Bowel cancer charity awards grants
Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer is funding six bowel cancer research projects totaling nearly £440,000, part of the…
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Earlier diagnosis for ovarian cancer
Early diagnosis is a major focus of the work of Target Ovarian Cancer and we take a three-pronged approach to…
March for Men
Now in its second year, the March for Men series organised by Prostate Cancer UK has grown bigger with a…
This week is National HIV testing week
The annual National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) promotes HIV testing to gay and bisexual men and black African men and…
Don’t overlook Type 3c diabetes
The health of people with diabetes is being put at risk due to the failure of doctors to recognise an…
Amazing dogs changing lives for the better
Over the last 10 years, since I founded the charity Medical Detection Dogs, I have seen for myself what things…
Making pancreatic cancer less deadly
Pancreatic cancer is one of the more deadly forms of cancer and only between 7-25 per cent of people will…
A Day to Unite – World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day brings people together across the world who have been affected by the disease. As a specialist nurse…
50 plus and HIV positive
One in three people living with HIV in the UK are over the age of 50. Older people are the…
Shifting attitudes about HIV testing
Despite incredible medical advances in our treatment of HIV since the 1980s, we know that myths, fear and stigma continue…
Pancreatic cancer: Improving outcomes
Pancreatic cancer has no early warning signs and the majority of people with this disease present with acute symptoms such…