NEWS-Week ending 5th April

Workplace illness 'to get worse' (3 April)

"An ageing workforce and higher rates of illness and disease among employees will pose a serious threat to British business by 2030, a report warns."

Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald, of Bupa UK Health Insurance, said: "For the first time, we have a clear picture of the major health issues that will affect British workers over the next 20 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7971792.stm




Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that screening for prostate cancer using prostate specific antigen (PSA) would lead to a substantial number of tumours diagnosed at an earlier and more treatable stage.

However, after adjusting for overdiagnosis, two-yearly PSA testing might still result in a reduction in advanced stage prostate cancer of up to 54 per cent

(the usual +/- points relating to the PSA test are included within the article)

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=47803


Worthing man's shock cancer diagnosis

Published Date: 03 April 2009
"SHELLSHOCKED". That is how a Worthing man described the moment he was told he had prostate cancer.
At 47, John Palfrey was at the younger end of the spectrum of men getting the disease.

http://http//www.worthingherald.co.uk/health/Worthing-man39s-shock-cancer-diagnosis.5139947.jp


Weymouth man urges prostate cancer awareness
11:00am Friday 3rd April 2009

A MAN who overcame prostate cancer is urging other men to ‘get checked early and as quickly as possible’.
Eddie Kercher, of Cross Road, Weymouth, hopes his experience of being cured will reassure other prostate cancer sufferers.
His message is: “Come on lads, if in doubt, check it out.”

http://www.thisisdorset.net/news/tidnews/4263886.Weymouth_man_urges_prostate_cancer_awareness/


How African American men decide whether or not to get prostate
cancer screening.

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men in the United States and affects African Americans disproportionately when compared to other ethnic groups.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19258830