makeabigdifference.org » Clinical News http://makeabigdifference.org Impact Young Heroes supports young people living with cancer. © Impact Young Heroes 2011. Impact Young Heroes is a registered charity: 1122871 (England & Wales) Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:53:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 makeabigdifference.org http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/5ea4351daa6a9e4be5acb8701d1714ae.png?s=48 http://makeabigdifference.org Teenage BMI associated with future risk of cancer death in men http://makeabigdifference.org/teenage-bmi-associated-with-future-risk-of-cancer-death-in-men/ http://makeabigdifference.org/teenage-bmi-associated-with-future-risk-of-cancer-death-in-men/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:48:29 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2478

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

]]> http://makeabigdifference.org/teenage-bmi-associated-with-future-risk-of-cancer-death-in-men/feed/ 0 New insight into how alcohol is linked to breast and liver cancers http://makeabigdifference.org/new-insight-into-how-alcohol-is-linked-to-breast-and-liver-cancers/ http://makeabigdifference.org/new-insight-into-how-alcohol-is-linked-to-breast-and-liver-cancers/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:47:22 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2471

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

]]> http://makeabigdifference.org/new-insight-into-how-alcohol-is-linked-to-breast-and-liver-cancers/feed/ 0 Physical activity, exercise and cancer http://makeabigdifference.org/physical-activity-exercise-and-cancer/ http://makeabigdifference.org/physical-activity-exercise-and-cancer/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:27:36 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2405 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

]]> http://makeabigdifference.org/physical-activity-exercise-and-cancer/feed/ 0 One in four teenage cancer patients visit GPs Four times before seeing a specialist http://makeabigdifference.org/one-in-four-teenage-cancer-patients-visit-gps-four-times-before-seeing-a-specialist/ http://makeabigdifference.org/one-in-four-teenage-cancer-patients-visit-gps-four-times-before-seeing-a-specialist/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:25:03 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2403 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

]]> http://makeabigdifference.org/one-in-four-teenage-cancer-patients-visit-gps-four-times-before-seeing-a-specialist/feed/ 0 ‘Stage set’ for large trials to widen leukaemia and lymphoma donor pool http://makeabigdifference.org/stage-set-for-large-trials-to-widen-leukaemia-and-lymphoma-donor-pool/ http://makeabigdifference.org/stage-set-for-large-trials-to-widen-leukaemia-and-lymphoma-donor-pool/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:23:25 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2399 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

]]> http://makeabigdifference.org/stage-set-for-large-trials-to-widen-leukaemia-and-lymphoma-donor-pool/feed/ 0 Beating cancer with nutrition: Rhubarb crumble http://makeabigdifference.org/beating-cancer-with-nutrition-rhubarb-crumble/ http://makeabigdifference.org/beating-cancer-with-nutrition-rhubarb-crumble/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:22:20 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2397  

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

]]> http://makeabigdifference.org/beating-cancer-with-nutrition-rhubarb-crumble/feed/ 0 Mobile phones ‘possibly carcinogenic’ say World Health Organisation experts http://makeabigdifference.org/mobile-phones-possibly-carcinogenic-say-world-health-organisation-experts/ http://makeabigdifference.org/mobile-phones-possibly-carcinogenic-say-world-health-organisation-experts/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:50:08 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2360

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

]]> http://makeabigdifference.org/mobile-phones-possibly-carcinogenic-say-world-health-organisation-experts/feed/ 0 Beating cancer with nutrition http://makeabigdifference.org/beating-cancer-with-nutrition/ http://makeabigdifference.org/beating-cancer-with-nutrition/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:47:32 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2357

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

]]> http://makeabigdifference.org/beating-cancer-with-nutrition/feed/ 0 New Leukaemia Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials http://makeabigdifference.org/new-leukaemia-vaccine-enters-clinical-trials/ http://makeabigdifference.org/new-leukaemia-vaccine-enters-clinical-trials/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:22:50 +0000 aaron http://makeabigdifference.org/?p=2232

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

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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

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