Adverse drug reactions can lead to repeated GP visits, unnecessary hospital admissions and, in the worse cases, even death. With the global health crisis caused by the Coronavirus (Covid-19), it is more important than ever to keep hospital beds free for those who...
There were around 42,000 new cases of bowel cancer a year in the UK between 2014 and 2016, according to Cancer Research UK. One in 15 men in the UK and one in 18 women will be diagnosed with bowel cancer during their lifetime. It is the third most common type of...
Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are linked to a dramatically increased risk of breast and ovarian cancers but did you known that pancreatic cancer is the third most common cancer associated with such mutations? Although there is good awareness of the links...
Remember, remember it’s time for Movember… To mark this year’s charity event, when men grow a moustache to raise awareness of men’s health and specifically prostate cancer, we are looking at the BRCA genetic mutation and its role in the disease. BRCA Genetic Testing...
Certain types of cancer are hereditary, meaning they can be passed down through families. Genetic testing is a way of identifying people at increased risk of these hereditary cancers, but it has tended to be women rather than men who, historically, have been...