Please help fight cancer globally

by JYOTI SHAH | Jul 23, 2015 | Cancer

It is so wonderful to see people participating in all kinds of fund raising activities to raise money for worthwhile causes. Recently, with the magic of digital media it is so easy to connect to any cause and support those who are actually proactive to make a...

The ‘Game Changer’ of Prostate Cancer

by JYOTI SHAH | May 21, 2015 | Burton Hospital, Cancer, NHS, Prostate Cancer, Uncategorized

Nine out of ten men with advanced prostate cancer – an incurable and fatal disease – could soon be treated with new or existing drugs following a pioneering study that scientists have called the “Rosetta Stone” of prostate research reports The Independent and other...

Healthy lifestyle & bowel cancer survival

by JYOTI SHAH | May 10, 2015 | Cancer, NHS

UK researchers claim living a healthy lifestyle before diagnosis could improve a persons chances of surviving bowel cancer. Findings from Imperial College London suggest eating a balanced diet, keeping physically active and maintaining a healthy weight were associated...

Skin cancer in pensioners

by JYOTI SHAH | Apr 10, 2015 | Cancer, NHS

People over 65 are around seven times more likely to develop malignant melanoma compared to 40 years ago, according to new figures released by Cancer Research UK. The most recent figures show that on average around 5,700 pensioners are now diagnosed with melanoma each...

0.5m children predicted to die from smoking

by JYOTI SHAH | Feb 27, 2015 | Cancer, NHS

Around 500,000 children will die from smoking when they are adults unless smoking rates are cut according to new Cancer Research UK figures. Around 500,000* children will die from smoking when they are adults unless more is done to cut smoking rates according to new...

HRT Cancer Risk

by JYOTI SHAH | Feb 14, 2015 | Cancer

  Hormone replacement therapy for less than five years increases ovarian cancer risk | Cancer Research UK Ovarian cancer is slightly more common among women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), even for short amounts of time, according to the largest...