The NHS is to roll out targeted community and mobile lung screening to anyone aged over 55 who has a...
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Breast cancer mortality rates have gone down by two-thirds (66%) in the past two decades, and now more than 90%...
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The NHS’ network of ‘community diagnostic centres’ (CDCs) has now carried out some four million health checks, tests and scans...
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These are the four areas employers need to act upon if they are supporting an employee with a terminal illness.
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A survey has warned that nearly a third of outdoor workers never apply UV sun protection cream while at work.
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Occupational health professionals have an opportunity to highlight to the government the value of return to work as a health...
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More than 26,000 adults with severe mental illness die prematurely each year from preventable physical illnesses, according to a royal...
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Patients living with obesity cost the NHS twice as much as people whose weight is within a healthy range, research has argued.
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Working with chemical agents increases a person’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer with every year of exposure, research has suggested.
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Up to 100 firefighters in Greater Manchester will be tested this week for cancer and other health issues.
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The UK needs a national plan to remove asbestos from all public and commercial buildings, the TUC has said.
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Researchers have created a tool that can identify the people most at risk of developing lung cancer in the next...
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to remind people working in construction to manage the risks...
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Firefighters in Tyne & Wear are participating in a study that will determine how many have occupational cancers and other diseases.