News and Stories
Video Stream
Nicola Mullen's Sky Dive for Impact Young Heroes
Partners and Friends
Archives
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
Meta
Category Archives: Clinical News
Teenage BMI associated with future risk of cancer death in men
Men who are overweight at age 18 may be more likely to die from cancer in later life than those who are a healthy weight in early adulthood, UK and US scientists have found.
Researchers from the Medical Research Council, … Read the rest
New insight into how alcohol is linked to breast and liver cancers
A US laboratory study has revealed how the breakdown of alcohol in human cells results in DNA damage that causes cell changes linked to cancer.
The study shows how researchers are homing in on the way alcohol is linked to several cancers, … Read the rest
Physical activity, exercise and cancer
By being physically active, you can reduce the risk of breast, bowel and womb cancer. Keeping active could help to prevent thousands of cases of cancer in the UK every year.
Just 30 minutes of moderate activity a day, five … Read the rest
One in four teenage cancer patients visit GPs Four times before seeing a specialist
A quarter of young people with cancer had to see their GP at least four times before finally being diagnosed by a specialist, experts have revealed.
Many were told they were simply suffering from growing pains, asthma or even faking … Read the rest
Posted in Clinical News
Leave a comment
‘Stage set’ for large trials to widen leukaemia and lymphoma donor pool
Two new US clinical trials suggest more patients with leukaemia and lymphoma could benefit from bone marrow transplants if half-matched bone marrow or unrelated umbilical cord blood were used.
A donor’s tissue usually has to be a full match with … Read the rest
Posted in Clinical News
Tagged cancer, care advice, diagnosed, donations, raise public awareness, research
Leave a comment
Beating cancer with nutrition: Rhubarb crumble
Beating cancer with nutrition
Rhubarb crumble – the new cancer-busting superfood
Researchers have found that the traditional family favourite, like many red vegetables, contains cancer killing chemicals. More suprising baking the plant for 20 minutes – like in … Read the rest
Posted in Clinical News
Tagged cancer, care advice, diagnosed, growth, health, immune system, life threatening condition, raise public awareness, research, supported
Leave a comment
Mobile phones ‘possibly carcinogenic’ say World Health Organisation experts
Mobile phones may increase the risk of developing brain cancer, an influential health organisation has said admitted for the first time.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organisation, has classified the radiation emitted by … Read the rest
Beating cancer with nutrition
Nutrition is an important part in beating cancer. Wrong foods place an enormous amount of stress on the body’s cells, causing normal body cells to become acidic, high in sugar, and cancerous during the dividing process. Therefore over the next … Read the rest
Posted in Clinical News
Tagged Beating cancer with nutrition, beetroot, cancer, clinical news, superfoods
Leave a comment
New Leukaemia Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials
New leukaemia vaccine enters clinical trials
UK scientists have launched an early clinical trial – phase-II – of a new cancer vaccine designed to help patients with leukemia to fight the disease.
The DNA vaccine, which Cancer Research UK scientists helped … Read the rest
Eating watercress every day could stop breast cancer tumours from growing
Eating watercress every day could help to prevent breast cancer, researchers have found.
The ‘super food’ can help to ‘turn off’ a signal in the body and thereby help starve the tumour of essential blood and oxygen, according to experts … Read the rest
Trial results show dramatically improved survival for relapsed childhood leukaemia
Trial results show dramatically improved survival for relapsed childhood leukaemia
A new treatment increases survival to almost 70 per cent for children whose acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) returns, according to the results of a trial published online.
The results of the … Read the rest
Posted in Clinical News
Tagged cancer, care advice, childhood, developed cancer, dramatically, improved, leukaemia, relapsed, survival
Leave a comment
Latest Cancer News: , Scientists say curry spice stops cancer returning
Curry spice stops cancer returning, scientists say
An everyday ingredient used to make curry could have special cancer-fighting properties, scientists working at the University of Leicester believe.
Research carried out into the potential benefits of curcumin, an extract from the … Read the rest
Posted in Clinical News
Leave a comment
Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca sign deal to trial first-of-kind cancer drug
Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology – the charity’s development and commercialisation arm – have reached an agreement withAstraZeneca to take compound AZD-3965 – a first-of-its-kind experimental drug to potentially treat a range of cancers- into clinical trial.… Read the rest
Posted in Clinical News
Leave a comment
Government find extra £50 million for cancer drugs.
Britain is providing an extra £50 million to pay for cancer medicines from October, bringing forward a government promise to give access to drugs even if they have not been approved by the NHS cost watchdog.
The new money will … Read the rest
Teenagers get sunburnt on purpose
More than a quarter of teenagers will get sunburnt on purpose this summer in the belief that they will ultimately get a suntan, a survey has found.
The Teenage Cancer Trust discovered that 26 per cent of young people aged … Read the rest
Posted in Clinical News
Tagged cancer, care advice, charity's, children, Make a Big Difference, raise public awareness, risk, teenagers, treatments, young, young heroes
Leave a comment