Health News

The achievements of research and improvements in service delivery mean that more people survive cancer than ever before. Nevertheless, the number of people diagnosed with cancer in Wales continues to steadily increase, with just over 19,000 new cases diagnosed in 2015.

April marks Bowel Cancer Awareness month, a time of year when we are reminded to be vigilant of the signs and symptoms of this common cancer. Along with other organisations, Cancer Research Wales is helping to address some of the challenges and opportunities as they relate to bowel cancer in Wales.

Following the news that England will now vaccinate men who have sex with men against the human papilloma virus, Dr Joanna Longstaffe, clinical director of the Independent General Practice, explains why this is still not good enough and the vaccination programme needs to be gender-neutral and include adolescent boys as well.