Research; BMJ 13 October 2008.
By: Joakim Dillner, professor, Lund University, Medical Microbiology, University Hospital MAS, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden et al.
This joint analysis of studies across western Europe concludes that, for women with negative cytology and negative HPV testing, such combined screening every six years would be safe.
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Long term predictive values of cytology and human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer screening
Posted in INFECTIONS, RISKS, STD's, Science, Women's health, bmj, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Energy saving light bulbs can emit enough UV radiation to damage skin
Posted in Editor, RISKS, Science, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Friday, 3 October 2008
Energy saving light bulbs can emit levels of ultraviolet radiation sufficient to damage the skin, the Government’s public health safety watchdog warned.
‘Open’ bulbs can be harmful if used close to skin, but closed bulbs are safe.
Black men ‘three times more likely to get prostate cancer’
Posted in Editor, Men's health, RISKS, Science, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Laura May, PA, The Independent
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Black men in England are three times more likely than whites to get prostate cancer and tend to be diagnosed five years younger, researchers have found.
Researchers at the University of Bristol found no evidence that black men get poorer access to health care. [...]
Cost of treating cancer: Because I’m worth it
Posted in Editor, Politics, RISKS, Science, bmj, cancer, chronic disease, health, life on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source: BMJ, 17 September 2008.
Before Robert Mayer, a GP and family therapist, died earlier this year of pancreatic cancer, he wrote about the cost of treating cancer on the NHS and why patients should be allowed to co-pay for expensive drugs. Read his personal view, as well as extracts from a diary he kept [...]
Mobile phone use ‘raises children’s risk of brain cancer fivefold’
Posted in CHILDREN, Editor, RISKS, Research, Science, cancer, health, life, news on September 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
By: Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor, The Independent
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Alarming new research from Sweden on the effects of radiation raises fears that today’s youngsters face an epidemic of the disease in later life.
Children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer if they use mobile phones, startling new [...]
Global shortage of isotopes puts hundreds of (cancer) scans in doubt
Posted in Editor, HEART, RISKS, Science, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Saturday, 6 September 2008
A global shortage of radioactive imaging agents vital to the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases threatens to delay treatment for hundreds of patients in Britain.
Specialists warned yesterday that UK hospitals are receiving less than half the expected supplies of medical isotopes used in [...]
Moisturisers ‘raise skin cancer risk’ …
Posted in Editor, RISKS, Science, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Moisturisers used by millions every day may be increasing the risk of common skin cancers, scientists have warned.
Most such creams have never been tested for their cancer-causing effect on the skin. Now scientists have found that they increase the carcinogenic effect of sunlight [...]
Can it ever be right for the NHS to reject drugs that could extend life?
Posted in Editor, NICE, Politics, Science, cancer, chronic disease, health, life, news on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Friday, 8 August 2008
“Why are we asking this now?
Cancer charities, kidney specialists and campaigners were outraged yesterday when the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice), announced that it had rejected four new drugs for advanced kidney cancer as too [...]
Skin cancer toll soars among affluent young
Posted in CHILDREN, Editor, RISKS, Science, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Affluent families who take their children on foreign holidays where they are exposed to intense sunlight are contributing to soaring rates of malignant melanoma among the young.
The severest form of skin cancer, which causes 1,800 deaths a year, is rising fastest in people in their [...]
Genetic test will identify those most at risk of breast cancer
Posted in Editor, RISKS, Science, Women's health, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent
Thursday, 26 June 2008
The chances of getting breast cancer vary more than sixfold among women because of their genetic inheritance but the breast screening programme fails to target those at highest risk, scientists have found.
