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Eunice’s cancer journey

Read the story of Eunice Sanders, a young South African who relates her story of battling breast cancer.

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There are many myths surrounding cancer and tobacco. Journalists from several African countries recently gathered in Dar es Salaam for the continent's largest cancer meeting where they identified the myths most prevalent in their countries.

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Cancer and Tobacco Control

Gates gives massive boost to tobacco control in Africa
04.02.2010

text The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of $7 million over five years to the American Cancer Society to lead and coordinate the African Tobacco Control Consortium, a global coalition of public health-oriented organizations focusing on using evidence-based approaches to stem the tobacco epidemic in Africa.
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World Cancer Day
04.02.2010 Lungi Langa

video Health-e interviewed Dr Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society on the eve of World Cancer Day (February 4). Brawley discusses the challenges particular to Africa and debunks some of the myths around cancer.
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Quitting smoking may raise diabetes risk in short term say researchers
11.01.2010

text Johns Hopkins experts suspect weight gain by quitters raises risk in the short term.
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Cambodian women chew tobacco for morning sickness relief
09.12.2009

text GENEVA – Tobacco control that focuses on cigarette smokers in Cambodia misses a huge number of women who chew tobacco, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
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Only 5.4% of the world's population covered by smoke free laws
09.12.2009

text ISTANBUL, Turkey – Only 5.4% of the world's population was covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws in 2008, up from 3.1% in 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today in its second report on the global tobacco epidemic.
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Cervical cancer risk in HIV+ women
Living with AIDS # 414

26.11.2009 Khopotso Bodibe

audio Preliminary results from a study conducted in Johannesburg show that women with HIV have a higher risk of developing cervical cancer than women who are HIV-negative.
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Let's stick with mammograms
23.11.2009

text The United States Preventive Services Task Force has revised the breast screening guidelines, recommending mammograms for women 50 to 74, every other year. It says women and their doctors should discuss the benefits and risks of mammograms beginning at age 40, but that is no longer recommended.
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Dying in pain a reality for most Africans
16.11.2009 Anso Thom

text DAR ES SALAAM - People living with cancer are dying on the African continent in terrible pain as they present too late with advanced cancers that are mostly incurable by the time they reach a health worker and if they do reach help most of them find that effective pain medication not available.
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Why a pap smear is important
13.11.2009 Thandi Zondi

audio Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in South Africa. Many women are unaware that a simple screening test can detect cervical abnormalities early, which could save a life.
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