200 oral cancer cases in the world in 2022, according to the study. Betel nut ...

The National Health Survey 2023 reveals that areca nut consumption among Bhutanese aged 15 to 69 rose to nearly 60 per cent ...

Wrapped inside a betel leaf and ... brought on by Areca nut, a substance mixed with the tobacco. SMF produces a hardening of the mouth lining which can develop into oral cancer.

Betel nut, also known as areca nut, works as a mild stimulant and is known to cause oral cancer. About 600,000 people used betel nut in Taiwan in 2019.

The median age of the cancer patients was 58, while the standardized mortality rate was 16.5 people per 100,000, it said. Smoking and betel nut chewing are officially recognized as factors that ...

The areca nut market is anticipated to increase from US$ 867.4 million in 2023 to US$ 1,851.6 million in 2033. According to ...