Category Archives: Cancer
10p diabetes drug could treat breast cancer patients
10p diabetes drug could treat breast cancer patients
A 10p-a-day diabetes drug could be used to treat breast cancer sufferers, it is claimed.
They found that the people whose cancer cells “fed” off high-energy compounds were more likely to see their tumours spread or to die.
This meant they could be helped by being given the diabetes drug, metformin, which stops the “fuel supply” for aggressive cancer cells.
In sickness and in health: living with illness
When serious illness strikes there’s often just one thing that stops sufferers from crumpling – the unwavering support of their partners
Lyndsay Mitcheson, 43, had her left leg amputated above the knee in August last year after contracting MRSA during a knee replacement operation for arthritis. She lives in York with her two teenage children. Her partner of two years, Paul Adams, 43, a graphic designer, lives in Leeds
LYNDSAY When I met Paul I was walking with sticks and in a lot of pain from the MRSA. We didn’t talk about what was going to happen with my leg but in the back of my mind I knew I was going to lose it. We had grown so close I felt I had to give him the chance to do a runner. I vividly remember the night we discussed it. I told him, ‘This leg is going to go,’ and he just said, ‘OK.’ Paul is the easiest end of easy-going but there were still dark moments when I thought he would leave.
Hospice’s joy as new centre opens doors
6:30pm Thursday 7th April 2011
STAFF, patients and volunteers at St Richard’s Hospice in Worcester have welcomed the opening of its near-£1million Snowdrops Community Care Centre.
The new wing to the charity’s Wildwood Drive headquarters was funded by a £600,000 grant from the Department of Health and donations, and will allow staff to support extra patients in the community, as well more carers and family members.
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