Kindness of others makes cancer more bearable
Glenda Venn’s life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2011, but she found comfort in the company of others also battling the disease.
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Kicking the nicotine butt
The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) has launched the CANSA e-kick Butt programme which aims to see nicotine addicts giving up the habit.
Kauai and CANSA team up this summer
Leading national healthy fast food company, KAUAI, has teamed up with the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) in a bid to make more South Africans be good to their skin this summer.
Is lung cancer really a smoker’s disease?
Imagine living a healthy lifestyle. Eating well, exercising and never smoking, but hearing your doctor tell you that you have lung cancer. This is *Andy Long’s experience. In 2017, he started feeling off-balance, as though he was drunk. The diagnosis…
Indian cancer statistics, a model to be followed
Researchers were able to estimate how many people died from cancer in India in 2010 by using a novel method of projecting cancer deaths based on patterns of cancer mortality in a 2000-2003 sample of households.
Inactivity puts 1 in 3 adults at risk for disease
Worldwide, around a third of adults (about 1,5 billion people) and four out of five adolescents are failing to do the recommended amount of physical activity, placing them at a 20 to 30 percent greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer.
Improve cancer care in SA
South African cancer NGOs have joined forces to address shortcomings in the quality of and access to cancer care in South Africa.
I’m now a conqueror’€™
Having survived cervical cancer Emily Monchojana now spends her time educating women in her community about the importance of looking after the health of their cervix to help protect them from the cancer. Ayanda Mkhwanazi of Health-e News Service, caught up with her during one of these educational sessions.
HPV vaccine: Who should get it and why it matters
Vaccination is one of the most effective tools we have to prevent cervical cancer and other HPV-related cancers.
HPV Vaccine: Low uptake hurts cervical cancer fight
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination remains the best defence against cancer of the cervix, but immunisation rates remain low in South Africa post pandemic. Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer in women in SA. Dr Seithati Molefi, Deputy…
HPV vaccination recommended for boys
Last week health officials in the United States urged all boys age 11 to 12 to get a routine vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) '€“ a common sexually transmitted disease linked to various cancers.
HPV increases risk for HIV infection
Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) '€“ which is the most common cause of cervical cancer '€“ also increases a person'€™s risk for contracting HIV.
HPV campaign to focus on girls – for now
Today, the departments of health and basic education have launched a campaign to vaccinate girls nine years and older against cervical cancer but some wonder if the country is not missing the other 50 percent.
How does a heart know when it’s big enough?
A protein discovered in fruit fly eyes has brought a Johns Hopkins team closer to understanding how the human heart and other organs automatically "right size" themselves, a piece of information that may hold clues to controlling cancer.
How an engineer helped Jonathan to jump
Creative brilliance by a group at UCT's Mechanical Engineering department has seen the development of novel prostheses for cancer patients at a fraction of the cost. For many patients the alternative is having the limb amputated. Jonathan (19), the first patient to receive a prosthesis recently had a check-up, over a year after receiving the implant. He spoke to Health-e about the experience of having to learn to walk all over again.