22 h. ago Communities must be at the heart of Scotland’s renewable future

Renewable energy can be a tremendous engine for economic and social good in rural Scotland, but only if we treat local people as true partners

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26 h. ago Prostate cancer boss who said screening programme should not be expanded to all men reveals he has disease himself

Professor Sir Mike Richards, chairman of the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC), said his own prostate cancer had been picked by up a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test.

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28 h. ago BBC sports presenter makes candid announcement of prostate cancer diagnosis live on

BBC Radio Scotland presenter Kenny Macintyre candidly revealed he has prostate cancer while appearing on Saturday show, Off The Ball, alongside Tam Cowan and Stuart Cosgrove.

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29 h. ago Outlander star issues urgent plea to viewers with 'double the risk' of cancer

Outlander star Colin McFarlane appeared on BBC Breakfast to urge Black men aged 45-74 to get screened for prostate cancer

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34 h. ago BBC Breakfast guest sends powerful message to viewers who have 'double the risk' of cancer

Outlander actor Colin McFarlane appeared with Prostate Cancer UK to share an important message to BBC Breakfast viewers

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36 h. ago How the prostate cancer screening programme will affect YOU – from the million men missing out to those most at

IT affects one in eight men, and so it seems logical to have a prostate cancer screening programme. And yet, in a pivotal decision today, deemed "deeply disappointing" by charities, campaign groups and celebrities, top doctors decided against routine testing for a large majority of men. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) said there...

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42 h. ago Why the rejection of a national prostate cancer screening programme could mean a death sentence for men like me: KEITH MORGAN

One in four black men will get prostate cancer. For the rest of the population, it's one in eight. These are shocking statistics but, as a black man in my forties, these aren't just numbers to me.

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44 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Dithering on prostate tests will cost lives

Friday's findings on prostate cancer screening have an air of equivocation about them which could lead to a tragic, terminal outcome for men who develop this 'invisible killer'.

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47 h. ago 'Saddened' Sir Chris Hoy responds to UK decision on prostate cancer screening

The six-times Olympic gold medallist revealed in 2024 that prostate cancer had spread to his bones and he had been given between two and four years to live.

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48 h. ago Chris Hoy ‘disappointed’ by prostate cancer screening decision

The six-time Olympic gold medallist expressed “sadness” at the recommendation against routine prostate cancer screening for majority of men

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48 h. ago Sir Chris Hoy 'disappointed' with recommendation to limit prostate cancer screening

The six-time Olympian revealed he has been given two to fours years to live after the cancer spread to his bones.

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49 h. ago Prostate cancer screening: Everything you need to know about PSA test and who can get it

Mass population testing for prostate cancer will not see men proactively invited for the PSA blood test - here is all you need to know about who can get checked

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51 h. ago Tony Robinson ‘thought those most at risk’ would have got cancer screening

Sir Tony spoke about his own prostate cancer diagnosis in 2023.

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52 h. ago Expert panel advises against prostate cancer screening for most men in UK

Charities express ‘deep disappointment’ as government advisers find harms of screening all men would outweigh benefitsProstate cancer screening should not be made available to the vast majority of men across the UK, a panel of expert government health advisers has said, to the “deep disappointment” of several charities and campaigners.The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) has instead recommended that there should be a targeted screening programme for men with a confirmed BRCA1 or BRCA2 faulty gene variant, which means they are more at risk of faster growing and aggressive cancers at an earlier age. Men in that category could be screened every two years between the ages of 45 and 61, they said. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago I couldn’t pee after a Christmas night out before doctors told me I had prostate cancer and 5 years left

IT WAS two days before Christmas when Darren Abramson was diagnosed with advanced and incurable prostate cancer.  The dad-of-two, then aged 42, hadn’t been able to pee after coming home from a night out. Worried, he got tested privately which led to a shocking prognosis. He was given three to five years to live.   "My...

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53 h. ago How to navigate a prostate cancer diagnosis – as screening decision announced

A major update on the possibility of a population-wide prostate cancer screening programme has been announced.

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53 h. ago Prostate cancer screening should not be offered to most men in the UK, say government advisers

Health secretary Wes Streeting said he would consider the findings

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53 h. ago Streeting under pressure to defy advisors and launch prostate cancer screening programme for all high

Charities, patients and MPs warn a failure to act now will condemn thousands more men to avoidable deaths.

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53 h. ago Dermot Murnaghan and Tony Robinson ‘disappointed’ at routine prostate cancer screening rejection

A committee has against recommending universal prostate cancer screening for all men

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53 h. ago Prostate cancer screening should not be widely available in UK, expert panel says

Charities express ‘deep disappointment’ over recommendation of government health advisersProstate cancer screening should not be made available to the vast majority of men across the UK, a panel of expert government health advisers has said, to the “deep disappointment” of several charities and campaigners.The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) has instead recommended that there should be a targeted screening programme for men with a confirmed BRCA1 or BRCA2 faulty gene variant, which means they are more at risk of faster growing and aggressive cancers at an earlier age. Men in that category could be screened every two years between the ages of 45 and 61, they said. Continue reading...

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