Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones

Injectable pembrolizumab can treat several types of cancer and can be administered in under two minutes

Huge improvements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment have driven the fall, Cancer Research UK says The rate of people dying from cancer in the UK has fallen by almost a third since the 1980s amid seismic progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, a report has found. About 247 in every 100,000 people die from cancer each year, a 29% drop from the peak in 1989 of about 355 per 100,000, according to an analysis by Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Continue reading...

Results from the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) in England and Wales have been published today by the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN). The findings demonstrate improvements in e...

Global cancer estimates across 185 countries show that 7.1 million new cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors in 2022, with smoking, infections and alcohol consumption being the lea...

Nonpartisan initiative will be supported by GovAct and help states and territories to coordinate and address health threats across […]

Clinicians in deprived areas are overwhelmed by generational ill health and poverty

Delighted that the GIRFT/SCTS joint pathway on surgery for pleural sepsis is now online. Many thanks to Rory Beattie, Guillermo Martinez, Syed Qadri, Jee Soo Choi and the GIRFT team for highlighting ...

What drives the differences in population health among rich nations? Kate Pickett on the lower “wellbeing-adjusted” life expectancy of more unequal countries

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

AbstractIntroduction. A mandated reduction in the nicotine content of cigarettes would likely improve public health. Prior research has shown that assignme

Diet and exercise will only get you so far, but there is a magic bullet that could make us all live longer, says professor of global public health Devi Sridhar

Bike lanes are under threat in many cities, even when they work.

By Dr Lauren Dixon, NLCA Clinical Fellow, on behalf of the NLCA Project Team The National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) State of the Nation 2025 report has just been published, offering a detailed…