Breast cancer awareness month

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Oct 1, 2022 | Cancer, breast cancer, women's health

October 1st marks the start of breast cancer awareness month. A whole month of open talking, supporting and promoting. Encouraging people to be breast- or even cancer-aware is an ongoing battle as we all settle into our busy lives forgetful of self-care and even...

Ovarian Cancer

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Mar 16, 2022 | Cancer, HPV, women's health

March is the month we raise awareness of Ovarian cancer, discuss the symptoms, promote early diagnoses and raise important issues such as funding and inequalities. More than 93% of women with ovarian cancer survive the disease for five years or more if caught early....

HPV vaccine for adults

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Jul 23, 2019 | Cancer, HPV, NHS, STI

Currently in England, both girls and boys are offered the HPV vaccine between 12 and 13 years of age. Vaccinating before our young adults become sexually active is very important but not necessary. Although HPV is usually passed from person to person by sexual...

Budget cut crisis for London

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Oct 31, 2018 | breast cancer, Cancer, NHS, screening, STI

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to revise health budget cuts, claiming London is currently suffering ‘stark health inequalities’. Leaving “health variations from postcode to postcode, borough to borough”. Recent studies have shown budget cuts...

Britain’s obesity crisis

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Sep 25, 2018 | breast cancer, Cancer, NHS, screening

Obesity is being branded “the new smoking” as it has now become the second biggest cause of cancer. Posing further risks to health, with deadly diseases such as type two diabetes and heart disease, NHS England have now demanded action should be taken to tackle the...

What is HPV, and why is everyone talking about it?

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | May 14, 2018 | Cancer, HPV

What is HPV? – (HPV vaccine), Human Papilloma virus vaccine, seems to be headline news, with the “should you, shouldn’t you?” debate still at the forefront of parents minds. However, few people know what HPV is and how it can affect the body, and even less is...