One third of colon cancer patients do not discover they have the disease until they present at emergency rooms with difficulties, a study has revealed today.

PLANS to provide radiotherapy to private patients at a new hospital to open soon in Waterford have edged a step closer. And it emerged the hospital plans delivery of a second linear accelerator, the machine which provides radiotherapy, before Christmas.

DOCTORS should be spending more time washing their hands to prevent the spread of potentially deadly bacteria, new research shows.