Coming to terms with a cancer diagnosis is difficult. Emotions are heightened, and the idea of being in a life-threatening situation can be difficult to cope with. You may feel that you don’t want to burden your family and friends with your...
The surveys, conducted by Macmillan, discovered that industries that are considered masculine (including construction and building) do not want to discuss their health. A YouGov poll asked 985 men whether they would report any particularly worrying...
What’s in a name? The Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC) named the disease ‘carcinoma’, after the Greek word for crab. The name was changed to ‘cancer’ after the Latin word for crab by the Roman physician, Celsus...
We all get those times in life when negative situations occur and we do our best to cope and deal with issues. We may change our attitude, our mind and try to adjust accordingly. At least that's what we may try to achieve, a form of a coping...
Even if you have never been affected by cancer, you may also question the value of talking about the experience. Talking does not help save lives, or does it? It's not like talking can help get rid of or slow down the progress of the disease. And...
To mark Sun Awareness Week (May 4th - 10th) new research has come to light revealing the true extent of our lack of skin cancer knowledge in the UK. According to a survey conducted by the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), more than...
Should or shouldn’t you tell others when you have been diagnosed with a serious illness like cancer, dementia, Parkinson’s? Is saying nothing wise or cowardly? Is there a right time? Do you tell everyone or a selected few? How will they...
Statistics can be terrifying. The news from Cancer Research UK that the proportion of those expected to develop cancer at some point in their lives has ‘risen’ from one in three to half of those born after 1960 has an apocalyptic ring to...
For anyone who was willing to listen, Lynda Bellingham has given a lot to think about over the past few weeks, since she decided to stop chemotherapy for colon cancer and prepare for her death. Her legacy to us all, especially those facing cancer...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has given the go-ahead for a new drug designed to help patients with advanced melanoma - the fifth most common cancer in the UK. Dabrafenib (Tafinlar) targets cancer cells with the BRD...
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