Cancer
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and everyone is encouraged to get involved and support the cause. October is Breast Cancer Awareness......
Cancer compensation for firefighters: a state of emergency
An overseas report about the risks of cancer amongst firefighters has got the attention of federal members of parliament. The......
Factor 50 approval misleading
Australians suffer more from skin cancer than anyone else in the world, and are keen to slip slop slap. But......
Time for boys to get the cervical cancer vaccine
Although boys don’t have a cervix, it shouldn’t stop them from getting the cervical cancer vaccination. Ongoing research into the......
Brain Strain: Are mobile phones increasing our risk of cancer?
The jury’s been out for years about whether using a mobile phone can increase the risk of cancer, but new......
Cigarette packaging to turn olive green
Out with brand logos and bright colours and in with olive green and disease. Health Minister Nicola Roxon has today......
Culture of Silence on sex hormone link to cancer
Sex hormone diethylstilboestrol or commonly known as DES, was prescribed widely to stop miscarriages among women in post-war period in......
Why aren’t males getting the Gardasil vaccination?
According to a survey by the Cancer Council of Australia, over a quarter of young women aren’t safeguarding themselved against......
A better way to help children understand cancer
Author and mother Susanne Gervay is a four time cancer survivor, and found it difficult to help her children understand......
National Breast Cancer Month
Think Pink is the message for October with the launch of National Breast Cancer Month....