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UK is urged to follow Scottish lead and ban children from sunbeds
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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The new law, which will see under-18s prevented from using sunbeds, comes into force in Scotland tomorrow...Sunbed operators will be required to provide users with information about the health risks of sunbed use. Salons in Scotland will face a fine if...
Tags: Cancer Research UK, Scotland, skin cancer, ban children, United Kingdom, Liverpool, Health Medical Pharma, Sun tanning, Tanning bed, Cancer research, Cancer, Melanoma
Dramatic variations in cancer survival rates shock charities
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility The country's biggest cancer charity has expressed shock at government figures revealing huge variations in patients' chances of surviving from one area of the UK to another. The biggest survival gap was in lung cancer, where Department of Health figures...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Cancer, Health Medical Pharma, Breast cancer, Lung cancer, Mammography, Pathology, Cervical cancer, Colorectal cancer, Medical terms, Oncology, Stomach cancer, Survival rate, Medical tests, Gastrointestinal cancer
Magnetic discs could kill cancer
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility Laboratory tests found the so-called "nanodiscs", around 60 billionths of a metre thick, could be used to disrupt the membranes of cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct. The discs are made from an iron-nickel alloy, which move when subjected to...
Tags: cancer cells, United Kingdom, London, Health Medical Pharma, Pathology, Immunology, Oncology, Occupational safety and health, Entertainment Culture, Cancer
Early intervention helps autistic toddlers, study says
Toronto :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Autistic children as young as 12 months can benefit from an early intervention program, suggests new research. Certain groups of foreign-trained workers, including nurses and engineers, will know within a year of applying for certification whether their...
Tags: Ontario Health Insurance Plan, cancer drug, cancer patient, Avastin, expanding access, colorectal cancer, Canada, Toronto, Health Medical Pharma, Bevacizumab, Cancer, Politics, Monoclonal antibodies, Ombudsman, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Health Canada, Business Finance, Swine influenza, flu pandemic, Clinical trial, Health care, Pandemics
Patients die prematurely because they lack access to radiotherapy
Melbourne :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility There is already a successful treatment for cancer, but in this state all who need it cannot get it, writes Michael Barton. Radiotherapy is an essential cancer treatment needed by half of all cancer patients, according to national benchmarks, yet in...
Tags: cancer patient, Michael Barton, University of NSW, cancer treatment, NSW Health, Australia, Melbourne, Health Medical Pharma, Radiation oncology, Radiation therapy, Cancer treatments, Medical physics, Proton therapy, Oncology, Cancer, Radiobiology
Nashville hospitals, women shun new mammogram guidelines
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Nine years later, after several mammograms, the doctor saw dots on her mammography image. A biopsy showed cancer. Under newly proposed guidelines for mammograms that say women should wait until age 50 to get their first one, Cargen, now 53, probably...
Tags: Nashville, Mammography, Oncology, Cancer, Health Medical Pharma, Medical imaging, Breast cancer, Breast, Social Issues, Colorectal cancer, Risk factors of breast cancer, Breast self-examination, Medical tests, Papillomavirus
A house, a hope …
Catlin :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility But, in Catlin, cooperating residents have decided it takes a village to raze — and rebuild — a friend’s deteriorating home. Friends and church members had watched as Linda Grinestaff dealt with blow after blow in the last two years — fighting to fix...
Tags: Linda Grinestaff, Catlin, Siding, Termite, Cancer, Insects
Special shorts sit well with cancer, HIV patients
Orange :: NH :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility An Irvine company has introduced specially padded shorts to help cancer and HIV-positive patients sit more comfortably...He experiences significant pain when sitting because of lipoatrophy, a wasting away of body fat and muscle so he developed shorts...
Tags: sitrelief shorts, Joann Reina, Terry Delonas, Orange, Health Medical Pharma, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, HIV/AIDS, Methadone, AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Shorts, HIV, Human Interest, Cancer
New Zealand scientists find anti-cancer drug
Wellington :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility Two New Zealand scientists have discovered a new class of anti-cancer medicines that kill tumors without the side effects of traditional therapies, China's Xinhua news agency said citing a local media report Saturday. Medicinal chemist Jeffrey Smaill...
Tags: cancers drug, zealand scientists, New Zealand, Wellington, Health Medical Pharma, Oxygen, Cancer treatments, Tumor hypoxia, Cancer stem cell, Chemotherapy, Oncology, Prodrug, Cancer
Physicians challenge recommendations telling women to delay mammograms
Portland :: TX :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility After years of being told to suffer through the vice-like grip of a yearly mammogram starting at age 40, women are now hearing the breast cancer-detecting test can be put off until they’re 50...Preventative Services Task Force issued Monday, Nov. 16,...
Tags: breast cancer, task force, Dr. Nicholas Calley, Dr. Nathalie Johnson, false positives, yearly mammogram, Portland, Health Medical Pharma, Breast cancer screening, Mammography, Breast, Medical imaging, Oncology, Cancer
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