Browsing: cancer

“You will feel a little pressure.”My doctor had instructed me to lower my boxers, bend forward and place my elbows on the table. As with most…

Marie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NIBBCHannah Farrell was a nurse at the Children’s Cancer Unit until she resigned in 2019A whistleblower who resigned from the Royal…

A drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease, according to an international group of…

The NHS is over-treating men for prostate cancer, a charity says, with around 5,000 a year undergoing treatment for cancers unlikely ever to cause harm.While most…

I can’t tell you how sad this article makes me (Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning, 6 August). Sunbeds and extreme…

On the day French MPs gave themselves a round of applause for approving legislation to reintroduce a banned pesticide last month, a figure rose from the…

Clare LissamanBBC News, West MidlandsNuePeople who attend a wellbeing and cancer support centre made a mural for its walls after working with two artists Two artists…

Three in five liver cancer cases globally could be prevented by reducing obesity and alcohol consumption and increasing uptake of the hepatitis vaccine, a study has…

Matthew HillBBC West Health CorrespondentBBCEddie Baker took part in the clinical trial and said its extended his life A man who was the first to take…

Michael FitzpatrickBBC News NIBBCWillie Hutchinson and Martin Garrity are Northern Ireland Ambulance Service volunteersKindness, compassion and a free car ride goes a long way when you’re…