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NHS urges people to take up lung cancer check as 600 diagnosed in mobile trucks

NHS chiefs are urging people to take up invitations for lung cancer check-ups after hundreds were diagnosed with the disease in mobile trucks. The NHS said teams have diagnosed 600 people with the disease in travelling trucks, which visit convenient ...

19 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Woman sees cancer tumours shrink in half on experimental drug

A 49-year-old grandmother with advanced bowel cancer has seen her tumours shrink in half after taking an experimental drug. Terri Hurdman joined a clinical trial at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester for a new drug that targets a ...

28 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Women ‘twice as likely to die from asthma’

Women with asthma in the UK are twice as likely to die from an asthma attack compared with men with the condition, a charity has said, Asthma + Lung UK said that, over the past five years, more than two-thirds of asthma deaths in the UK have ...

27 Apr 2022 at 01:25

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Health campaigners demand action on Scotland’s ‘shameful’ lung health

Scotland’s “shameful” record on lung health claims the lives of more than 7,000 people a year, campaigners have claimed as they called for “urgent action”. Asthma + Lung UK Scotland said bolder targets on clean air are needed from ministers,...

28 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Lung disease deaths highest in western Europe, charity warns in call for action

Britain has the highest death rate for lung conditions in western Europe, a charity has warned. Over a seven-year period to 2018, half a million people in the UK died from lung conditions such as asthma attacks, chronic obstructive ...

28 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Breast cancer drugs cleared for use in Scotland are ‘leap forward’, says charity

The approval of two new breast cancer drugs in Scotland represented a “significant leap forward” and would give patients “extra time with their loved ones”, a charity has said, as they become just some of the latest medicines to ...

17 Jan 2022 at 17:55

Call for more city parks to improve children’s lungs

More must be done to ensure children have access to parks and other green spaces to improve their lung health, a new study suggests. Researchers examined more than 3,000 city-dwelling children and found that those who moved ...

27 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Warning over surge in asthma attacks as schools return

Parents of children with asthma are being urged to take action as the number of life-threatening asthma attacks is predicted to soar in the coming weeks. One mother has described how she “dreads” her asthmatic son ...

31 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Only Fools And Horses star Patrick Murray announces he is ‘cured’ of lung cancer

Only Fools And Horses star Patrick Murray has said his lung cancer is “cured” and that the tumour in his liver is shrinking. Murray, 65, who played Mickey Pearce in the classic BBC sitcom, revealed in January ...

22 May 2022 at 16:01

NHS and social care system in ‘most perilous position in memory’

The NHS and social care system are in the “most perilous position in memory”, a group of leading charities has warned. The Richmond Group of Charities said the systems were reaching “crunch point” which ...

15 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Lung cancer services redesigned to speed up treatment, reveals Yousaf

Lung cancer services have been redesigned to ensure patients receive faster access to treatment. The redesigned services set timeframes for each step to enable a patient’s diagnosis by day 21 after ...

12 Dec 2022 at 13:24

People in deprived areas more likely to die from lung conditions, charity warns

People living in places such as Blackpool, Liverpool and Inverclyde are among the most likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency and die from lung conditions, according to a new analysis. ...

21 Mar 2023 at 00:01

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