The SCPN Newsletter: Volume 4, Issue 3

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Scotland’s new five year tobacco strategy, ‘Creating a Tobacco-free Generation’, was launched on March 27th this year. It sets out a plan for action across the key themes of health ...

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Older Women Urged to Attend Cervical Cancer Screening

A third of Scottish women aged 50-70 believe cervical screening to be irrelevant and unnecessary according to the Scottish Cervical Screening Statistics 2011-12. Despite a 41% rise in diagnosis ...

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Scotland takes an International Lead in Promoting Healthy Food Choices

The Scottish Government has openly invited all food industry businesses to work in partnership to implement a range of voluntary commitments to improve Scotland’s dietary health. A draft ...

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Sit Less and Walk More

The evidence for the effect of regular activity on physical and mental health is substantial and convincing and the role of physical activity for cancer treatment and prevention is clear1. New ...

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Ask the Expert: Skin Cancer

Is it true that skin cancers only develop in areas exposed to the sun e.g. if the back is never exposed we should not be worried about lesions which might appear on this part of the body? ...

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Revised Dietary Goals for Scotland

The revised Goals replace the Scottish Dietary Targets, which were set in the 1996 Scottish Diet Action Plan and take account of the need to build in population approaches in relation to reducing ...

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The SCPN Newsletter: Volume 4, Issue 3

In this issue, we cover the changes in cancer incidence in Scotland, moving towards a generation free from tobacco, activities in primary care towards cancer prevention, and more.

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