Cancer drug gives hope to sickle cell sufferers

A drug that reduces the disabling pain of sickle cell anemia can also significantly lower death rates and should be used by many more patients with the blood disorder, researchers say.

Sharp decline in UK deaths from bowel cancer predicted

A national screening programme of 10 years' duration will prevent 5000 new cases and 3000 deaths each year in the United Kingdom. Currently there are about 35000 diagnosed cases of bowel cancer and 16000 deaths each year in the United Kingdom.