Healthcare

The public's perception that nurses unquestionably follow doctors' orders is clearly on its way out, according to new research by MORI for the Royal College of Nursing and Nursing Times magazine. Instead, the public views nursing as a caring and highly skilled profession in its own right.

People are more likely to support cancer or leukaemia research than other medical research, a MORI poll commissioned by the Institute of Cancer Research has revealed.

A major new £20 million development at the Institute of Cancer Research in Chelsea is taking a multi-disciplinary approach -unique in Britain - and the latest technologies, to solve the mystery of cancer genes and develop new treatments for the disease.

British women have voted in favour of extending the current NHS Breast Screening Programme, according to a MORI poll published today.

Ignorance about how to lower or prevent high blood pressure is putting lives at risk, according to a MORI poll for the The Stroke Association released today.

A new public opinion survey has shown that support for controversial technologies in the Life Sciences may be increased if the public is given proof that those developments are necessary in order to achieve certain benefits. A poll conducted by MORI and commissioned by Novartis UK Ltd shows that if the public can see concrete benefits arising from research it is more willing to support new technologies.

With obesity on the increase, a MORI survey was conducted to establish public perceptions of obesity and the level of awareness of the causes and nature of the problem. The results confirmed fears that there is still a great deal of stigma associated with obesity. However, despite a lack of understanding about the causes of obesity, the message is finally getting through that obesity is a serious threat to our nation's health.

Despite improvements in treating cancer over recent years, fewer than half of cancer patients are properly involved in decisions about their treatment and care, announced Macmillan Cancer Relief today at the launch of their new initiative 'a voice for life'.

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