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Two years on - fewer people intend to quit smoking following smoking ban peak
There has been a slight fall in the proportion of smokers who would like to try and quit, with 67 per cent of respondents to a recent survey claiming that they would be willing to give up.
This compares with 74 per cent who wanted to kick the habit in 2007, a figure that was almost certainly boosted by the introduction of smoke-free legislation in England.
Crackdown on sunbeds to cut cancer danger
Ministers are preparing to clamp down on the cosmetic tanning industry after international experts on cancer said sunbeds belonged in the same category of carcinogenic risk as tobacco smoke.
Breast cancer screening leads to unnecessary treatment for one in three women, study claims
One in three women diagnosed with breast cancer after a screening test will have slow-growing forms of cancer that could safely go untreated, according to new research. Although breast cancer screening saves lives, it also means that some women go through the worry and side effects of unnecessary treatment.
Deaths from common cancers at 40-year low
The number of people dying from Britain's most common cancers is at the lowest level since the 1970s despite more people developing the disease.
Marmot Review Consultation open
Consultation on the first phase of the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010 (Marmot Review) is open. The review team is also asking for submissions of evidence and best practice.
The Review wishes to consult a wide range of Individuals, Groups and Organisations. The views drawn from the consultation will inform the ongoing work of the Review and feed into the second phase of the Review, due to report in September 2009. Responses to the consultation will be considered alongside further evidence and expert and stakeholder views.
Vegetarian diet 'lowers risk of cancer'
Vegetarians are 12% less likely to develop cancer in than meat eaters, new research suggests.
A study of more than 61,000 people found that over twelve years of follow-up, the risk of being diagnosed with cancers of the stomach, bladder or the blood was 12% lower in vegetarians than in people who ate meat.
Smear test age limit to remain 25
The screening age for cervical cancer will not be lowered from 25 in England, the government says.
HPV vaccine could protect women aged from 24-45 from cervical cancer
Millions of women in their twenties, thirties and forties could benefit from having a vaccine to protect them from developing cervical cancer, a study suggests.
'Cash-back' scheme provides bowel cancer drug on the NHS
The first 'cash-back' scheme for an NHS drug has been approved so bowel cancer patients whose tumours have spread to the liver can receive treatment.
More than 10,000 a year get skin cancer in quest for perfect tan
More than 10,000 people a year are developing the deadliest form of skin cancer as a result of package holidays and excessive use of sunbeds, latest figures show.
The number of cases of malignant melanoma rose by 650 — or 6.5 per cent — in a single year as a result of binge-tanning at home and abroad, according to Cancer Research UK.
