NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ONCOLOGY
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WHAT’S THE POINT OF PLACEBO?
Medicine has long used placebos as a means of identifying ineffective treatments, but is the practice instilling false…
THE STORY BEHIND STATINS
Two separate studies of men and women have shown the use of statins (a class of cholesterol-reducing drugs) to be…
AN ASPIRIN A DAY MAY KEEP CANCER AT BAY
Aspirin has long been known to be effective in the prevention of cancer, but not widely used due to concerns about…
POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR CANCER PATIENTS
New research from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown two out of three people diagnosed…
PERSONALISED ONCOLOGY – DEMYSTIFYING THE CONCEPT
The term ‘Personalised Medicine’ has been in the headlines for quite a while now, yet there is very little…
IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY: THE NEW CANCER “CURE”
Over the last couple of years, I’ve noticed an increased number of media reports about the new “cure” for cancer –…
OBESITY AND CANCER
It is not a new realisation that we are getting bigger and bigger, less and less active and being overweight or obese…
CANCER IN THE MEDIA
Modern media play very prominent role in our lives, whether we like it or not. The influence they have goes well…