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☆ New cervical cancer treatment cuts risk of death from disease, according to trial results
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Sam Tupper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

All had locally advanced cervical cancer, although none had tumors that had spread to other organs. This discovery led to the development of an HPV vaccine that can help prevent cervical cancer in women. Brawley stressed the importance of routine cervical screening as advanced-stage cervical cancer rises among White and Black women in the US. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cervical cancer screenings typically test for signs of HPV that can cause cell changes on the cervix. “Of the 4,400 deaths from cervical cancer, none of them get screened every year.”Chemotherapy to treat cervical cancer can come with unpleasant side effects like nausea, vomiting and hair loss, Brawley noted.

Persons: ” Dr, Mary McCormack, “, ”, Otis Brawley, Harald zur Hausen, Brawley, White, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, It’s, ” Brawley, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, Mary McCormack of University College Hospital, Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, American Cancer Society, US Centers for Disease Control, CNN Health, US Food and Drug Administration Locations: Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, United States

☆ King Charles returns to public duties in visit to cancer treatment center
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The 75-year-old monarch revealed he was battling cancer in early February and is continuing his treatment as he restarts his public-facing engagements. The first fresh entry in his diary was a visit to a cancer treatment center in London, where he was expected to meet patients and staff. The King, who has been patron of Macmillan Cancer Support for nearly three decades, was accompanied by his wife, the Queen. The King and Queen meet staff as they arrive at the cancer treatment center. However, it has been confirmed that he will welcome Japan’s Emperor and Empress for a state visit later that month.

Persons: London CNN — King Charles III, ”, Camilla, Suzanne Plunkett, Charlie Swanton, Buckingham Organizations: London CNN, Macmillan Cancer, Reuters, University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer, Cancer Research, CNN’s Royal Locations: London, Normandy

Sophie Kinsella, the best-selling English author of the “Shopaholic” book series, revealed on social media on Wednesday that she had been undergoing treatment for an aggressive and often fatal form of brain cancer. Kinsella said that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, but waited to make the diagnosis public so her children could “ hear and process the news privately and adapt to our ‘new normal.’” She added that her condition was stable after a successful operation and ongoing chemotherapy and radiation at University College Hospital in London. Kinsella, whose real name is Madeleine Wickham, has written a string of hit novels, starting with “Confessions of a Shopaholic” in 2000, about a financial journalist in New York City with a serious shopping addiction. About a decade later, a movie starring Isla Fisher based on the original novel and a sequel was released. Since the smashing success of the first novel, nine sequels following the life of the protagonist Rebecca Bloomwood have been released, earning Kinsella, 54, a loyal following and a reigning position among authors of romantic comedy books.

Persons: Sophie Kinsella, Kinsella, glioblastoma, Madeleine Wickham, Isla Fisher, Rebecca Bloomwood Organizations: University College Hospital Locations: London, New York City

☆ ‘Orwell’ Review: Champion of an Ordinary Truth
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Dominic Green | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

George Orwell in an undated photograph. Photo: Estate of Vernon RichardsGeorge Orwell, the inventor of the Ministry of Love and Room 101 in “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” was married for the second time in Room 65 of University College Hospital in London. His sickbed was not far from Senate House, the building that had inspired the Ministry of Truth. The groom was dying of tuberculosis and wore a crimson corduroy jacket. One hundred days later, on Jan. 21, 1950, Orwell was dead, aged 46.

☆ Britain’s NHS was once idolized. Now its worst-ever crisis is fueling a boom in private health care
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Private hospital groups flourishTo keep up with growing demand for their services, private health care providers are expanding at a rapid clip. CEO Justin Ash estimates that the market for private health care in the United Kingdom has doubled since before the pandemic to 15 million people. Ash said that appetite for private health care spans a much broader set of ages and incomes than in the past. “We’ve clearly moved into a world in which we’re all NHS patients but have episodes of private care,” he said. There is no universal health care in America and most people have private health insurance because health care is very expensive.

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