With temperatures on the rise, the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland say people should enjoy the good weather – but urge them to take care in the sun. PHA and Cancer Focus NI are also reminding people that the UV Index is a good guide to how strong the sun is. When t...
To help Cancer Focus Northern Ireland highlight Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (Jan 22-28), survivor DUP MLA Paula Bradley urges local women to be vigilant and to get regular smear tests. Paula who lives in Newtownabbey and has two grown up children, Jessica (27) and Joshua (25), is her party spok...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland’s 10th annual Men’s Health Conference at Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim, focused on the theme Foundations for Health. Guest speaker Eimear Ruane-McAteer, from Queen’s University Belfast, spoke about her research on the psychological impact of diagnosis on low risk prostate canc...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is lending a helping hand to raise awareness of cancer prevention at Michaela Foundation’s Summer Camps for girls. The charities will work together at 19 camps across Northern Ireland, each attended by 80 girls (aged 11-13). The Summer Camp partnership was officially la...
From Saturday 20 May 2017, all tobacco sold in Northern Ireland must be in new-style ‘plain’ packaging. Cigarettes and tobacco will no longer be sold in bright, glitzy packs but will be in drab green packages with larger picture warnings about the dangers of smoking. This follows a year’s grace peri...
