The SCPN Newsletter: Latest Articles
The Scottish Government has openly invited all food industry businesses to work in partnership to implement a range of voluntary commitments to improve Scotland’s dietary health. A draft ...
The evidence for the effect of regular activity on physical and mental health is substantial and convincing and the role of physical activity for cancer treatment and prevention is clear1. New ...
Is it true that skin cancers only develop in areas exposed to the sun e.g. if the back is never exposed we should not be worried about lesions which might appear on this part of the body? ...
The revised Goals replace the Scottish Dietary Targets, which were set in the 1996 Scottish Diet Action Plan and take account of the need to build in population approaches in relation to reducing ...
Occupational cancers from dusts, chemicals and other workplace hazards are still an important public health concern. Each year in Britain there are around 13,500 additional diagnosed cases of ...
The Detect Cancer Early Programme is a Scottish Government Health Department initiative designed to increase the proportion of Scots diagnosed with early stage cancer. Initially the programme is ...
The UK National Screening Committee (NSC) has published recommendations to change the age that women receive their first invitation for cervical screening from 20 to 25. This ...
Breakfast is often described as the most important meal of the day. Many of us reach for that breakfast cereal which is aggressively marketed as a healthy option but do we really know what is in ...
In Scotland, 24% of adults smoke and half of current smokers are likely to die from cancer1, making smoking cessation services a Scottish Government priority. Smoking cessation is equally ...
Incidence and mortality of hepatocellular (HCC) or liver cancer is increasing in Scotland and the UK as a whole. Figures published by the Information Services Division Scotland report 393 (M ...