BBC Report IP Research by the Institute for Public Policy Research has estimated 19,500 people who should have been diagnosed with Cancer had not been, because of missed referrals which have dropped by nearly 370,000 on the year before, a fall of 15% since March 2020. It estimates the proportion of cancers diagnosed while they…
Photo: Jana Sabeth, Unsplash Life expectancy in developed countries has increased dramatically during the 20th century following control of infectious diseases and more nutritious diet. However, incidence of aged-related diseases such as cancer, late-onset obesity (which can lead to over 10 different cancers), hasincreased markedly. Ageing is now the greatest risk factor for many life-threatening…
Smoking killed nearly 8 million people in 2019 and the number of smokers rose as the habit was picked up byyoung people around the world, according research by Lancet, the peer-reviewed medical journal. The Lancet’s research shows that despite efforts in a number of countries to curb smoking, 7.69 million people worldwide died from smoking…
Researchers at University College London have admitted defeat in their two-decade long trial to save lives. The trials involved 200,000 people over two decades to detect Ovarian cancer through annual bloodtests. Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose because symptoms are frequently mistaken for less serious and often vague problems, such as feeling bloated, feeling full…