Patients with rare cancers given hope by UK-led ‘drug-match’ trial Tumours reduce with treatment licensed for more common cancers The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023
Arsenal’s Jen Beattie: ‘The way the club stepped up and heard us was unreal’ The Arsenal and Scotland player answers your questions about the fixture schedule, veganism, her cancer treatment and Strictly The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023
Take Nutrition Studies With a Grain of Salt The epidemiology of food and drink is a mess. Reason · Oct 14, 2023
Deprivation causes extra 33,000 UK cancer cases each year, analysis finds Exclusive: Cancer Research UK says toll could be avoided if government tackled health inequalities The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023
‘Medical camps on cancer detection can help spread awareness on the disease’ LIC's Senior Manager, Ramalingeswara Rao, praised Open Heart Social Organisation & Charitable Trust for their service activities & organising a cancer detection camp. 110 men & 155 women underwent tests. Dr. P. Nagamani explained cancer is a genetic disease caused by changes in genes. Most genetic changes are harmless, but… The Hindu · Oct 14, 2023
A college dean working on a cure for cancer was killed while hiking. Her former students say her legacy is bigger than her death Honoree Fleming was found dead on a rail trail about a mile from campus The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
Black and Brown breast cancer survivors spread message of advocacy: ‘Keep that appointment’ The Lurie Cancer Center Hispanic Breast Cancer Clinic and support groups, including Sisters Working It Out, offer patients of color health care access, community and hope. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2023
How a former Virginia offensive lineman is spreading male breast cancer awareness through his own fight Zac Yarbrough is committed to sharing his experience with the disease and raising awareness. USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 13, 2023
Texas Wants to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns TCEQ is proposing to quietly adopt its 17-year-old cancer standard that leading scientists and public health officials call inadequate. Texas Observer · Oct 13, 2023
AI-based lung cancer screening in 19 district hospitals in Karnataka to benefit over 1.4 lakh patients The screening technology that will be first deployed in K.C. General Hospital in Bengaluru is set to benefit 1.4 lakh patients annually. The Hindu · Oct 13, 2023
Skin cancer: more people die from types that aren't melanoma – surprise new finding If you mention skin cancer, most people think of melanoma – the deadliest skin cancer. The other ones are pretty benign, right? The Conversation · Oct 13, 2023
Texas quietly moves to formalize acceptable cancer risk from industrial air pollution. Public health officials say it’s not strict enough. Without public hearings, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is proposing to adopt its 17-year-old standard that scientists and public health officials say fails to account for cumulative air pollution. The Texas Tribune · Oct 13, 2023
The UK’s first dedicated male breast cancer organisation has launched – here’s why it matters Despite around 400 cases of male breast cancer being diagnosed every year, awareness is generally low. The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
Who is Steve Scalise? The man who gave up the GOP House Speaker nomination After almost a decade as GOP whip and nine months as majority leader, Scalise battles concerns about his health following 2017 shooting and blood cancer diagnosis as he attempts to become Speaker of the House The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023 Why October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - and why we wear pink ribbons Breast Cancer Awareness Month dates back to 1985
The Conversation · Oct 12, 2023 Detangling the roots and health risks of hair relaxers In this reflective and personal episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, Prof. Cheryl Thompson of Toronto Metropolitan University and author of Beauty in a Box untangles the wending history of hair relaxers for Black women — and the health risks now linked to them.
Zenger · Oct 12, 2023 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene To Oppose GOP House Speaker Nominee Over Health Concerns Greene cites House Majority Leader Steve Scalise's battle with cancer as reason for her dissent.
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023 MRI changes could speed-up prostate cancer diagnosis If their study is successful, researchers are hopeful they could ‘change clinical practice’ by making the scans less invasive and cheaper.
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023 What the latest NHS performance figures show Some 8,998 people had waited more than 18 months to start treatment at the end of August, up from 7,289 at the end of July.
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023 EU orders biotech giant Illumina to unwind $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail The European Union is ordering U.S. biotech giant Illumina to undo its $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail because it closed the deal without approval of regulators
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 12, 2023 Dear Abby: Husband asks me to care for his ill parents He’d like to sell the current home and move in with them, but he has a full-time job, so his wife would have most of the responsibility for his mom with Alzheimer’s and his father with stage-4 cancer.
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023 Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t back Scalise as speaker – but insists it’s for his own good Steve Scalise was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in August
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023 Amy Dowden couldn’t look in the mirror’ when she started losing hair following cancer treatment Professional dancer said she hopes to ‘raise awarness and give others confidence [that] #baldisbeautful’
Fortune · Oct 12, 2023 Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wants to tap 'Chinese science' as the drug company looks for a new target after COVID Bourla hopes to bring the same speed in developing a COVID vaccine to discovering new cancer treatments.
Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2023 Craig Shakespeare: Former Leicester City manager diagnosed with cancer English football rallies in support of the ex-England coach, who is receiving ongoing treatment