Cancer Prevention Blog

High blood pressure may be linked to brain cancer

Research funded by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has featured on Sky News and in several national newspapers after a possible link between high-blood pressure and brain cancer was discovered.

Head of Education Kate Mendoza gave interviews for Sky and the study was the subject of stories in the Daily Mail and the London Evening Standard, among others.

Kate told Sky viewers how the research – by scientists in Austria, Sweden and Norway – reinforced the … Continue Reading

physical activity and cancer risk

Following last week’s coverage for our press release about how many cases of breast and bowel cancer could be prevented through physical activity, Sky News has put their coverage online.

It includes a short excerpt from an interview I did with Sky News in my garden on Monday.

It’s the second time in a month Sky News viewers have had the chance to look at my garden.

I also did an interview with Sky … Continue Reading

Alcohol: a breast cancer risk factor

It has been a busy morning in the World Cancer Research Fund press office following our press release about UK breast cancer rates being four times higher than those in Eastern Africa.

The story has been covered by The Sun, the Daily Mail, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, The Independent, the Daily Express, and The Metro.

Yesterday Sky News came to my … Continue Reading