Retreat on tanning bed ban puts heat on Coalition | Sydney Morning Herald | 29.3.11 Melanoma campaigners have been devastated by a revelation that during its final days the NSW Labor government ditched plans to ban people under the age of 30 from using cancer-causing tanning beds. Read More> Take Action Now!
Nepean Hospital should enforce ban, says anti-smoking advocate Penrith Press – Where I live | 21.3.11 After successfully taking on Westfield Penrith’s smoking problems, Vanessa Austin now has her sights set on Nepean Hospital.As the Press reported in October, Ms Austin took on the retail giant to prevent smoking around entrances, particularly near no smoking…
Too late but sufferer praises bowel screening program | The Age | 22.3.11 Peter Caissa received a bowel cancer screening kit in the mail around the time of his 55th birthday last July. But by then, it was too late. New data released by the Cancer Council today shows that one in five bowel cancers…
Early detection is money well spent | Canberra Times | 21.3.11 This year 17,000 Australians will be diagnosed with bowel cancer, every week 80 people will die from this disease, and the cost of treatment will hit $1 billion. So it is shocking to realise that Australia’s nascent National Bowel Cancer Screening Program has run…
Cancer program in limbo | Newcastle Herald | 7.3.11 Volunteer cancer awareness advocate, Mr Rosevear is angry that federal government funding for the free bowel screening program could end. In the Hunter region of NSW, about 260 people a year die of bowel cancer, a disease that is “curable” if caught early. Read More> Take…