cancer
Critical Illness
Britain will be facing a bill of more than £15bn a year to diagnose and treat cancer in ten years time, new research has suggested.
12 December 2011
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3 min read
Critical Illness
Bad lifestyle choices such as smoking, poor diet, high alcohol intake and excess weight are responsible for ‘around 40% of all cancers', according to new research.
07 December 2011
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2 min read
PMI
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has banned another breast cancer drug from routine NHS use.
10 November 2011
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2 min read
PMI
The government's assertion that the National Health Service is inefficient and ineffective in treating cancer has been challenged by academics.
08 November 2011
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1 min read
Individual PMI
Aviva has overhauled its cancer coverage for both individual and group private medical insurance (PMI) schemes.
31 October 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Cancer patients already severely struggling with financial difficulties because of their illness could be hit with "catastrophic" effects if welfare reform proceeds, MacMillan Cancer Support has warned.
24 October 2011
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2 min read
PMI
Bupa has introduced an option to tailor cancer coverage around NHS diagnosis and treatment provision.
24 October 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
Aviva has added the first partial payments to its critical illness (CI) policy and halved the length of time for a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) claim.
17 October 2011
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1 min read
PMI
Cancer experts have concluded that countries in the developed world are overprescribing very expensive drugs that produce marginal benefit.
27 September 2011
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2 min read
PMI
Exeter Family Friendly has launched a new modular private medical insurance (PMI) product.
21 September 2011
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1 min read
