Cancer
Article produced in association with Jeen Health On 24 January 2026, NHS England launched the NHS National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Register - a programme that will eventually cover around 120 cancer susceptibility genes. For adults over 50, this matters more than it first appears. Cancer risk accelerates with age. Diagnoses in later life - breast, [...]
A pancreatic cancer drug could double survival rates and cut the risk of death by more than a third, a trial suggests. Pancreatic cancer survival rates are among the lowest of all cancers, with only about 10 per cent of patients in Britain living longer than a year after diagnosis. Researchers at Northwestern University in [...]
A new study has found that metformin, a widely prescribed diabetes drug, may mimic one of exercise's core biological effects in men with prostate cancer. The findings suggest metformin could help counter the metabolic strain of hormone therapy, when fatigue and other side effects often limit physical activity. Exercise is one of the most reliable [...]
Thousands more people are being referred for potentially life-saving liver cancer checks following the expansion of the NHS’s community liver health check programme. The number of mobile liver scanning teams has almost doubled in the last two years, with 20 roaming teams now offering scans to communities in every region of England – up from [...]
Eyes may be the window to the soul, but a person’s biological age could be reflected in their facial characteristics, according to a new study. Investigators from Mass General Brigham developed a deep learning algorithm called FaceAge that uses a photo of a person’s face to predict biological age and survival outcomes for patients with [...]
Researchers have discovered that expansion of mutant blood cells, a phenomenon linked to ageing, can be found in cancerous tumours, and this is associated with worse outcomes for patients. Understanding the biological interface of age-related genetic changes and diseases of ageing, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, is important to develop preventative therapies for a [...]
