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Argentina's Cristina Fernandez undergoes cancer surgery
04/01/2012 - ARGENTINA

Argentina's Cristina Fernandez undergoes cancer surgery

Argentina's popular president Cristina Fernandez was successfully operated on for thyroid cancer on Wednesday. Doctors predicted a complete cure without chemotherapy, since preoperative tests showed the cancer had not spread.
Interpol seeks to arrest maker of faulty implants
24/12/2011 - FRANCE

Interpol seeks to arrest maker of faulty implants

International police agency Interpol has issued a "red notice" for the arrest of the founder of PIP, the now-defunct manufacturer of faulty breast implants that French medical authorities have urged thousands of women to have removed.
France urges removal of implants, but denies cancer link
23/12/2011 - FRANCE

France urges removal of implants, but denies cancer link

French medical authorities have urged 30,000 women with a certain type of breast implant to have them removed as a precautionary measure because of higher-than-normal rupture rates, but say there is no conclusive evidence of a link to cancer.
Chavez returns to Caracas 'free of cancer'
20/10/2011 - VENEZUELA

Chavez returns to Caracas 'free of cancer'

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Caracas Thursday claiming to be free of cancer four months after undergoing surgery in Cuba to remove a tumor in the abdominal region. He has undergone chemotherapy four times.
Ongoing social protests in Israel
02/08/2011 - WEBNEWS

Ongoing social protests in Israel

Ongoing social protests in Israel. Kuwait’s Bidun demand greater rights. And a social network for people touched by cancer.
Chavez returns home 'cancer free' after treatment in Cuba
24/07/2011 - VENEZUELA

Chavez returns home 'cancer free' after treatment in Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to his country Saturday from a week-long chemotherapy treatment in Cuba after he had had a malignant tumour removed in June. In a televised speech, he said that he was now clear of cancerous cells.
Presumed innocent: the killer cucumber
01/06/2011 - French press review

Presumed innocent: the killer cucumber

In today's French papers, worries about our health are the order of the day, with Liberation trying to work out where those infected cucumbers came from, and Les Echos concerned your phone could give you cancer. Meanwhile, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is back in the headlines - along with the man who seems to have replaced him at the top of the Socialist Party's candidate list.
Mobile phones could cause brain cancer, WHO says
01/06/2011 - Health

Mobile phones could cause brain cancer, WHO says

Recent studies reveal that mobile phone users may be at increased risk of developing brain cancer, the World Health Organisation warned at the end of an eight-day meeting in Lyon on Tuesday, though it stressed that no clear link can be established.
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Medical mistakes
22/05/2011 - HEALTH

Medical mistakes

What happens when doctors slip up? Here in France, 900 medical errors are committed every day. We start with unnecessary treatment for cancer and why more people are being diagnosed with a disease they would have otherwise never noticed. Next, we go to Ethiopia, where obstetric fistulas caused by difficult births are a devastating disability. Finally, we consider the dangers of cosmetic surgery.
Cancer care
06/02/2011 - HEALTH

Cancer care

Cancer has been with us for over 4000 years it is increasingly rife but treatments and cures are also growing. This week, we'll be looking at protontherapy which precisely targets tumors leaving healthy tissues untouched. Next, if cancer is a term with many forms, doctors have now spotted a protein they all have in common. While finally, in South Africa highly treatable cervical cancer is affecting women at younger
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