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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…
Sunday 8th September is International Literacy Day. It's a great opportunity to raise awareness about improving literacy rates and people's ability to read and understand health information.
In this blog, our Information Materials Researcher, Sue, talks about how we check the readability of our resources for people living with cancer and how you can find out how easy to read a booklet is.
16.4% of adults in…
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…
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 is Sarcoma Awareness Week. In this blog, we explain more about sarcomas, how they are diagnosed, and coping with being told you have a sarcoma.
What are sarcomas?
Sarcomas are rare cancers. They can develop in the:
About 3,300 people a year are diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma and around 580 people with a bone sarcoma. If you…
