Setting the record straight on breast cancer risk
When it comes to the risk factors for breast cancer, there are a lot of myths to cloud the facts. But with one in eight...
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Good nutrition vital for breast cancer recovery
Good nutrition is vital if we want to maintain our health but it matters even more if we are recovering from illness. After cancer treatment,...
The White House goes pink
The White House goes pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Fox News
How to reduce your risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK and affects one in eight women during their lifetime. Risk factors include age...
September 2017 meetings at the RSM
September 2017 meetings at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Tuesday 5 September: Registration 08:15 Microbiome in cancer and beyond Organised in collaboration with...
Amazing dogs can help detect disease
We already know what an amazing sense of smell dogs have and how it protects us on a daily basis. Dogs are used extensively to...
Antiperspirants do increase risk of breast cancer
Antiperspirant use is a risk factor for breast cancer, according to scientists. We recently learned that the Swiss government was considering banning the use of...
Swiss move to ban aluminium in antiperspirants
The Swiss are worried about the role that antiperspirants, and specifically aluminium salts in antiperspirants, may play in breast cancer, and they have taken steps...
Post-mastectomy recovery diet
When I had my double mastectomy in February 2015, following a diagnosis of breast cancer, there was very limited information out there about how diet...
Why do some breast cancer drugs stop working?
Around 70 per cent of breast cancers are so-called ER positive, which means the cancer cells contain a receptor for the hormone oestrogen. It is...
