• Health & Medicine

1.7 million children started secondary school overweight or obese in last decade

During the last decade, 1,655,000 children have started secondary school overweight or obese in England. During the last decade, 1,655,000 children have started secondary school overweight or obese in England.

11 October 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Meet our new research fellows 2016

Find out how our new up and coming researchers plan to tackle some of the big scientific questions in cancer. Find out how our new up and coming researchers plan to tackle some of the big scientific questions in cancer.

6 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Working night shifts unlikely to increase breast cancer risk

New research has found that working night shifts has little or no effect on a woman’s breast cancer risk. New research has found that working night shifts has little or no effect on a woman’s breast cancer risk.

6 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

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Men with a high genetic chance of bowel cancer could have lower risk with healthy lifestyles

Men with a high genetic risk of bowel cancer over the next 25 years could have a lower risk of developing the disease if they also have a healthy lifestyle. Men with a high genetic risk of bowel cancer over the next 25 years could have a lower risk of developing the disease if they also have a healthy lifestyle.

29 September 2016

• Health & Medicine

Warning over Scotland’s childhood obesity figures

More than a quarter of Scottish children are either overweight or obese, according to new national figures. More than a quarter of Scottish children are either overweight or obese, according to new national figures.

20 September 2016

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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

• Science & Technology

Study shows ‘signature’ that radiation damage leaves in our DNA

A new study has shed light on exactly how a certain type of radiation damages human DNA, raising the risk of cancer. A new study has shed light on exactly how a certain type of radiation damages human DNA, raising the risk of cancer.

13 September 2016

• Health & Medicine

The public doesn’t know obesity causes cancer, and that’s really worrying

Our latest figures reveal that three in four people aren’t aware that obesity causes cancer. Our latest figures reveal that three in four people aren’t aware that obesity causes cancer.

9 September 2016

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Three in four don’t know obesity causes cancer

Three out of four (75 per cent) people in the UK are unaware of the link between obesity and cancer. Three out of four (75 per cent) people in the UK are unaware of the link between obesity and cancer.

9 September 2016

• Health & Medicine

More than 57,000 children become overweight or obese during primary school

Every year 57,100 children who started primary school in England at a healthy weight end up obese or overweight by the time they leave. Every year 57,100 children who started primary school in England at a healthy weight end up obese or overweight by the time they leave.

1 September 2016