Building back better: How can cancer screening & prevention level up?
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current government has committed to ‘building back better’ and ‘levelling up’ communities across the UK. These slogans […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Cancer Prevention Group’s 2020 Christmas reading list
Following the success of our 2019 reading list (available here) we’ve decided to put together a list of 25 publications to celebrate the cancer prevention […]
Professor David McCoy’s COVID manifesto
David McCoy is Professor of Global Public Health at Queen Mary University London, where he’s involved in delivering a multi-disciplinary and critical undergraduate and postgraduate […]
The Marmot review: Lessons for cancer screening and prevention
A few weeks ago, on the 24th of February 2020, Michael Marmot released the newest review of his “Fair Society, Healthy Lives review”, detailing how […]
Cancer Prevention Group’s Christmas reading list
As the year draws to an end, we have been looking back and reflecting on the groups achievements in 2019. We decided that the best […]
Smoking: it’s the end of the word as we know it. Report from the e-Cigarette summit.
In this post Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held at the Royal Society on the 14th November 2019. […]
Global Perspectives on Screening: Sub-Saharan Africa
Changing burdens of disease When we discuss the burden of disease in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), our mind immediately jumps to examples such […]
Post-Brexit Deregulation Risks Asbestos Crisis
Post written by Rosie Rosati, Health Advocate Both the amount of asbestos in UK lungs and the UK mesothelioma rate below age 50 are declining […]