Covid: Half with cancer signs didn’t contact GP in first wave
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Symptoms left unchecked included lumps, changes to moles and coughing up blood, a survey finds. BBC News – Health
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Women with HIV have six-fold increase in risk of cervical cancer
Vaccination, screening and treatment could achieve elimination with a decade, say World Health Organization Women with HIV have a six-fold increase in the risk of cervical cancer compared to their HIV-negative peers, investigators report in The Lancet Global Health. They also found that globally 6% of all cases of cervical cancer are in women with… Read More »
Inspirational Singer & Breast Cancer Survivor Beverley Craven on Women Fitness
Beverley Craven, a British singer-songwriter is best known for her 1991 UK hit single “Promise Me“ In 2018, Craven was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy and lymph node surgery followed by chemotherapy treatment, resulting in an interruption in her Woman to Woman tour, which was resumed in 2019 after her health… Read More »
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies from Pancreatic Cancer
Sept. 18, 2020 — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a trailblazing jurist and the second woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, died Friday. She was 87. The cause of death was metastatic pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from the court. “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John Roberts said… Read More »
No Link Found Between Blood Pressure Meds and Cancer: Study
MONDAY, Sept. 7, 2020 — Blood pressure drugs don’t increase the risk of cancer, according to the largest study to examine the issue. A possible link between blood pressure drugs and cancer has been the subject of debate for decades, but evidence has been inconsistent and conflicting. For this study, researchers analyzed data from 31… Read More »
Colorectal Cancer Takes the Life of Far Too Many People and Black Men are Disproportionately Affected
Following the devastating news of the death of the world’s beloved Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, from colorectal cancer, many were left asking why – and how. What most don’t know is that Chadwick Boseman sat at the intersection of where colorectal cancer rates are among the highest and rising the fastest. He was a young… Read More »