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Jab could ward off cancer if women test positive after smear test

Results showed that the risk of recurrence of “high-grade preinvasive disease” was reduced by 57% in individuals who were vaccinated

Wales Online · Aug 4, 2022

Children as young as 7 to be taught about 5 types of gynaecological cancer

Lessons will also cover smear tests, HPV and female genital mutilation

Wales Online · Aug 4, 2022

Sutapa Sikdar opens up about losing Irrfan Khan; says she had forgotten how to live without him

In what can be rightly termed as one of the biggest losses of the Indian film industry, we lost Irrfan Khan in 2020. The actor went to his heavenly abode after a long battle with cancer.

The Times of India · Aug 4, 2022

Recap Of Wednesday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review MediWound’s (NASDAQ:MDWD) recently re-submitted Biologics License Application (BLA) for its lead asset NexoBrid for eschar removal (debridement) in adults with deep partial-thickness and/or full-thickness thermal burns. MediWound shares traded in a range of $1.6 to $1.76 on a day…

Benzinga · Aug 3, 2022

The varieties of climate-driven medical risk

When natural disasters force people to pack a bag and flee to safety, important items are often forgotten. Following California's 2007 wildfire season, estimates were that for every household at least one person left behind prescription medication during evacuation. Likewise, when Hurricane Harvey threatened to flood my own mother's Texas…

Bangkok Post · Aug 3, 2022

Physician heal thyself? After 4 years of treatment for stage 4 cancer I just wanted some encouraging words from my oncologist

My oncologist has one of those little motivational prints hanging on his waiting room wall, with the simple statement, “Trust Your Instincts”. One day, bored with the long purgatory of the waiting room, I tweet this news to the world with the observation: “If I trusted my instincts, I’d run…

The Conversation · Aug 3, 2022

World-first breast implant trial in Australia aims to provide safer alternative to silicone

Brisbane surgeons perform a world-first procedure, replacing silicone implants with a bioresorbable scaffold, and hope the technology will eventually be able to provide a more organic alternative for patients looking for breast augmentation or even reconstruction.

ABC News · Aug 3, 2022

Ashley Cain finishes first of five marathons in aid of childhood cancer charity

Cain’s daughter Azaylia died of leukaemia last April aged eight months.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022

Family of Dublin man with cancer worried over 'disgusting' sewage outside front door of flat

Pat Byrne explained that her brother Thomas, 67, has lost his tongue through cancer and he is this week having an urgent operation that could leave him highly susceptible to getting infection

Dublin Live · Aug 3, 2022

Modified Cell Immune Response Key To Defeating Lymphoma, Leukemia

Scientifically-altered T cells, which produce the body’s immune response, may be a key to defeating leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, say authors of a new study.

Zenger · Aug 3, 2022