Tag: cancer

Aldi responds to call to #GetOnARoll by including cancer symptoms on toilet roll packs

Stuart Mitchell

Aldi is to add signs and symptoms of bowel cancer to all its packs of own brand toilet roll in response to Bowel Cancer UK’s #GetOnARoll campaign. Bowel cancer is the UK’s fourth most common cancer and the second biggest cancer killer. Yet almost half of adults around the UK could not name a single symptom of bowel cancer in a recent survey. Red flag symptoms include changes in bowel habit and bleeding from your bottom and/or blood in your poo, which can all be noticed while people are on…

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Walgreens launches Feel More Like You, a first-of-its kind service to provide personalized care for people living with cancer

Stuart Mitchell

Walgreens has announced the launch of Feel More Like You™, a first-of-its-kind pharmacy, health and beauty service available at no cost to help people living with cancer manage the medical and physical changes associated with cancer treatment. Walgreens created the Feel More Like You service to meet the increasing needs of people impacted by cancer to learn, understand and manage the side effects of treatment from experts who can provide informed and meaningful guidance and care. The national launch at more than 3,000 Walgreens stores follows a successful 100-store pilot…

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Unprecedented demand for cancer helpline as thousands of people turn to Macmillan over discrimination at work

Stuart Mitchell

The number of calls from people with cancer facing difficulties at work has shot up over two years — with some employers reported to be breaking the law — a leading cancer charity has revealed today. New figures, from Macmillan Cancer Support, show a 74% increase in calls to its support line on a range of work-related issues such as discrimination and even dismissal, as a result of a cancer diagnosis. A YouGov poll for the charity reveals that one in five (20%) employees who returned to work after cancer reported facing discriminatory treatment,…

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St. Baldrick’s Foundation Challenges Holiday Shoppers to Save Kids with Cancer with Giving Tuesday Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

A child is diagnosed with cancer every 2 minutes worldwide. That’s the same amount of time it will take consumers to purchase a Black Friday deal online. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, is proud to participate in Giving Tuesday taking place Nov. 27 and is encouraging shoppers nationwide to donate their Black Friday and Cyber Monday savings to help save kids with cancer. This year, St. Baldrick’s is partnering with Wireless Vision, T-Mobile’s largest retail partner, and Blackhawk Network, a global financial…

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Powerful Animated Film Kicks Off Rebranding Of Renowned Brazilian Cancer Treatment Center As “Hospital of Love”

Stuart Mitchell

The Hospital do Câncer de Barretos, a Brazilian treatment center for in children with cancer recognized internationally for excellence, has been renamed the “Hospital do Amor”, or “Hospital of Love”, to promote love as the most effective resource in fighting the illness. To publicize the rebranding, Brazilian advertising agency WMcCann created a 3:00 3D- animated film that showing the devastating challenges a child faces in receiving a cancer diagnosis and beginning the intrusive and treatment process, as well as the impact on her family, friends and on hospital professionals. Produced…

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