What’s making the news in Chartis Direct

The world of medicine and healthcare is constantly changing and if you want to stay ahead it pays to keep up to date.

Medical breakthroughs and groundbreaking initiatives like HealthChoice's private health insurance means it is important to keep abreast of what's happening - so you can make the choices that are right for you.

Which is why if it's making the news in private healthcare, here's where you'll find it.

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Environment is a factor in the development of cancer

Self-eating ovarian cancer cells explained further

Posted: 28/11/2008

More detailed insight into the process by which cancer cells "eat" themselves has been published by researchers from the University of Texas. Read more...

New research shows check-ups can wait a few months

Mammogram follow-up 'can wait for a year'

Posted: 26/11/2008

Women with breast cancer who opt to be treated with breast-conserving therapy and radiation should have a mammogram 12 months after their treatment, scientists have said. Read more...

Race and age are related to cancer incidence, the study said

US study reveals cancer threat to young women

Posted: 25/11/2008

New research has uncovered differences in the threat of breast cancer in young women which is dependent on their racial background and age. Read more...

New compounds could give breast cancer hope

Posted: 24/11/2008

The scientist who has created two new compounds to combat cancer says they could be potential new treatments. Read more...

Jade Goody is having treatment for cervical cancer

Powerful protein could turn tables on cancer

Posted: 21/11/2008

A protein known to "free" cancer cells, allowing them to spread around the body, could offer a new hope for treatment, according to scientists. Read more...

Cervical cancer vaccination could help men

Posted: 14/11/2008

A drug used to prevent women getting cervical cancer could also be effective in protecting men from a sexually transmitted disease and pre-cancerous lesions, a study suggests. Read more...

Women could feel more secure with an insurance policy

Insurance risks taken by 25% of Brits

Posted: 13/11/2008

Many women are taking financial risks by cutting back on necessary insurance cover, according to a survey. Read more...

Chemo could be detrimental to severely ill patients

Chemotherapy can 'speed up death'

Posted: 12/11/2008

More than a quarter of people who died within a month of having chemotherapy did so because of the treatment, according to a review. Read more...

Applegate braves family plans

Posted: 11/11/2008

Cancer survivor Christina Applegate has revealed she intends to have a family as soon as possible. Read more...

Inhibitor prompted tumour regression in study

Posted: 03/11/2008

A clinical trial in the Netherlands has provided encouraging results for a new inhibitor in treating breast cancer. Read more...

Possible cancer treatment 'breakthrough'

Posted: 30/10/2008

Scientists may have discovered why women receiving treatment for breast cancer can develop immunity to the drug they are being given. Read more...