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Is the health service in danger of intergenerational unfairness?

June 6, 2016April 7, 2020 Angus 0 Comments A&E, ageing population, controversial, demographics, future medicine, government liability, Government spending, intergenerational, medical data, Medical Economics, medical liability, medical negligence, Medical policy, NHS, NHS liability, prejudice, public health, unfairness

With an ageing population there is now a danger that scarce resources are being sucked up the older generations and

Lung cancer – a smoker’s disease?

November 12, 2013April 7, 2020 thomas 0 Comments ageing population, Cancer, DNA sequencing, drugs, Lung Cancer, personalised medicine, prejudice, Smoking, Stigma

In July 2013, Harpal Kumar, the head of Cancer Research UK said, “It is not so long ago that we

Prejudice against lung cancer

August 30, 2013April 7, 2020 thomas 0 Comments Cancer, Lung Cancer, prejudice, Research funding, Stigma

Ever year, 7.5 million people die of cancer, 13% of world deaths. Of these, 1.5 million are from trachea, bronchus