If you are having cancer treatment (or had treatment in the past), it’s important to understand the possible impact on your heart. Here are some of the questions you might have, with answers from cancer information development nurse, Hilary.
I’m having cancer treatment. Should I be worried about my heart?
Cancer treatment doesn’t always affect heart health. But for some people it can cause:
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Over the last few decades, the internet has propelled the ‘Information Age’ into uncharted territory. We now have billions of web pages at our fingertips, all the free information we want, and the ability to communicate and share with…
About 850,000 people are living with dementia in the UK. Many people living with dementia also have other health conditions, including cancer. The number of people living with both dementia and cancer is growing. In this blog, written by senior editor Sarah, we explain more about the effects of living with cancer and dementia and how you can help someone with these conditions.
Living with cancer and dementia
Having both…
This week was Deaf Awareness Week. It’s a welcome reminder that everyone should have the support they deserve when they face cancer. That’s why over the last few years we’ve been trying to make as much information as possible available in British Sign Language (BSL). And we’ve been taking steps to make our BSL videos better than ever.
Who uses BSL?
Approximately 20,000 to 50,000 people in England…
Good news: we all get an extra hour in bed this weekend. Bad news: it means that British Summer Time is over and the clocks are going back. Good news (again): our team volunteer Nisrin has written this blog on keeping active in autumn.
For many of us, summer is now a distant memory. Hot sunny days spent enjoying picnics, parks and the seaside are replaced by early dark mornings and dark evenings as winter fast approaches…
