Archive: 03/02/2017
UK cancer rates to rise faster among women than men: charity
Cancer rates in Britain will rise six times faster among women than men within the next two decades, according to data released on Friday by charity Cancer Research UK.
Feb 3, 2017
Philippine education ministry rejects school condoms
The Philippine education ministry has rejected a plan to distribute condoms in schools, authorities said Friday, blocking a move meant to stop one of Asia's fastest growing HIV epidemics.
Feb 3, 2017
Black and low-income New Yorkers largely shut out of major academic hospitals
Few Black New Yorkers receive care in New York City's elite private academic medical centers (AMCs), according to a study published today [Thursday, Feb. 2] in the International Journal of Health Services. Uninsured and Medicaid ...
Feb 3, 2017
Cancer survivors find online and phone communication with medical professionals beneficial
Advances in cancer care have led to a rise in the number of people surviving the illness. Cancer survival rates are now at an all-time high with 2.5 million cancers survivors in the United Kingdom, a number which is set to ...
Feb 3, 2017