Treatment Items

New breast cancer treatment in France

A new treatment for breast cancer has launched in France - and doctors say they have seen good results in advanced patients, particulary in women who have had a lot of prior treatment already, such as chemotherapy, an anthracycline and a taxane.

Indulge your mum this Mother's Day - on a budget

Despite how much we would love to spoil our mums – buying them expensive perfume and jewellery and taking them to fancy spas for fancy treatments. But it’s no surprise to anyone that times are tight right now. Regardless of how much we might want to spoil our mums we need to find ways to do it on a budget.

Red wine could help fight breast cancer

The ‘healthy’ ingredient in red wine could help in the fight against breast cancer, after scientists found that it can stop the cancer cells from growing. New research has found that resveratrol can actually block the effects of oestrogen.

Don’t suffer incontinence in silence

Incontinence affects over 4 million women in the UK but it is still one of the big taboos with many too embarrassed to talk about, a new campaign though is hoping to break those barriers and make people aware of a new and effective treatment.

Another breast cancer breakthrough?

Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK with one in eight women being diagnosed during their lifetime,more women now are surviving than ever before - eight out of 10 - and the findings of new research could make the figure even higher.