- StyleFrancesca Specter
Olivia Newton-John makes red carpet return after breaking pelvis due to stage IV cancer
Newton-John accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Industry Dance Awards.
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'Nobody deserves cancer': There's a lung cancer stigma, and it's making people sick
Learning you have cancer is a difficult diagnosis to bear. But for people with lung cancer, there’s an added layer of stress thanks to a pervasive and harmful stigma associated with the disease.
- StyleLauren Clark
Women told by UK's top doctor to eat two fewer biscuits a day or risk cancer
Two McVitie’s milk chocolate digestive biscuits contain 166 calories.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
'Waist size as important as BMI in defining obesity'
The size of the waist is also an important indicator of overall health.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Woman who beat cancer so excited she broke 'cancer-free' bell
"Cancer bells" are typically rung by patients at the end of treatment.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
One glass of fruit juice a day linked to 'higher risk' of cancer
It is believed to be to do with the sugar contained in the beverage.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Boys aged 12 and 13 to be offered HPV vaccine: Here's what parents need to know
Boys aged 12 and 13 will be offered the HPV vaccine from September.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Obesity overtakes smoking as risk factor for four common cancers
In cases of bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancer, obesity is a bigger risk factor.
- StyleJayne Cherrington-Cook
It’s not easy dating when you’re dying: Seven relationship lessons from Kristin Hallenga
Kris Hallenga, founder of Coppafeel and kicker of Cancer's ass for the past 10 years, dishes some serious life truths about dating.
- StyleCaroline Allen
80 per cent of women don't know that alcohol increases risk of breast cancer
The risk can be increased by having one drink per day.
- StyleCaroline Allen
Simon Thomas opens up about his wife's blood cancer: Here's how to spot the signs
Gemma Thomas died just three days after being diagnosed with blood cancer.
- StyleCaroline Allen
Little boy eats five meals a day to save his father's life
The boy’s dad has leukaemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.
StyleMarie Claire DorkingA 10-minute scan could soon let men know whether they're likely to develop prostate cancer
Men could be offered one scan between the age of 55 and 60 and be given “peace of mind” for the rest of their life.
StyleFrancesca SpecterMarcia Cross reveals anal cancer likely caused by husband's HPV virus
HPV is responsible for 90% of anal cancers.
StyleDanielle FowlerHeart disease deaths have almost halved in last decade, study reveals
Anti-smoking campaigns and the use of statins have helped to reduce the mortality rate.
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Night shifts do not increase breast cancer risk, study concludes
The first link between exposure to electric light at night and breast cancer was proposed 30 years ago. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PANight shift work does not increase the risk of breast cancer, finds a UK study covering analysis of 102,869 women over 10 years. The Breast Cancer Now Generations study is the latest to examine the supposed link presented by experts for decades.In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that shift work disrupting the body’s sleep-wake cycle was “probably carcinogenic”. However, the agency is due to review its findings this summer. Breast Cancer Now claims the latest research, which it funded, is the most comprehensive to date. Michael Jones, a co-author of the study and staff scientist in genetics and epidemiology at the Institute of Cancer Research, in London, said: “A possible link between exposure to electric light at night and an increased risk of breast cancer was first proposed more than 30 years ago, but research has so far been inconclusive.“In our new study we found no overall link between women having done night shift work in the last 10 years and their risk of breast cancer, regardless of the different types of work they did involving night shifts, and the age at which they started such work.”Breast cancer is the UK’s most common cancer, with about 55,000 women and 350 men being diagnosed each year. Previous research conclusions have differed on the impact of shift work. In 2009, in response to the 2007 IARC research, Denmark began compensating dozens of women with the disease who said their illness had been brought on by working night shifts.But the study published on Wednesday, in the British Journal of Cancer, builds on the conclusions of a 2016 meta-analysis which suggested there was little or no association.That study had been challenged due to the older average age of participants and because it had limited details on the nature of women’s shift work.The median age of participants at the age of recruitment in the latest study was 45 years, and 17.5% of participants reported being night shift workers regularly working between 10pm and 7am within the previous 10 years. The shift data was followed up six years later.The researchers observed that 2,059 out of 102,869 women went on to develop invasive breast cancer. Taking into account confounding risk factors, the researchers found no overall association with night shift work.They also found no significant difference in risk relating to the type of night shift work, the age at which the work was started, or whether it began before or after a first pregnancy.The only statistically significant trend was found specifically with average night hours worked per week, but researchers said it was not supported by previous evidence or any proposed biological explanation.Delyth Morgan, chief executive at Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now, which funded the study, said: “We hope these findings will help reassure the hundreds of thousands of women working night shifts that it’s unlikely their job patterns are increasing their risk of breast cancer.”Jones stressed that night shifts could still have other adverse effects on health.
StyleFrancesca SpecterTwo common mistakes are responsible for the most diet-related cancer cases
Diet is responsible for 80,110 new cancer cases a year in the US.
StyleDanielle Fowler'Under seven hours sleep a night could trigger a stroke or heart attack'
It might be time to bid farewell to those late night Netflix sessions.
StyleMarie Claire DorkingSnoring or waking up exhausted 'could be linked to an increased cancer risk' in women
Women who who suffer from a sleep disorder known as obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer.
StyleMarie Claire DorkingSir Michael Parkinson shares a lesser-known side effect of prostate cancer treatment
"I had radiotherapy, which leaves you with problems because it’s so near the bowels and bladder.”
StyleLauren ClarkWidow, 36, shares heartbreaking moment husband lost cancer battle
"I just sit there with my head on his chest and weep."
StyleDanielle Fowler'Inspirational' All New Monty stars praised for encouraging viewers to check for cancer symptoms
The likes of Coleen Nolan, Martina Navratilova and Danielle Armstrong performed a striptease to raise money for cancer charities.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Red wine, coffee, fruit and vegetables could help protect against breast cancer
Phenolic acids provide a protective effect on the risk of post-menopausal breast cancer.
StyleFrancesca SpecterParents of two-year-old cancer patient need to raise £500,000 to save daughter's life
"The reality is right now without your help, we have no guarantees she will see her third birthday."
- StyleLauren Clark
Mum running London Marathon in memory of teenage daughter who died from rare cancer
Each of the 26 miles of the London Marathon will be a tough challenge for all its 40,000 runners today. Emma Furneaux is taking on the 26.2 mile race in memory of Elisha who was just 17 years old when she passed away from a rare condition known as undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma. “Elisha was ill for 26 weeks from diagnosis to her death,” said the mum-of-three from Gwynedd in Wales to the BBC.
