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Macmillan Cancer

Macmillan Cancer Support
One in three of us will get cancer and it’s the toughest thing most of us will ever face. If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, or a loved one has, you’ll want a team of people in your corner supporting you every step of the way. Macmillan provide practical, medical and financial support and push for better cancer care.

Marie Curie Cancer Care

Marie Curie Cancer Care is a UK charity dedicated to the care of people with terminal cancer and other illnesses. Over the financial year 2010/11, we reached a total of 31,799 patients

Youth Health Talk

YouthHealthTalk
Youthhealthtalk enables young people, their family and friends, and professionals such as doctors and teachers to understand young people's experiences of health, illness and life in general. The website feature real-life accounts of issues such as effect on work and education, social life and relationships, consulting health professionals and treatment.

Latest News

 

                       

Health News from the BBC and the NHS

BBC Health
  • Sudden death warning over faulty heart gene
    A charity estimates 620,000 people in the UK carry a faulty gene that affects the heart.
  • NHS overseas patient's £330,000 unpaid bill
    A Nigerian woman runs up a £330,000 bill for NHS treatment after she gives birth prematurely.
  • Completely 'locked-in' patients can communicate
    Patients with no control over their body answer questions as a computer interprets brain signals.
  • Indian children died after 'eating lychees on empty stomach'
    Hundreds of children died due to eating the fruit on an empty stomach, research says.
  • Calls for tougher smoking and junk food rules in hospitals
    More needs to be done to stop people smoking at hospitals say doctors' leaders.
  • Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hip surgery waiting times an 'outrage'
    Hip replacement surgery waiting times at a Denbighshire hospital are branded an "outrage" by an assembly member.
  • Malaria drugs fail for first time on patients in UK
    The drug combination was unable to cure four patients, who had all visited Africa, doctors say.
  • More patients placed in mixed-sex wards in England
    The number of patients placed in mixed-sex wards in England rises by almost 70% in the last year.
  • Cancer drugs price rise 'costing NHS millions'
    Some cancer drugs that are no longer under patent are rising in price when they should be falling.
  • Bangladeshi girl may be first female with 'tree man syndrome'
    Bangladeshi Sahana Khatun, 10, developed the first bark-like warts on her face four months ago.
NHS Choices Behind the Headlines
  • 'Computer helps patients with severe MND communicate'
    "Mind-reading machine allows people with 'locked-in' syndrome to communicate," reports the Mail Online. The...
  • Diabetes could be a warning sign of pancreatic cancer
    "Experts have revealed the onset of diabetes, or existing diabetes getting much worse could be a sign...
  • Breath test shows potential for detecting cancer
    "Breath test could save lives by diagnosing deadly cancers earlier," reports The Daily Telegraph. The...
  • Vitamin A deficiency linked to Alzheimer's disease
    "Alzheimer's may begin in the womb because mums are short of crucial vitamin, scientists warn," the Daily...
  • Anxiety and depression linked to increased cancer death risk
    "Depression linked to higher chance of dying from cancer," The Independent reports. Analysis of English...
  • UK survey finds around 1 in 13 women report pain during sex
    "Nearly 1 in 10 British women [7.5%] finds sex painful, according to a big study," BBC News reports....
  • New drug treatment for pancreatic cancer 'extends survival'
    "Trial finds combination of pancreatic cancer drugs extends survival," The Guardian reports. The results...
  • New insights into why breast cancer drugs fail for some women
    "Breast cancer drugs taken by thousands of women stop working because tumours 'outsmart' them," is the...
  • Warning over 'burnt toast chemical' acrylamide's cancer risk
    "Browned toast and potatoes are 'potential cancer risk', say food scientists," BBC News reports. The Food...
  • Youngest children in class 'more likely to be given ADHD drugs'
    "Youngest children in class more likely to get ADHD medication, study says," The Guardian reports. The...
 
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