E-cigarettes in the spotlight
Electronic cigarette sales are booming despite growing fears about cancer and other health risks related to its use.
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Dying in pain a reality for most Africans
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.
Drugs are the bottom-line
"Nobody says we shouldn't treat TB or cancer because we don't have the infrastructure or the ability to do so properly," said Dr Andy Grey from the Health System Trust in Durban. This was in response to Dr Mazuwa Banda from the World Health Organization, who argued at the AIDS 2000 conference that antiretroviral drugs should not be distributed in countries where "the basic requirements for [their] safe, effective use" are not in place.
Don’€™t ignore that gut feeling: colorectal cancer in the spotlight
Former president and Nobel laureate FW de Klerk, had a close brush with cancer in 2006 and is lending his support to Be Cancer Aware as they launch a campaign to increase public awareness of colorectal cancer.
Doctors cure cancer with measles
Doctors have cured a woman with advanced blood cancer by injecting her with the measles virus, the US non-profit Mayo Clinic recently announced.
Discovery in dispute with cancer patient
Thobeka Xaba, 23, is in a life-and-death struggle against an invasive cancer that has immobilised her left arm. But she has had no chemotherapy since 25 March because her medical aid, Discovery, refuses to pay for the medicine recommended by her oncologist.
Diesel fumes cause cancer: WHO
Diesel exhaust fumes cause cancer and should be categorised along with asbestos, arsenic and mustard gas as a potentially deadly carcinogen, according to the World Health Organisation'€™s (WHO) cancer agency.
Diaries of my womanhood
Cervical cancer or cancer of the womb is the second most common cancer in South Africa affecting one in every 41 women, according to the Cape Provincial Department of Health. Each year about 5000 new cases are detected and 1500 women die from cervical cancer. The good news is that this type of cancer is entirely curable if discovered in time. A simple pap smear can determine whether abnormal cells that may later become cancerous are present in the cervix. Thandeka Teyise went to Khayelitsha to watch a stage play, Diaries of my Womanhood, which aims to create awareness around cervical cancer and how men should get involved in their partner'€™s health. She spoke to the director and the writer Itumeleng Wa-lehurele.
Diabetes meds linked to pancreatic cancer
The diabetes medicine metformin has shown to reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer, while other diabetes medications were linked to a higher risk of the disease, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Detecting breast cancer in low-income rural areas
Research conducted in rural Sudan has shown that an inexpensive programme of breast cancer screening, undertaken by local volunteers, results in earlier detection of breast cancer, allowing improved treatment and management of the disease.
Destined to live and die in pain
Many ill South Africans live and die suffering from unnecessary and excrutiating pain. It is estimated that almost all HIV patients (96%) and more than two in three (70%) of cancer patients experience severe pain during the course of their disease because they do not have access to cheap and effective pain medication.
Despite a cervical cancer vaccine, challenges remain
Cervical cancer could be eliminated by the end of this century, thanks to a preventative vaccine. But ignorance is a major barrier to the rollout of the vaccine in South Africa, where the disease is the deadliest cancer for women.
Despite a cervical cancer vaccine, challenges remain
Cervical cancer could be eliminated by the end of this century, thanks to a preventative vaccine. But ignorance is a major barrier to the rollout of the vaccine in South Africa, where the disease is the deadliest cancer for women.
Depression could shorten cancer survival
Cancer patients with symptoms of depression have shorter survival times than those showing no sign of depression, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE.
Deodorant and breast cancer: possible link
A small study has found a possible link between a chemical commonly used in deodorants, and breast cancer.