The health ministry’s program for early diagnosis of non-communicable diseases has brought great achievements, especially regarding cancers.

Cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and mental health diseases are the five main categories of non-communicable diseases, ISNA quoted Kourosh Etemad, a health ministry official as saying.

Smoking, alcohol consumption, low physical activity, unhealthy food, and air pollutants are the main risk factors for these diseases, he added.

Early screening of non-communicable diseases and control of risk factors are the two ways to deal with the diseases, the official noted.