The average British family “cannot afford cancer”, a leading charity has warned.

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The friends and family of Lynda Bellingham will gather today to say goodbye to the actress who died last month.

The average person in Britain spends almost a year of their lives nursing a hangover, a charity has said.

Breast and prostate cancer patients could cut their risk of dying by walking just one mile a day, it has been suggested.

Two trials testing a new approach to managing depression in cancer patients, which is often overlooked or ignored, have shown positive results.

Loneliness is "particularly toxic" to cancer patients, a British study said after a poll found that patients who feel alone are much more likely to struggle with their treatment plans.

WALES: A man has completed his challenge to push a Brussels sprout up Snowdon using his nose, the BBC reports.

Royle Family star Caroline Aherne is recovering after being treated for lung cancer, but has vowed to carry on with her TV work.

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Just one in two women in some areas of the country are availing of free mammograms, it has emerged.

EXERCISE is a “wonder drug” for cancer survivors and may even prevent the disease coming back, according to a report.

CANCER rates are increasing at such a pace that four in ten people in Britain will be diagnosed with the disease at some point during their life, a health charity has warned.

Voy Por Ustedes has been crowned winner of the 2008-2009 Order of Merit, scooping the £200,000 (€224,075) first prize.

The smoking ban in the North’s pubs, restaurants and workplaces came into effect from midnight – three years after the rest of Ireland became the first European country to prohibit public smoking.