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New cancer test for smokers
The NHS are going to trial a new and simple blood test on smokers to detect lung cancer 5 years earlier than current tests. The test will be trailed in Scotland and could lead to the first national sc...An aspirin a day, keeps cancer away
According to Oxford University researchers, taking a quarter of an aspirin tablet per day for at least three years, can dramatically reduce the risk of developing cancer. The researchers also discover...HRT reduces cancer risk (yet another contradictory story?)
A new study published in The Lancet Oncology has identified that, in some women, the risk of breast cancer is reduced by more than a fifth, by being on a course of oestrogen-only HRT (hormone replacem...Patients given kidneys from cancer victim
The NHS has admitted negligence after two transplant patients received kidneys from a donor with an aggressive form of cancer. Just days after their operations at Royal Liverpool University hospital, ...Shedding pounds could cut the cost of your Life, Critical Illness and Income Protection insurance
We at The Life Dept want to raise awareness that your weight can dramatically affect how much you pay for your Life, Critical Illness and Income Protection Insurance, in fact in extreme circumstances ...Sugar should be controlled like alcohol
According to scientists from the University of California in San Diego, sugar is so harmful that it should be controlled in the same way as tobacco and alcohol. The scientists are blaming high-calorie...Patient told of cancer via telephone
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been forced to remind its medical staff not to tell patients by telephone that they have cancer. The warning comes following a complaint after an “inapp...Tomatoes to fight prostate cancer
According to new research, tomatoes could hold the cure to prostate cancer. Scientists have discovered that the nutrient, lycopene (found in cooked tomatoes), can slow the growth – and even kill...Patients dying of thirst and starvation
According to new figures released by the Office of National Statistics, 25 patients a week are dying hungry and thirsty. They reported that 155 patients died from dehydration, while 48 died of malnutr...Sausage and bacon link to pancreatic cancer
It’s Friday and loads of people in offices will be treating themselves to a bacon buttie. “Lovely jubbilee” as Del Boy used to say! Do you prefer it with tomato or brown sauce? ...
