• Health & Medicine

Cancer Research UK and The Royal Marsden collaborate to help GPs diagnose cancer earlier

GPs across England are set to benefit from a new partnership aimed at improving the early diagnosis of cancer.   GPs across England are set to benefit from a new partnership aimed at improving the early diagnosis of cancer.  

10 February 2014

• Health & Medicine

Public ignorant of smoking death toll but back move to ban tobacco marketing

Fewer than one in five (18 per cent) of the 4,300 UK adults surveyed know there are 100,000 deaths as a result of smoking every year in the UK. Fewer than one in five (18 per cent) of the 4,300 UK adults surveyed know there are 100,000 deaths as a result of smoking every year in the UK.

10 February 2014

• Health & Medicine

Standard cigarette packaging one step closer after Lords approval

Plans to introduce plain, standardised packaging for cigarettes have gained further momentum following overwhelming support from the House of Lords. Plans to introduce plain, standardised packaging for cigarettes have gained further momentum following overwhelming support from the House of Lords.

30 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

Charity concerned as Northern Ireland risks being left behind on public health

Northern Ireland may be left behind while the rest of the UK presses ahead with legislation on plain, standardised packaging of tobacco products. Northern Ireland may be left behind while the rest of the UK presses ahead with legislation on plain, standardised packaging of tobacco products.

21 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

How your information is used is changing, and you have a choice to make

What does the new NHS system for sharing patient information from GP records mean for you? What does the new NHS system for sharing patient information from GP records mean for you?

13 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

50 years of life-saving tobacco control

On the anniversary of the landmark US Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, we look back over 50 years of life-saving tobacco control. On the anniversary of the landmark US Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, we look back over 50 years of life-saving tobacco control.

11 January 2014

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Britain Against Cancer: improving research in the NHS

The annual Britain Against Cancer conference offers a great chance to hear from the key people in healthcare, in a guest post we hear what happened on the day. The annual Britain Against Cancer conference offers a great chance to hear from the key people in healthcare, in a guest post we hear what happened on the day.

19 December 2013

• Health & Medicine

We need to get new drugs to patients faster, but how?

The research community and the government want to speed up how quickly cancer patients can access new drugs - we discuss the latest thinking. The research community and the government want to speed up how quickly cancer patients can access new drugs - we discuss the latest thinking.

11 December 2013

• Health & Medicine

Standard cigarette packs: one of the greatest gifts we can give the next generation

The Government has given the strongest indication yet that it’s on the way to introducing plain, standardised tobacco packaging. The Government has given the strongest indication yet that it’s on the way to introducing plain, standardised tobacco packaging.

28 November 2013

• Health & Medicine

Charity concerned for children as e-cigarette market flourishes

Celebrity endorsements and social media are attracting young people to use e-cigarettes according to a new report commissioned by Cancer Research UK. Celebrity endorsements and social media are attracting young people to use e-cigarettes according to a new report commissioned by Cancer Research UK.

27 November 2013

• Health & Medicine

Watch and share our video about tobacco industry tactics

Our video explores how tobacco packaging is used as a marketing tool for the tobacco industry to attract customers and sell its lethal products. Our video explores how tobacco packaging is used as a marketing tool for the tobacco industry to attract customers and sell its lethal products.

11 November 2013

• Health & Medicine

As teens say 'slim cigs are cool' big tobacco profits while government stalls on packaging

In this unique Cancer Research UK study teenagers said they were most attracted to slim cigarettes with white filter tips and decorative features. In this unique Cancer Research UK study teenagers said they were most attracted to slim cigarettes with white filter tips and decorative features.

11 November 2013