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Why scientists are looking for an ‘anti-Ozempic’ treatment to encourage weight gain

Cancer Research UK is funding a man’s mission to cure cachexia, a severe loss of appetite, with a treatment offering the opposite of Ozempic

The Independent UK

Major charity with 80 stores in Scotland to close hundreds of branches across UK

A MAJOR charity with 80 stores in Scotland has revealed plans to shut hundreds of branches across the UK ...

The National (Scotland)

Dota 2 analyst honors late friend with charity donation from TI 2025 earnings

This is an honorable statement from Sheepsticked against cancer.

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Aspirin can have ‘huge effect’ in stopping colorectal cancer returning, study finds

Swedish researchers find low daily dose can halve risk in post-surgery patients with specific gene mutations

The Guardian - UK

New blood test could detect cases of ovarian cancer sooner

A significant number of cases are only found when the cancer has spread to another part of the body

The Independent UK

New tool could help catch cases of ovarian cancer sooner

A significant number of cases are only found when the cancer has spread.

Evening Standard

Only half of people with cancer are diagnosed within NHS target time, analysis finds

Urgently referred patients are having to wait more than 28 days to receive a cancer diagnosis, exceeding NHS England’s target time

The Independent UK

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Only half of people with cancer diagnosed within target time, analysis finds

Cancer Research UK said its study shows that for people being diagnosed with cancer, things have been getting worse instead of better.

The Independent UK

Survival time for incurable blood cancer almost doubles since 2005, study finds

Experts called the gain for myeloma patients ‘impressive’ but said continued research is needed to continue progress.

Evening Standard

Incurable blood cancer patients now living twice as long, study finds

Multiple myeloma is incurable, and happens when the bone marrow makes abnormal white blood cells

The Independent UK

Gordon Ramsay reveals skin cancer scare after undergoing treatment to remove basal cell carcinoma

TV chef said he was ‘grateful’ for receiving fast treatment

The Independent UK

Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry responded not by making cigarettes safer, but by making them seem safer. Filters were the perfect innovation – not for health, but…

The Conversation

One person could be diagnosed with cancer every two minutes until 2040

Cancer charity coalition One Cancer Voice has projected that 6.3 million cancer diagnoses will be made over the next 15 years

The Independent UK

The five bladder cancer warning signs as new NHS treatment approved

From needing a wee more to back pain

The Independent UK

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Children more likely to engage with junk food posts from influencers – charity

It comes as a new survey found children are regularly exposed to junk food while online.

The Independent UK

Children being ‘bombarded’ with ‘harmful’ fast food ads, charity warns

Youngsters say they are more likely to engage with content about junk food if it is shared by influencers

The Independent UK

Experts’ warning over ‘slow’ progress in cancer survival rates

The study, led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and funded by Cancer Research UK, analysed long-term trends in the cancer survival index (CSI)

Evening Standard

Speed of improvement in cancer survival rates ‘slowing’, say experts

The Government launched a call for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan earlier this year.

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The Independent UK

Ham and bacon sold in Tesco and M&S found to contain cancer-causing chemicals

Cancer Research UK estimates about 13 per cent of the 44,100 cases of bowel cancer diagnosed each year in the UK are linked to eating processed meat

Evening Standard

Patients to be fast-tracked on to new head and neck cancer vaccine trial

The jab uses mRNA technology to train the immune system to fight cancer.

The Independent UK

‘Game-changing’ cancer vaccine trial to begin on NHS

The jab uses mRNA technology to train the immune system to fight cancerous cells

The Guardian - UK

Ham sold in UK found to contain carcinogens 10 years after WHO warning

Study finds Wiltshire ham products sold by retailers such as M&S and Tesco contain highest level of nitrites

The Conversation

Two of the best stop smoking medications have been available in the UK since 2024 – so why is no one using them?

In 2021, varenicline, the most effective single drug for quitting smoking, was withdrawn from the market in the UK because impurities were found at greater levels than is considered safe.

Evening Standard

Inside the Essex town at the forefront of the migrant protests

Ben Lucas attended a protest in July to find out that the Epping unrest was a little more complicated

The Independent UK

Mapped: The UK regions where smoking is most common after stark new figures released

Smokers are getting through billions of cigarettes a year on average, new data shows

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