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Can cancer services be sexist? Rectifying a gender disparity in cancer screening practices.

By Neil Ryan Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: February 7, 2018

Lynch syndrome is a common and inherited condition that puts those affected by it at risk of numerous cancers. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended all bowel cancers be screened so as to pick up Lynch syndrome; a move that will undoubtedly save lives. However, for many women, womb cancer […]

Tagged With: cancer, gender equality, gender inequalities, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, health inequality, inequalities, NICE, public health, women

Rethinking public engagement with health

Sheena Cruickshank By Sheena Cruickshank, Lamiece Hassan and Emily Dawson Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: January 31, 2018

Public engagement with health research and science is an issue of growing public importance. With a worrying trend towards ‘anti-science’ perspectives resulting in serious outbreaks of preventable disease, it is essential to consider bringing the wider public into the consultation and communication of health research and knowledge. Here, Sheena Cruickshank, Lamiece Hassan, and Emily Dawson […]

Tagged With: communities, community, Digital Futures, education, health, Health & Social Care, Health and Care, Health inequalities, public engagement, public health, research, science & engineering

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