A free e-learning programme is being launched to help health and social care workers broaden their knowledge of cancer care in the community. The Royal Marsden School, which has a national and international reputation for excellence in cancer education, commissioned e-learning provider Sponge UK to create the new healthcare training. The e-learning course is made up of four modules on ... Read More »
Cancer. This simple six-letter word has so much power. It has the strength to steal hopes and dreams and replace them with dread and despair. It strikes a sickening fear into the hearts of those who hear it, for the straightforward reason that it forces us to stare into the face of our own bleak mortality. When you hear that ... Read More »
I am very lucky to have a broad number of friends. One of these brave (and hilarious) friends is Ryan McCartney. Ryan is the vocalist and guitarist of the up and coming band These Little Kings, who are rapidly gaining popularity slinking around the buzzing Glasgow music scene. He was kind enough to tell me the story of his fiery ... Read More »
A blood test can determine whether prostate cancer patients are likely to respond to drugs, scientists say. Tests on 97 men, described in Science Translational Medicine, were able to tell whether tumours were already resistant to the drug abiraterone. Doctors at the Institute of Cancer Research in London will now trial the test to see if it can extend lives. ... Read More »
It is a common office knowledge that I love my budding, little cactus garden. Not a renowned gardener, I settled on cacti because I know that they are nigh indestructible. No chance I could accidentally murder one of those. They grow in almost all environments and thrive on a mouthful of water every two weeks. However, my cactus sanctuary has ... Read More »
Last week we took part in the Macmillan Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. We managed to raise £135 – not bad for a small office of only seven people! We invited the other offices based in the same building and were really pleased that so many of them came to join us in eating cake and ... Read More »
MacMillan Cancer Care recently reported that in 2015 there will be 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK, due to improvements in survival rates. MacMillan warned that this would place “huge pressure on the NHS”. What wasn’t mentioned was the pressure it could also place on the social security system. Many of these 2.5 million people will be ... Read More »
With a few deft pencil strokes, the 58-year-old from Old Kilpatrick can capture an expression or a moment in time with ease. So when the team behind a groundbreaking project at Glasgow’s Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice needed an artist, they turned to Ian. “Ian only took up drawing after his wife died, but he is a fantastic artist,” ... Read More »
Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK face poor health or disability after being treated for cancer, says a report from Macmillan Cancer Support. The charity says more should be done to help the one in four affected by long-term problems such as chronic fatigue, pain, sexual and urinary difficulties. Read More »
Cancer patients in the UK can find their illness costs them hundreds of pounds a month, a charity has warned. Read More »
There are a number of conditions which appear to be more prevalent in elderly patients as well as certain ailments which commonly affect older patients. Unfortunately, many of the conditions which elderly people suffer from are considered to be chronic conditions which require Read More »
The health and economic cost of cancer tops £15bn a year in the UK, a study by Oxford University researchers suggests. They said half of the sum related to the economic losses from early deaths and patients taking time off work. Read More »
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