Today is World No Tobacco Day, a day that aims to highlight the risks that come with using tobacco. In this blog, our editor Elissia explains some of the benefits of stopping smoking and not using smokeless tobacco, especially if you have cancer.
You may smoke to relieve stress or boredom. It may be comforting for you or give a feeling of pleasure. If you’re living with cancer and its treatment you may feel that smoking…
This week is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week. In this blog, information development nurse Teri explains more about this type of cancer. This includes types and the signs and symptoms.
There are over 30 different places that cancer can develop in the head and neck area. The most common are the:
Cancer can also develop in the:
June 20–26 is Learning Disability Awareness Week led by the charity Mencap. This week is about making sure the world hears what life is like if you have a learning disability.
There are around 1.5m people in the UK living with a learning disability. That is approximately 2.16% of the general population1. And yet it can sometimes be difficult for this audience to find accessible health information.
People with learning…
In this blog, our quality and improvement officer Abi tells you about the information we offer in different formats.
For anyone facing a cancer diagnosis, the whirlwind of emotions and medical information you are faced with can quickly make it difficult to take anything in, let alone to digest large amounts of complicated written information.
For many people, the written information given out after diagnosis is too complicated…
