Article by Dr. Donald Greig How Physical Activity Helps Prevent and Manage Cancer While I regularly promote physical activity as an essential lifestyle change—one of the key factors individuals can control to positively influence their health—during my Wellbeing Seminars and workshops, I was inspired to revisit this topic after reading a recent article in SciTechDaily (see below). Staying physically active is one of the most powerful steps you can take to improve your health. Research...

Article by Dr. Donald Greig You may have heard that artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in healthcare. One of the most exciting areas of progress is in breast cancer screening , where AI is now being used to support radiologists in reading mammograms - and increasingly, breast ultrasound as well. It is important to remember that there are three pillars of breast cancer screening: clinical examination (either yourself performing monthly breast self-examination or examination by your...

Article by Dr. Donald Greig Over the past four decades, breast cancer care has been transformed. Mortality fallen by around 40–60% in many high-income countries, reflecting the combined impact of earlier diagnosis and better treatments. Ten-year survival has risen from under 40% in the 1970s to roughly 75-80% for women diagnosed today. In this newsletter, I would like to explore how advances in molecular biology, together with many other innovations, have helped us reach this point. Finding...