Tag: cancer

Charity duo to take on 100-hole golf challenge

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - May 12, 2015

Two golf fanatics are set to take on a particularly rough challenge in the name of charity – playing 100 holes in just one...

Cancer claims lives of teenage brother and sister – just three months apart

Men more likely to die of skin cancer than women “because they can’t see tumours”

Health

Deadline News Journalist - March 4, 2015

THE higher skin cancer death rate among Scots men could be explained by the fact they got more tumours on their backs. Scottish Women diagnosed...

Cancer survivors make healthier choices then general population

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - February 23, 2015

Cancer survivors make healthier diet and lifestyle choices than the general population, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Glasgow found that...

Cancer teen with six months to live plans bungee jump

News

Deadline News Journalist - January 29, 2015

A TEENAGE cancer patient with as little as six months to live is planning a 130ft bungee jump for charity. Rebecca Dalgleish, 17, was diagnosed...

Older cancer patients can avoid radiotherapy without harming survival chances, study finds

Health

Deadline News Journalist - January 28, 2015

Older women with breast cancer could avoid radiotherapy, without harming their chances of survival according to scientists at the University of Edinburgh. The international study...

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