Misha Gajewski

• Health & Medicine

Could making cigarettes less addictive help people stop smoking?

Can reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes help people quit? Or is it a distraction from tried and trusted strategies? We asked an expert. Can reducing the nicotine content of cigarettes help people quit? Or is it a distraction from tried and trusted strategies? We asked an expert.

30 September 2015

May I take your metaphor? – how we talk about cancer

When it comes to talking about cancer is one metaphor better than another? When it comes to talking about cancer is one metaphor better than another?

28 September 2015

• Health & Medicine

De-mystifying Stop Smoking Services

We find out what really happens at your local Stop Smoking Service. We find out what really happens at your local Stop Smoking Service.

15 September 2015

• Health & Medicine

The end of the road: trying to unpick the problems with end of life care

We take a critical look at the issues facing end of life care in the UK and what's being done to resolve them. We take a critical look at the issues facing end of life care in the UK and what's being done to resolve them.

7 August 2015

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

A ‘simple urine test’ for pancreatic cancer? Not just yet.

We take a closer look at today's 'simple urine test' headlines and find out what's really going on. We take a closer look at today's 'simple urine test' headlines and find out what's really going on.

3 August 2015

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest - Britain’s sweet tooth, cancer mysteries and... superman glasses?

Here’s our look at what cancer stories were making headlines this week. Here’s our look at what cancer stories were making headlines this week.

18 July 2015

• Science & Technology

Making sense of big cancer data

A look at how researchers are using complex computer software to make sense of laboratory data on cancer A look at how researchers are using complex computer software to make sense of laboratory data on cancer

7 July 2015

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest - New NICE guidelines, more simple blood tests, and chemical cocktails

New referral guidelines should help diagnose cancer earlier, more “simple tests” that aren’t there yet, and no hard evidence for Viagra skin cancer link. New referral guidelines should help diagnose cancer earlier, more “simple tests” that aren’t there yet, and no hard evidence for Viagra skin cancer link.

27 June 2015

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine
• Opinion

News digest - GPs, cancer survival, herpes virus treatment, smoking statistics… and some terrible puns

Here's our round of this week's cancer news. Here's our round of this week's cancer news.

30 May 2015

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest - prostate cancer chemo, Cuban lung cancer vaccine treatment and ... walnuts?

Find out about a new prostate cancer treatment, the Cuban lung cancer vaccine and if a handful of Walnuts can make cancer go away. Find out about a new prostate cancer treatment, the Cuban lung cancer vaccine and if a handful of Walnuts can make cancer go away.

16 May 2015

• Health & Medicine

One (really tiny) step closer to nano-sized cancer drug delivery

At Wired Health 2015, Professor Sonia Trigueros told the audience about her ambitious project to design nano-sized drugs that target cancer cells. At Wired Health 2015, Professor Sonia Trigueros told the audience about her ambitious project to design nano-sized drugs that target cancer cells.

5 May 2015

• Health & Medicine

Health apps: a note of caution

We take a cautious look at the latest trends in mobile technology. Do they really help us lead healthier lives? We take a cautious look at the latest trends in mobile technology. Do they really help us lead healthier lives?

24 April 2015