End of life care isn’t just about dying, it’s about living too.
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Half of all patients diagnosed with cancer in the UK still die of the disease.
While cervical screening has saved countless lives, we overscreen in Canada. Women don’t need to be screened until the age of 25 for cervical cancer.
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Medical research suggests cervical cancer screening for women under the age of 25 has little impact. Women should therefore be screened at a later age, and less often.
In this Dec. 3, 2014 photo, liver cancer patient Crispin Lopez Serrano talks to an oncology nurse at a hospital in Clackamas, Ore.
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Great strides have been made in cancer medicine over decades, but it’s important not to forget the growing role that kindness and empathy play in good care.
More knowledge about your genetic makeup enables you to make better-informed choices – but at what cost?
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It’s exciting to think we’re on the brink of a genomic revolution in health care. But just because new technology becomes available, it doesn’t mean it should automatically be publicly funded.
In 2030, some diseases are defined more specifically than in the past with a focus on their molecular makeup. This is known as precision medicine.
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In 2030, there is a boom in precision medicine, where diseases – from cancer to dementia – are defined and targeted more specifically with a focus on their molecular makeup.
Baroness Tessa Jowell speaking in the House of Lords.
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There are several things we can do to speed up the development of new drugs, without putting patients at risk.
The cancer Kaposi sarcoma. South Africa has large productivity losses because of deaths caused by it.
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Policies encouraging lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of cancer could have positive effects on the economies of BRICS countries.
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New research suggests life on Earth became more diverse because of a change in biology related to stem cells, not just rising oxygen levels.
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Scientists have made advances in developing a new type of blood test to detect eight of the most common cancers.
Liquid biopsy is less invasive than standard biopsy, where a needle is put into a solid tumour to confirm a cancer diagnosis.
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There are currently few effective and non-invasive methods to screen for early stages of cancer. But scientists have now developed a new blood test that promises to detect eight different cancers.
AML under the microscope.
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Improvements in survival rates for acute myeloid leukaemia have failed to keep pace with other leukaemias. That may be about to change.
Despite the marketing hype, antioxidants can be harmful when consumed in excess.
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Antioxidants are meant to be good for us, but not all antioxidants are equal.
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New mouse model study sheds light on why alcohol is so harmful.
Do not be derailed by news reports that exercise is bad for the heart. Taking more exercise is a New Year’s resolution to stick to. Exercise reduces risks of depression, cancers, heart disease, stroke and sudden death.
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Taking more exercise is a New Year’s resolution to stick to. Exercise reduces risks of depression, cancers, heart disease, stroke and sudden death.
People who are chronically stressed are more than twice as likely to have a heart attack than those who aren’t.
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Stress has subtle, underlying effects on almost every part of the body, including the heart, gut and immune system.
Only one Canadian researcher has ever received the Nobel Prize for medicine, for the discovery of insulin in 1923. And yet Canadians have been essential to developments in stem cell research, gene sequencing and treatments for cancer and brain trauma.
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Only one Canadian has ever received the Nobel Prize for medicine, in 1923. But Canadian discoveries have been essential to stem cell research, gene sequencing and treatments for cancer.
Radon gas is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Children are most at risk of exposure in homes, especially during the winter months.
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Radon is a radioactive gas that seeps into buildings through foundation cracks. It is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. And it only costs around $60 to test your home.
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We need to ensure cancer research addresses what matters most.
Poor food safety at home could lead to serious consequences for those with suppressed immune systems.
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Already suffering debilitating side effects, chemotherapy patients could be made seriously ill by the food they eat.
Even if they are not treated, only about three per cent of men will die of prostate cancer over their lifetime, most in their 70s or 80s.
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A family physician and public health researcher explains why he isn’t getting a prostate cancer test in Movember or at any time in the near future.