Archive for ‘Coping with Cancer’
Calls for government to cut VAT on sun cream
With cancer one of the nation’s biggest health worries, a new campaign- backed by Cancer Research and the Teenage Cancer Trust- seeks to slash the VAT on sun cream products.
Contest seeks climate change breakthrough
Fancy yourself as a green entrepreneur, a trail-blazer in climate change innovation? One bright idea can make a massive difference- and entries for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge ’09, an international creative competition, are now open! The contest has been set up by the Dutch arm of the UK charity lottery, the People’s Postcode Lottery, [...]
Fighting fit: How exercise helps cancer patients
In 2001 research from the Scottish Cancer Foundation suggested regular exercise could halve the risk of bowel cancer, while cancernet.co.uk reports that being inactive and overweight could account for an estimated 14% of male 20% of female cancer deaths in the UK. Sir Muir Day, chief knowledge officer of the NHS sums it up succinctly: [...]
