Live in care at Home – Elderly home care blog

One in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our life.
The disease tends to affect older people – but can strike at any time.
Excluding certain skin cancers, there were more than 270,000 new cases of the disease in 2001 – and the rate is increasing by about 1% a year.
Some cancer, [...]

[Read more →]

A new vaccine has completely eliminated a type of breast cancer tumour in tests on mice, say researchers.
The vaccine targets breast cancer caused by an excess of a protein called HER2 – and even destroyed tumours resistant to current drugs.
The US team said it might also be used to prevent initial development of [...]

[Read more →]

A poll by Macmillan Cancer Support suggests nearly half of cancer patients in England are being forced to cut back on basic necessities in order to pay for their prescriptions.
Breast cancer survivor Amanda Whetstone says she regularly skips breakfast and lunch to save money to pay for her prescriptions.
Amanda, 45, from Chessington in [...]

[Read more →]