'I’d started planning my funeral' David Tennant's wife Georgia on cancer battle
ACTRESS and wife to Doctor Who actor David Tennant, Georgia Tennant has in recent years used her platform to encourage women to take a smear test after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer back in 2018. Now, in light of Cervical Screening Awareness Week which runs from the 20th-26th June, here we take a look at how a simple smear test helped to save the star's life. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scopio Labs Awarded FDA Clearance for High Throughput Hematology Digital Cell Morphology Platform, Replacing Microscopes with Digitization
This is the company's second FDA clearance, broadening its suite of fully digital platforms to cater to all lab sizes and networks
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 9, 2022 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Scopio Labs, a medtech company that develops ... Devices, Diagnostics, FDA Scopio Labs, X100HT, Peripheral Blood Smear (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Women can safely have fewer smears thanks to HPV test
Cervical screening is changing, but fewer checks will not mean more cancers missed, a study confirms. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Privileged' Clinton lawyer lied to feds in 'plan' to smear Trump: prosecutor
Michael Sussmann is a privileged, politically connected attorney who lied to the FBI as part of “bigger plan” to smear Donald Trump, a federal prosecutor charged. #michaelsussmann #donaldtrump #feds (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sexual Minority Status Linked to Lower Odds of Pap Screen
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 -- Sexual minority (SM) status is associated with reduced odds of ever undergoing Papanicolaou (Pap) testing, according to a study published online May 16 in Cancer.
Ashley E. Stenzel, Ph.D., from the University of Minnesota in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 16, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Greene ’s lawyers insist she didn’t incite violence and is instead ‘a victim’ of Jan. 6 riot
Attorneys for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene argued there is “no evidence” she helped incite the Capitol attack and that she has since become the victim of a political smear campaign. #marjorietaylorgreene #smearcampaign #riotattorneys (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Greene revives QAnon smear in attack on GOP senators backing Jackson's SCOTUS nomination
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launched an outlandish attack against three Republican senators who support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, accusing them of somehow... #scotus #ketanjibrownjackson #qanon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ted Cruz's 'Antiracist Baby' Smear Campaign Backfires and Boosts Sales
The book became an Amazon bestseller—after the Republican senator scrutinized it in a congressional hearing. #antiracistbaby #bestseller #tedcruz (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prosecutors accuse China of campaign to spy on and harass dissidents in US
Prosecutors have launched a series of criminal cases including one involving an alleged attempt to smear a congressional candidate #candidateprosecutors #prosecutors #dissidents (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Women vaccinated against HPV only need one smear for cervical cancer in lifetime, expert claims
Professor Peter Sasieni - a cancer expert at King's College London - said the multi-million pound NHS screening programme can be relaxed in future due to the success of the 2008 jab. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HPV vaccine recipients may only need one smear test in their lives, expert says
Change in screening programme could come as result of dramatic reductions in cervical cancerThe HPV vaccine is leading to such dramatic reductions in cervical cancer that those who receive it may only need one smear test in their lives, according to a leading cancer prevention scientist.The academic director of King ’s Clinical Trials Unit, Prof Peter Sasieni, said the screening programme – which currently needs to be performed every three to five years – could soon change due to the encouraging results from the new HPV vaccine.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 2, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Guardian staff and agencies Tags: HPV vaccine Cervical cancer UK news Health Vaccines and immunisation Society Medical research Science Women's health Source Type: news
Vaccines could mean only one smear test a lifetime
HPV jab is so successful that people who have it will not need screening every few years, says cancer scientist. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DNA Methylation Could Predict Ovarian, Breast Cancers
A pair of new studies finds that analyzing material from a Pap smear can reveal tumor risk in distant parts of the body, potentially allowing early interventions. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - February 11, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Cancer: Smear tests could help to determine a women’s risk of ovarian cancer says research
OVARIAN cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women. A woman's risk of getting ovarian cancer during her lifetime is about one in 78. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Smear tests could one day tell women if they have ovarian and breast cancer, experts say
Researchers from Innsbruck University, Austria, found DNA changes in a woman's cervix can give warning signs of tumours elsewhere in the body. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
