• Health & Medicine

Stop smoking services under threat as budgets are cut

Stop Smoking Services across England are facing ongoing budget cuts after six in ten local authorities were forced to reduce their funding in the last year. Stop Smoking Services across England are facing ongoing budget cuts after six in ten local authorities were forced to reduce their funding in the last year.

16 November 2016

• Health & Medicine

10 things you might not know about alcohol and cancer

For alcohol awareness week we're tackling some of the most frequently asked questions about alcohol and cancer. For alcohol awareness week we're tackling some of the most frequently asked questions about alcohol and cancer.

14 November 2016

• Health & Medicine

Adult weight gain could increase cancer risk

Substantial weight gain over many years increases the risk of obesity-related cancers in men by 50 per cent and in women by almost 20 per cent. Substantial weight gain over many years increases the risk of obesity-related cancers in men by 50 per cent and in women by almost 20 per cent.

7 November 2016

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How GPs can encourage weight loss in just 30 seconds

We explore how a short chat with a GP can help kick start weight loss and potentially tackle obesity. We explore how a short chat with a GP can help kick start weight loss and potentially tackle obesity.

4 November 2016

• Health & Medicine

Childhood obesity plan ‘watered down by government’, TV investigation claims

The Government has been accused of watering down a series of plans aimed at tackling childhood obesity, a Channel 4 investigation will claim today. The Government has been accused of watering down a series of plans aimed at tackling childhood obesity, a Channel 4 investigation will claim today.

31 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

More people are getting cancer, but what do the numbers really mean?

New figures we’ve released today estimate that by the year 2035, half a million people could be diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK. New figures we’ve released today estimate that by the year 2035, half a million people could be diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK.

12 October 2016

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The second biggest preventable cause of cancer: being overweight

We look at recent evidence linking obesity to more types of cancer than previously thought. We look at recent evidence linking obesity to more types of cancer than previously thought.

11 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Stoptober 2016: Could E-cigarettes help Stop Smoking Services beat addiction?

We look at how e-cigarettes are helping people quit smoking with the help of local Stop Smoking Services. We look at how e-cigarettes are helping people quit smoking with the help of local Stop Smoking Services.

5 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Less regular cervical screening could benefit women, study suggests

Extending the gap between cervical screening tests from five to 10 years is safe for women who test negative for the human papillomavirus (HPV). Extending the gap between cervical screening tests from five to 10 years is safe for women who test negative for the human papillomavirus (HPV).

5 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

More than two-thirds of cervical cancer deaths prevented by screening

A new study has found that cervical screening prevents 70 per cent of cervical cancer deaths A new study has found that cervical screening prevents 70 per cent of cervical cancer deaths

16 September 2016

• Health & Medicine

Could an app help you cut down on drinking and lower your risk of cancer?

Researchers have developed an app that they hope will help people cut down on drinking alcohol. Researchers have developed an app that they hope will help people cut down on drinking alcohol.

15 September 2016

• Health & Medicine

E-cigarettes may have helped 18,000 people quit smoking in 2015

E-cigarettes may have helped about 18,000 people in England to give up smoking in 2015, according to research published in the British Medical Journal today. E-cigarettes may have helped about 18,000 people in England to give up smoking in 2015, according to research published in the British Medical Journal today.

14 September 2016