A doctor is speaking up about the surge in cancer cases among young people – revealing ‘every new patient’ that comes to his clinic is under 45 years old. North Carolina’s Duke University oncologist Dr Nicholas DeVito says he and his colleagues have experienced a complete demographic switch in recent years. Based on what he’s
By Shaun Wooller, Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 19:10 EDT, 18 August 2024 | Updated: 19:16 EDT, 18 August 2024 Skin cancer care waiting lists have soared by a quarter since the pandemic, with patients facing delays of up to a year in starting treatment. Now politicians are calling for VAT to be
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Each year in the UK there are more than 55,000 new cases, and the disease claims the lives of 11,500 women. In the US, it strikes 266,000 each year and kills 40,000. But what causes it and how can it be treated? What is
A row has broken out between doctors, drug firms and the NHS spending watchdog over its refusal to give the green light to a lifeline drug for women with advanced breast cancer. Medics hailed Enhertu after trials showed it could extend the lives of thousands with one of the hardest to treat forms of the
Drugs that can edit and rewrite DNA are set to banish problems ranging from high cholesterol to blood cancer – ushering in what experts have deemed the greatest medical breakthrough since antibiotics. For example, the pioneering treatment has already been used to combat a number of previously incurable conditions. Earlier this month the NHS pledged
For the first time ever, binge drinking rates in women are catching up to those of men – and the rates of deaths linked to alcohol use are rising faster among women than men. While many women may pride themselves on being able to hold their liquor, more of them than ever are drinking themselves
A cancer charity is warning people to do more to protect themselves from the sun as the number of melanoma skin-cancer cases in the UK continues to rise. Cancer Research UK predicts there will be a record 20,800 cases diagnosed this year – up from a yearly average of 19,300 between 2020 and 2022. Its
By Meike Leonard Published: 20:47 EDT, 17 August 2024 | Updated: 20:48 EDT, 17 August 2024 A row has broken out between doctors and the charity Prostate Cancer UK over its online cancer risk test. Clinicians say the test is leaving men worried, who then swamp GP surgeries with requests for unnecessary appointments. The test
Three weeks without a single green vegetable. A month without consuming any fruit. The only pulses? Tinned baked beans. This, according to a survey published earlier this month, is the diet of the average Briton. It’s a far cry from ‘five-a-day’ – the five daily portions of fruit and vegetables that the NHS recommends is
Stumbling into your ‘older self’ is a disconcerting experience. Until it happened to me, I hadn’t given mine a great deal of thought. But here I am, writing to myself (in a few decades’ time) a letter. I know this sounds odd, but hear me out. When I say I ‘stumbled’ into my older self,