Obituary: Dr Morris Greenberg
Names not numbers Morris Greenberg was once one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Factories. In that role, he worked tirelessly for the health and safety […]
Articles by Jane Rigney
The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks
Earlier this month, the 1st of August 2021, marked the 101st birthday of Henrietta Lacks. While she died in 1951 of cervical cancer, her life […]
Three Psychological Profiles of People Testing HPV-Positive at Cervical Screening
Dr Emily McBride is a Senior Research Fellow and Health Psychologist (HCPC registered) in the Department of Behavioural Science and Health at UCL. She has […]
Five minutes with: Professor Linda Bauld
Professor Linda Bauld is the Bruce and John Usher Chair of Public Health in the University of Edinburgh, and cancer prevention advisor to Cancer Research […]
Is access to harm-reduction a human right? How the tobacco industry is still a colonial structure in post-colonial times
In this post, Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held virtually on the 3-4th of December 2020. In low- and middle-income […]
How important is cervical screening for gay & bisexual women?
Challenges in accessing healthcare and generally poorer experiences of primary or cancer care among sexual minority cisgender women* remain important health issues. Cervical cancer risk […]
Cervical cancer screening for women aged 65 and older: is it justified?
A couple of years ago we wrote a blog piece explaining why in most countries women aged 65 and over do not receive invitations for […]
The Vape Debate: Sticks and stones may break your bones but inflammatory terminology will cause more harm in the long run
In this post, Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held virtually on the 3-4th of December 2020. “Needles are not […]
The Vape Debate: Are critiques of flavours just (tobacco-less) smoke and mirrors?
In this post, Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held virtually on the 3-4th of December 2020. A year on […]
GP views on implementing the Cytosponge in Primary Care
This post is from the BEST3 event website, available here. Stay tuned over the coming weeks for more posts about the results from the BEST3 trial! […]