As part of World Cancer Day on February 4, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is urging all local MPs to support an Early Day Motion at Westminster calling for adolescent boys to be given the HPV vaccination to help reduce incidence of cancer. The charity is also calling on the Health Department at Storm...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is the first local charity to receive recognition for its excellent achievements at the prestigious Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) annual awards. A total of 26 organisations from across the UK were presented with awards for their work in health and wellbeing...
Michele Slane (41) lives in west Belfast with husband Francis and her two children Neil (22) and Kirsty (10). Michele, who was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2010, warns of the dangers of sunbeds and sunbathing. She says: “From about the age of 17 until 30 I used sunbeds on a regular ba...
Irish international rugby legend and TV commentator Tony Ward was a guest speaker at our 2015 Men and Cancer Conference. The annual event, held in Antrim, highlighted Men’s Health Week, which runs from June 15-21, and was attended by more than 100 health professionals and others with an interest in...
Michele Slane (41) lives in west Belfast with husband Francis and her two children Neil (22) and Kirsty (10). Michele was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2010 and now warns others of the dangers of sunbeds and not staying safe in the sun. She says: “From about the age of 17 until 30 I used sun...
