Broadcast from Toulouse in the South of France, HEALTH brings
you to the site of Cancerpole, 220 hectares of land that France wants to become
the European leader in cancer treatment. The campus will be home to 24OO
researchers who will be working on finding new treatments and cures for cancer.
One in three cancers diagnosed is skin cancer. It is more
common in women rather men but men are more likely to die from it. In the United
Kingdom for the first time, since they started taking records, the number of
people diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, had broken
the 10,000 mark. The rate of malignant melanoma there is rising faster than any
other cancer. Experts blame binge tanning, but the problem goes well beyond the
borders of the British Isles. HEALTH visits a dermatologist to see how best one
can avoid the common cancer.
Research in the US suggests a surprising new preventative
treatment for skin cancer: caffeine, it says, reduces the risk of getting the
most common kind of skin cancer - basal cell carcinoma.
Sunscreen is a more common tool used to block out the suns
harmful UV rays. In a recent survey, one in three America’s admitted that they
never put any on their skin even if they were going out in the sun for four
hours or more. HEALTH looks at the value of sunscreen and whether or not the
creams do protect us as much as we may think.
Finally, eyes also need protecting from the sun. HEALTH looks
at the latest developments in the area of eye care. Some 18 people around the
world have already been fitted with what is in effect, a bionic eye.
