https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Almost half of all oncologists in Spain are reporting huge disparities between different regions in terms of patient access to the latest life-saving cancer treatments, spurring many patients to pack up and move (at least on paper). https://www.thelocal.es/20191125/why-cancer-patients-in-spain-are-changing-address-to-stay-alive Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:53:19 +0100 why-cancer-patients-in-spain-are-changing-address-to-stay-alive Two Spanish university professors and three other suspects have been charged over the alleged sale of a "fake" cancer drug that raked in more than €600,000, police said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170411/spanish-academics-charged-for-selling-fake-cancer-drug Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:16:23 +0200 spanish-academics-charged-for-selling-fake-cancer-drug The first baby girls tested before conception for a genetic form of breast cancer have been born in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160204/spain-welcomes-birth-of-breast-cancer-gene-free-baby-girls Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:27:45 +0100 spain-welcomes-birth-of-breast-cancer-gene-free-baby-girls It is the de facto national dish of Spain, but according to the World Health Organization (WHO) jamón is as dangerous to one’s health as tobacco. https://www.thelocal.es/20151026/cancer-warning-issued-over-spanish-jamon Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:38:53 +0100 cancer-warning-issued-over-spanish-jamon More than 17 percent of commercial potato crisps in Spain had higher levels of a certain carcinogen than recommended EU levels, according to a study presented by Spanish researchers. https://www.thelocal.es/20151023/study-17-percent-of-spanish-potato-crisps-have-high-levels-of-carcinogens Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:50:54 +0200 study-17-percent-of-spanish-potato-crisps-have-high-levels-of-carcinogens Spain saw a strong rise in five-year cancer survival rates from 1995 to 2009, but poorer countries are missing out on the benefits of improved diagnosis and treatment methods, a major new global study shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20141125/cancer-survival-rates-climb-in-spain Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:32:00 +0100 cancer-survival-rates-climb-in-spain A 13-year-old boy suffering from an aggressive form of cancer saw his footballing dream fulfilled on Thursday night when he scored a goal in a friendly match between his beloved Villarreal CF and Scottish football team Celtic. https://www.thelocal.es/20140905/spanish-teen-with-cancer-lives-out-football-dream Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:03:00 +0200 spanish-teen-with-cancer-lives-out-football-dream Scientists in Barcelona and the UK have discovered a key mechanism in the development of breast cancer, a finding they say could up new avenues for treatment of various types of cancer. https://www.thelocal.es/20140505/spanish-led-study-cancer Mon, 05 May 2014 17:37:00 +0200 spanish-led-study-cancer A player with Spanish Second Division football club Real Jaén, has been fined €2,000 ($2,740) for revealing a t-shirt on which he had written "Courage, little ones" in support of children with cancer while celebrating a goal. https://www.thelocal.es/20140220/footballer-fined-for-flashing-child-cancer-t-shirt Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:57:00 +0100 footballer-fined-for-flashing-child-cancer-t-shirt Declassified documents from 1960 have shown that radiation from France's atomic bomb tests in the Algerian Sahara desert reached as far as the south coast of Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20140214/france-reveals-atomic-bomb-risk-to-spain Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:21:00 +0100 france-reveals-atomic-bomb-risk-to-spain Drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare has reportedly threatened to stop selling its leukaemia and ovarian cancer treatments in Spain if Health Minister Ana Mato refuses to raise fixed purchase prices by up to 4,000 percent. https://www.thelocal.es/20140212/cancer-drug-maker-demands-4000-spanish-price-hike Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:21:00 +0100 cancer-drug-maker-demands-4000-spanish-price-hike The World Health Organization said on Tuesday the globe is facing a "tidal wave" of cancer, a trend which seems to apply to Spain as cancer rates have grown by nearly 10 percent in five years. https://www.thelocal.es/20140204/spain-faces-tidal-wave-of-cancer Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:45:00 +0100 spain-faces-tidal-wave-of-cancer Spanish researchers are among a group of scientists who believe the deadly king cobra holds a secret cure to cancer. https://www.thelocal.es/20131203/king-cobras-venom-could-help-cure-cancer Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:00:29 +0100 king-cobras-venom-could-help-cure-cancer Chemicals in sunscreens worn by beach-goers are posing a serious threat to marine ecosystems in popular tourist destinations, Spanish scientists have said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130711/sunscreen-toxins-linked-with-sea-pollution Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:07:00 +0200 sunscreen-toxins-linked-with-sea-pollution A group of Spanish women have followed the example of Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie by showing off their post-mastectomy bodies during a fashion catwalk organized in the Galician city of Vigo. https://www.thelocal.es/20130531/a-woman-is-not-just-a-pair-of-boobs Fri, 31 May 2013 14:10:00 +0200 a-woman-is-not-just-a-pair-of-boobs Experts in Barcelona say that melanoma, the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer, is still on the rise in Spain and urge caution this summer. https://www.thelocal.es/20130522/most-deadly-skin-cancer-up-50-in-last-10-years Wed, 22 May 2013 19:03:00 +0200 most-deadly-skin-cancer-up-50-in-last-10-years