Cancer backlog: Action Radiotherapy response

Action Radiotherapy calls for an urgent resolution to the cancer backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. “A dramatic intervention from Government and the NHS is needed to prevent thousands of lives being unnecessarily lost to the cancer backlog resulting from the Covid response”, Chair of Action Radiotherapy Professor Pat Price says following BBC Breakfast TV […]

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Cancer backlog: Action Radiotherapy response

Action Radiotherapy calls for an urgent resolution to the cancer backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. “A dramatic intervention from Government and the NHS is needed to prevent thousands of lives being unnecessarily lost to the cancer backlog resulting from the Covid response”, Chair of Action Radiotherapy Professor Pat Price says following BBC Breakfast TV […]

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CAR-T cell therapy

CAR-T cell therapy is a new and revolutionary weapon against cancer: T cells are isolated from the patient’s blood for genetic modification and then infused back into the patient to attack cancer cells. Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna have now determined why CAR-T cells do not destroy tumor cells that express tumor antigens […]

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What is Strep B?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBi8-fM9z7E Transcript July is Strep B Awareness Month, an annual campaign to highlight the importance of Strep B awareness, education and research. During Strep B Awareness Month Group B Strep Support aim to get as many people as possible involved in raising awareness and funds for Strep B education and prevention. Tragically, many families first […]

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What is Strep B?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBi8-fM9z7E Transcript July is Strep B Awareness Month, an annual campaign to highlight the importance of Strep B awareness, education and research. During Strep B Awareness Month Group B Strep Support aim to get as many people as possible involved in raising awareness and funds for Strep B education and prevention. Tragically, many families first […]

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Dry (ish) July 2020 – take inspiration from Australia

Take some inspiration from Down Under and join the Dry July campaign this July to raise funds for people suffering from cancer.  2020 has been a year of challenges. So this year, Dry July have decided to make getting involved in Dry July a little bit easier. For this July only, its Dry(ish) July, which […]

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Dry (ish) July 2020 – take inspiration from Australia

Take some inspiration from Down Under and join the Dry July campaign this July to raise funds for people suffering from cancer.  2020 has been a year of challenges. So this year, Dry July have decided to make getting involved in Dry July a little bit easier. For this July only, its Dry(ish) July, which […]

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Drinking post-lockdown: Time to reassess our relationship with alcohol?

With drinking habits changed for thousands of people under lockdown, there are warnings of more excessive alcohol consumption when pubs reopen on July 4 Regular sustained alcohol consumption at home could now be joined by ‘binge drinking’ A Priory expert says habits entrenched during the height of the pandemic, and its aftermath, mean it “is […]

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Drinking post-lockdown: Time to reassess our relationship with alcohol?

With drinking habits changed for thousands of people under lockdown, there are warnings of more excessive alcohol consumption when pubs reopen on July 4 Regular sustained alcohol consumption at home could now be joined by ‘binge drinking’ A Priory expert says habits entrenched during the height of the pandemic, and its aftermath, mean it “is […]

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