Can facebook give you cancer?
This provocative, headline grabbing piece of “journalism” appeared in today’s Daily Mail online. If you take the time to read through the piece, you will quickly see it for what it is… a… Continue reading
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Menopause drug greatly increases risk of cancer recurrence
WOMEN with a history of breast cancer are being urged to avoid taking a menopause drug now known to greatly increase the risk of the cancer returning. Results of a study published yesterday… Continue reading
Switching to aromatase inhibitor may lower risk of recurrence
A recent study, presented at the prestigious 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, has found that women who switched to an aromatase inhibitor (AI) after two to three years of Tamoxifen lowered… Continue reading
Online service to streamline cancer referral process
From yesterday’s Irish Examiner: AN electronic online service funded by the Health Service Executive is to be used to streamline the cancer referral process between GPs and hospitals, Ireland’s cancer control chief said yesterday.… Continue reading
Cancer tests go up after Goody diagnosis
From today’s Guardian Newspaper: Cervical cancer specialists are putting a rise in demand for screening down to a “Jade Goody effect” after the reality television star revealed at the weekend that she was… Continue reading
Cancer Support Conference, 27th – 28th February 2009
The Irish Cancer Society is holding a conference which will be of interest to anyone with a history of cancer or who is going through cancer treatment (and their spouses and partners). Issues… Continue reading
Introduction of free smear tests ‘vital’
From today’s Irish Times INTRODUCING FREE cervical smear testing is a far greater priority than starting a cervical vaccination programme, Prof Tom Keane, director of the State’s cancer control programme said yesterday. The… Continue reading
Jade Goody: ‘I’ve lived in front of cameras. And maybe I’ll die in front of them’
Jade Goody’s stricken face stared out from the front page of a Sunday paper today and it is now obvious that she has only a short time left to live. Poor Jade.… Continue reading
A lesson from Benjamin Button
You can change or stay the same; there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And… Continue reading
Reiki
I have been reading several interesting studies on the benefits of reiki as a complementary therapy in the treatment of cancer. Reiki is a Japanese form of healing therapy that is delivered through the hands. The… Continue reading
