Santa makes surprise stop at cancer center

… holiday cheer. “This is the spirit of the season. This is what it’s all about,” said Sarah Bednarksi with Mercy Health-Perrysburg in Ohio. “That was so nice to see him. He was out promoting good cheer and in this department, we could sure use the …

He’s done it! Teacher reaches fundraising target to fund potentially lifesaving treatment

AN “inspirational” Hampshire teacher who needed to raise thousands of pounds for a lifesaving cancer treatment has reached his target in less than 24 hours thanks to Daily Echo readers. More than 120 donations amounting to more than A 9,800 were made to David Watt’s Just Giving page yesterday helping him reach his A 19,000 target following an appeal printed on the paper’s front page yesterday.

Northampton couple to host charity trampoline event to fund cancer patients’ presents

A big-hearted husband and wife from Northampton are hosting a charity trampoline night in a bid to raise money for gift packs for cancer patients. Lee and Lorraine Lewis of Upton have fundraised for 11 televisions and DVD players for the Talbot Butler Ward at Northampton General Hospital The couple set up The Lewis Foundation by the couple back in 2014 after Mr Lewis made regular visits to his mum, who was on the ward at the time, receiving treatment for cancer.

Legal Haze Clouds Cannabis For Pets

… client’s written consent is needed for any unorthodox treatment,” the memo stated. The Washington State Department of Health staffs the state’s Veterinary Board of Governors. The Department’s home page for veterinarians simply states, “The law …

‘Inspirational’ Hampshire teacher reaches fundraising target to fund potentially lifesaving treatment

AN “inspirational” Hampshire teacher who needed to raise thousands of pounds for a lifesaving cancer treatment has reached his target in less than 24 hours thanks to Daily Echo readers. More than 120 donations amounting to more than A 9,800 were made to David Watt’s Just Giving page yesterday helping him reach his A 19,000 target following an appeal printed on the paper’s front page yesterday.

Health Highlights: Dec. 20, 2016

The therapy features lasers and a drug made from deep sea bacteria, and does not cause severe side effects, BBC News reported. A clinical trial of 413 prostate cancer patients at 47 hospitals across Europe found that 49 percent had no remaining trace of cancer after undergoing the treatment.

10 cancer symptoms you could be missing

If something appears unusual and doesn’t go away in a couple of weeks, get it checked out. Photo / Getty Most of us think we know the telltale signs of cancer: a lump in the breast, unexplainable tiredness, sudden weight loss… but experts are pointing to lesser known symptoms to watch out for that may lead to earlier detection of the disease.

Prostate cancer laser therapy ‘huge leap forward’

A drug activated by laser light which successfully destroys early prostate cancer while avoiding surgery side effects has been labelled a “huge leap” forward. Trial results reflected favourably on the new technique, called vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy , in comparison to standard prostate cancer care.

Woman is first to have baby after ovaries frozen as a child

A 24-year-old Dubai native has become the first woman to give birth after having her fertility restored from ovarian tissue frozen during her childhood. She is the first person in the world to have had a successful pregnancy using ovarian tissue that was harvested before the onset of puberty and the only person to have her ovaries transplanted back after 13 years in storage.

This drugmaker is taking an unprecedented approach to getting its cancer treatment approved

As researchers look for new approaches for tough-to-treat cancer, many are looking into genetics – more specifically, they’re looking at the type of genetic mutations found in cancerous tumors. One company in particular, called Loxo Oncology is building drugs that act on those mutations, so that the type of cancer someone has wouldn’t matter so much as the genetic information gleaned from sequencing the tumor.

Woman is first to have baby with ovaries frozen as a child

A 24-year-old Dubai native has become the first woman to give birth after having her fertility restored from ovarian tissue frozen during her childhood. She is the first person in the world to have had a successful pregnancy using ovarian tissue that was harvested before the onset of puberty and the only person to have her ovaries transplanted back after 13 years in storage.

Special cancer hospital in limbo

… cancer at a very early stage, spending several crores of rupees for the proposed hospital. On August 18 this year, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the 200-bed cancer hospital at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital would be inaugurated …

Duterte painkiller use draws concern in Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission that he used a powerful painkiller has prompted concern about his health, with lawmakers urging him Sunday to undergo a medical examination and disclose the results. Duterte on Monday revealed that he used to take fentanyl, often prescribed for cancer pain and other chronic ailments, because of a spinal injury from previous motorcycle accidents.

How to Recognize HPV in Men

Genital human papillomavirus is probably the most common sexually transmitted infection , infecting almost all sexually active people at some point in their lives. Fortunately, there are more than 40 strains of HPV, and only a few of them lead to serious health risks.