Free skin cancer screenings at Forum Algarve this weekend
Free skin cancer screenings will be held at Forum Algarve this weekend (August 20 to 22), in a partnership between the shopping centre and the Portuguese League Against Cancer (Liga
Order of Dentists sounds alert over pandemic’s toll on oral hygiene
Portugal’s Order of Dentists has sounded the alert over the toll the pandemic is having on people’s attention to oral hygiene. Initially people were terrified of the thought of contagion
Cancer care compromised thanks to government ‘dithering’
IPO de Lisboa – Lisbon’s premier cancer hospital – is struggling to man its ‘linear accelerators’ – sophisticated radiotherapy devices that treat thousands of patients every year. The problem is
“Right to be forgotten” – Parliament moves to protect cancer patients from ‘bad credit ratings’
Parliament has approved ‘in its generality’ the ‘right to be forgotten’ – an agreement that will stop people who have beaten illnesses like cancer being discriminated against if/ when they
Lisbon hospital reports “more than 40% increase in metastatic breast cancers”
Cancer department boss Luís Costa has given a powerful interview with Expresso this week outlining the appalling collateral damage caused by focus on Covid-19. In the months since the pandemic
Portuguese exposed to “significant levels of weed killer linked to cancer
A preliminary study has detected ‘significant levels’ of glyphosate in the urine of Portuguese adults. Bearing in mind exposure to glyphosate has been famously linked to the development in humans
Porto scientists “create new method” that could spell breakthrough in treatment of cancers
Scientists at FCUP (the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Porto) have developed a method of measuring with “enormous precision” ultra intense laser impulses which could, they believe, be
15,000 cancers likely to have been missed due to pandemic, warn GPs
Roughly 15,000 new cases of cancer will have been missed in the last few months due to the limitations on health services due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
GITS raise funds for cancer care
The GITS (Golfers in the Sun) enjoyed their early March get together at Castro Marim golf course, followed by an evening meal at Butchers, Almancil. A total of €475 was
Wife of former prime minister Passos Coelho loses heroic cancer battle
Laura Ferreira, the wife of former PSD prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho has lost her heroic battle for life. Diagnosed with cancer five years ago, the physiotherapist by profession died