{"id":23039,"date":"2017-08-02T15:44:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T14:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=23039"},"modified":"2017-08-02T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T15:56:29","slug":"nakuul-mehta-star-tv-actor-supports-public-health-englands-clear-cancer-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/02\/nakuul-mehta-star-tv-actor-supports-public-health-englands-clear-cancer-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakuul Mehta, Star TV actor supports Public Health England\u2019s Be Clear on Cancer Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nakuul Mehta, Star TV actor supports Public Health England\u2019s Be Clear on Cancer Campaign <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nakuul Mehta, Star TV Actor supports Public Health England\u2019s (PHE) national \u2018Be Clear on Cancer\u2019 awareness campaign which prompts people with symptoms of some of the leading causes of death in England to see their doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Lung cancer, heart disease and lung disease cause more than 150,000 deaths in England each year. Early diagnosis can save lives and improve the quality of life of those living with conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a common form of lung disease that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nakuul Mehta, <\/strong>STAR TV Actor, comments: \u201cKnowing the signs of these diseases is important for our community.\u00a0If you get out of breath doing everyday tasks you used to be able to do or you\u2019ve had a persistent cough for 3 weeks or more, it could be a sign of lung disease, heart disease, or even cancer.\u00a0Finding it early makes it more treatable and could save your life. So don\u2019t ignore it, I urge you to please tell your doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is prompting anyone with these symptoms to see their GP and also calls on people to look out for each other and encourage friends and family to act.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Nakuul Mehta\u2019s films on persistent cough and breathlessness here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TUZ9KC7nKYg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Nxt6IMx4aQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nakuul Mehta, Star TV actor supports Public Health England\u2019s Be Clear on Cancer Campaign Nakuul Mehta, Star TV Actor supports Public Health England\u2019s (PHE) national \u2018Be Clear on Cancer\u2019 awareness campaign which prompts people with symptoms of some of the leading causes of death in England to see their doctor. Lung cancer, heart disease and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}