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

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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 […]

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Time to address the North-South health divide through proportionate economic growth incentives

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New research has revealed widening inequality between death rates in the northern and southern England. Here Professor Iain Buchan explains the significance of his research and calls on policymakers to take action and introduce northern weighting in industrial growth funds to address the North-South health divide. There has been an alarming rise since the mid-90s […]

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