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Prostate cancer: Can regular physical activity reduce the risk?

Exercise appears to enhance how your immune system targets and eradicates cancer cells

‘I managed to hop, walk and crawl to the end’: Fundraiser finishes 50th marathon in 50 days in Dublin

Dymtro Moyseyev raised more than €5,000 for Irish Cancer Society

Cancer patients ‘dying in cold homes’, survey of palliative nurses finds

Irish Cancer Society calls for social welfare allowances to be extended to cancer patients

Purported tanning aid advertised on social media may cause serious health issues, regulator warns

‘Notable escalation’ in online activity related to advertisement of products that can cause long-term damage

Irishman’s ride in world’s longest horse race cut short after fall

Martin McMahon was halfway through the gruelling Mongol Derby when ‘disaster struck’

Officials examining plans to allow cancer patients to defer maternity leave

The Irish Cancer Society has estimated that 60 women a year get a cancer diagnosis while pregnant or after giving birth

Fixing our food system and climate crisis together

The Fixing Food Together gathering recommended a transition to more plant-based diets, ending the junk-food cycle and improving agricultural practices

How to stay safe in the sun, as Irish tourists are warned of cancer risk in European heatwave

Getting burnt just once every two years triples melanoma risk, Irish Cancer Society warns, as temperatures reach 45 degrees in areas of Spain

Cancer survivors to gain access to mortgage protection after years of refusal

New voluntary code of practice will disregard cancer diagnosis where treatment ended over seven years ago

Laya refused cover for new therapies for more than 20 cancer patients last year

Irish Cancer Society calls for re-examination of ‘whole system’ of drug reimbursement

Irish food system ‘fuelling premature death and disability’ due to diet-related diseases – report

Lack of policies cause ‘ultra-processed foods and excessive red and processed meat’ to dominate

Growth in scientific studies supporting the physical and psychological benefits of yoga

Studies have found yoga to be beneficial for conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia and generalised anxiety disorder

Getting cancer at 21: ‘They ended up finding a 10cm tumour in my chest’

Getting the diagnosis can be a massive retrograde step for any young person

Cancer survivors to benefit from insurance sector ‘right to be forgotten’ move

Mortgage protection insurance code of conduct will disregard diagnosis where treatment ceased seven or more years before application

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: I could go months without thinking about it and sometimes it’s all I can think of

Daffodil Day: Being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma has ‘really shaped my life’, says gym owner Sarah O’Neill

Clocks are about to change. Our body clocks turn out to be key to making medicine work

Dr Muiris Houston: As the clocks spring forward, we would be wise to look at chronotherapy and the link between time and drugs

People in State’s most deprived areas have higher risk of dying from cancer, report finds

Survival from cancers improving but outcome disparities between most and least deprived unchanged, National Cancer Registry Ireland says

The push to understand metastasis: new frontier in cancer research aims to improve survival rates

Metastatic cancer is a complex challenge for bench-to-bedside research

Cancer patients cut back on heating their homes over cost concerns

Irish Cancer Society finds ‘huge amount of anxiety’ among households coping with cancer diagnosis

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: ‘It’s amazing how successful the treatments are these days’

The Irish Cancer Society is urging everyone to ‘care for your pair’ by doing regular self-checks, knowing what feels right and seeking advice if any concerns

Interesting career opportunities can often turn up in unexpected places

‘We want to reach everyone affected by cancer in Ireland and we can only do that through our people’

Ireland’s highest ever August temperature of 31.7 degrees recorded in Co Carlow

Almost three dozen water supplies in drought, Irish Water says

More than 80,000 waiting for hospital appointments

Health system ’running to stand still for years’ - Irish Cancer Society

‘Game-changing’ Covid antiviral to be available in hospitals next week

Only inpatients will have access to Paxlovid; sotrovimab deemed ineffective against BA.2

Twitter staff have an ‘acute consciousness’ of its role on gender-based harassment

Social media can be force ‘for bad as well as for good’, says managing director

Winning the fight against cancer: ‘It’s just miraculous’

St James’s Hospital has made huge strides in battling common cancers

‘Yellow army’ to return for first in-person Daffodil Day since pandemic

Irish Cancer Society raised close to €7m during Daffodil Day 2021

How early detection of cancer could save your life

Liam Cuddihy got medical advice when he was concerned and it made all the difference

Cancer in Ireland: From fatal sentence to liveable illness

Thirty-four years after the first Daffodil Day, cancer treatments and attitudes have changed

Call for cancers to be ‘forgotten’ when seeking financial services

Almost quarter affected by cancer denied quote for likes of mortgage insurance

Advocacy groups for vulnerable people express concern over removal of masks

Need to increase access to antivirals as society opens up, says advocate

The pandemic devastated our health system. Now it’s time to fix it

With patients being massively affected, doctors are stressing need for a ‘catch-up strategy’

Local heroes: The people making a difference in communities around Ireland

We asked you to nominate someone in your life who gives back

Drop in cancer diagnoses as high as 14 per cent during pandemic, early data shows

Shortfall likely to cause ‘major challenge’ in cancer services, Irish Cancer Society says

Be careful you don’t become a victim of ‘secondary Covid’

‘Cancer crisis’ of missed diseases given difficulty in accessing non-Covid services

‘Prostate cancer is not necessarily an old man’s disease’

Early diagnosis of prostate cancer key to positive outcomes

Combatting low health literacy that’s affecting a quarter of Irish people

Charities team up to help cancer patients get most out of medical appointments

Wexford man leaves over €1m to Irish Cancer Society in will

Charity says no restrictions imposed by the donor ‘on this generous donation’

Childhood cancer diagnosis can add €15,300 to family expenses – report

Around 200 children are diagnosed with cancer in Ireland each year

More late-stage cancers being diagnosed after screening delays, charity says

‘Crisis’ after 250,000 fewer people screened in 2020 than 2019, Irish Cancer Society chief says

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