The genetic and molecular make-up of individual breast tumours holds clues to how a woman’s disease could progress, including the likelihood of it coming back after treatment, and in what time frame, according to a new Cancer Research UK-funded study. In the first...
The slowdown is a trend not a blip, warn actuaries.British adults’ life expectancy has been reduced by six months, the biggest reduction in official longevity forecasts. The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries said it now expects men aged 65 to die at 86.9 years, down...
Melanoma patients with a history of smoking cigarettes are 40 per cent less likely to survive their skin cancer than people who have never smoked, according to a new report funded by Cancer Research UK. The study of more than 700 melanoma patients mainly from the...
Workers with back pain take 12 sick days a year. More prevention is needed as it is revealed that only 6% are encouraged to take breaks from sitting at their desks. A third (33%) of Brits have taken at least one day off work due to back or neck pain in the past year,...
Workplace eye care offers a huge range of wider benefits besides checking vision and enabling employers to meet health and safety regulations. Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has carried out detailed research with over 500 UK companies to find out how much employers know...
