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Nicola Sturgeon
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Almost half of women incorrectly believe that smear tests can detect ovarian cancer, a charity has warned. Target Ovarian Cancer said that a poll o...
Only a third of women would visit a GP if they experienced a common symptom of cervical cancer, figures suggest. Just 33% of women would go to see ...
A vaccine given to young girls that protects Britain's heterosexual population from the human papilloma virus (HPV) should be made available to gay me...
Women who were sexually abused in childhood are less likely to attend cervical cancer screenings than other women, research suggests. The National ...
A young bride who claimed to be stricken with cervical cancer, prompting donors to raise thousands of pounds for her dream wedding, has been arrested ...
Schoolgirls are being denied a potentially life-saving cervical cancer jab at their schools on the grounds of religion. Some schools in England hav...
My diagnosis was cervical cancer. I was 32, had a five-year-old and a one-year-old who were reliant on me. Very quickly during the following weeks I had a partial hysterectomy, and intense chemotherapy which intensified over the space of the following six months.
About 1,000 women have been called back to a North East surgery to have repeat smear tests amid concerns that tests taken over the past 24 years were ...
Three years after the death of reality TV star Jade Goody, a new study has revealed that her battle with cervical cancer prompted 400,000 British wome...
Bacteria, viruses and parasites cause around two million cases of cancer in the world each year, experts believe. Of the 7.5 million global deaths ...
The spike in women having cervical smear tests following Jade Goody's death from the disease, has almost been reversed just three years after she pass...
So buckle up. Enjoy the ride. Be patient and remember, life is what you want it to be. Trust in the unseen because no matter how small you think you are, you are more powerful than you could ever realise.
Women who go for regular smear tests are much more likely to survive cervical cancer than those who fail to attend appointments, new research has foun...
A recent survey has discovered that a third of British women (29%) have never been for any type of cervical health screening, which is vital for detec...
Running a relatively new charity myself, I have a vested interest in paying attention to these online campaigns. Everyone knows that awareness raising has been revolutionised by social media, allowing us to show our support at the click of a button.
A quarter of a million women worldwide will have died of cervical cancer by the time 2011 draws to a close. That's roughly one death every two minutes. Of those, around 900 are British women - and sadly, many of these deaths could have been prevented by a simple cervical screening.
Every year, Human Rights Day spurs debate around the world about what constitutes a human right. Much-vaunted, often controversial, and little understood, it seems there's still a great deal of contention about which rights are most important.
The parents of a schoolgirl claim their daughter has been left in a "waking coma" after suffering suspected side effects from a cervical cancer jab. ...
I liken the experience to childbirth: absolutely relentlessly hellish in parts, goes on painfully for a good long while but when it's all over and done, the feeling is of euphoria and achievement...and any tough memories are instantly erased. And, like having babies, I know I'll sign up for another at some point soon.
Never one to be shy of taking up a challenge (Dancing on Ice, Total Wipeout, MasterChef to name a few), my next death-defying adventure is a 400km cycle ride in Kenya, on behalf of Women V Cancer.
A nurse tasked with testing women for signs of cervical cancer has appeared before a medical council to face accusations that she was "unable to locat...
Thousands of women every year could be spared invasive tests thanks to simple screening for the virus that causes cervical cancer. I...
A contraceptive method could almost halve the risk of cervical cancer according to a one of the largest studies of its kind. The report, published...
