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Let’s talk about blood cancer

Let’s talk about blood cancer

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05 September 2022
It's Blood Cancer Awareness Month throughout September and we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the stats and symptoms in case they’re helpful to anyone reading.
Let’s talk about gynaecological cancer

Let’s talk about gynaecological cancer

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01 September 2022
It's Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month throughout September and we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the stats and symptoms in case they’re helpful to anyone reading.
Side effects of cancer treatment and how spas can help

Side effects of cancer treatment and how spas can help

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11 July 2022
How can spa therapies and products help to address the side effects of cancer treatment on the skin, body and general wellbeing?
Let’s talk about sarcoma

Let’s talk about sarcoma

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04 July 2022
It’s Sarcoma Awareness Month month and we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the stats and symptoms in case they’re helpful to anyone reading. We are not doctors, and all of this information is in the public domain, but if we hope that in sharing it, it could help someone to get a diagnosis a little earlier.
Let’s talk about cervical cancer

Let’s talk about cervical cancer

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15 June 2022
It’s Cervical Screening Awareness Week and we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the stats and symptoms in case they’re helpful to anyone reading. We are not doctors, and all of this information is in the public domain, but if we hope that in sharing it, it could help someone to get a diagnosis a little earlier.
Celebrating life after breast cancer with a trek to Cuba

Celebrating life after breast cancer with a trek to Cuba

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07 September 2016
Treatment for cancer is life changing, so when the chemo stops and you go back to your ‘new normal’, what happens next?  These two ladies chose to go on an adventure to Cuba in support of Breast Cancer Care… Years after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, friends Elaine Nicholas, 58, and Sue Youngman, 63, […]
Skincare brand partners with Wellness for Cancer

Skincare brand partners with Wellness for Cancer

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25 May 2017
Skincare brand Biologique Recherche partners with non-profit organisation Wellness for Cancer to adapt facial and body treatments to the needs of cancer patients and people in remission.
Spa and beauty products when you have cancer

Spa and beauty products when you have cancer

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30 March 2017
Once commissioned by her local hospital to create products to suit the sensitivities of patients with cancer, Jennifer Young’s groundbreaking skincare line now forms the basis for many spa treatments.
Bannatyne group receives wellness for cancer accreditation

Bannatyne group receives wellness for cancer accreditation

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10 March 2017
The Bannatyne Group of spas and health clubs has introduced special therapist training to offer a programme of treatments for spa clients affected by cancer.
How I benefitted from massage for cancer patients

How I benefitted from massage for cancer patients

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20 February 2017
When Virgil Anderson was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, he found great support from the Patient Advocates at Mesothelioma.net, who, amongst other things, introduced him to the nurturing properties of massage for cancer patients. Virgil’s exposure to asbestos came from working in demolition and excavating since high school. When he […]