https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed More people survive certain types of cancer after treatment in Italy than in any other European country, according to a new EU report on Italian healthcare. https://www.thelocal.it/20200120/italy-has-the-highest-cancer-survival-rates-in-europe-new-study-finds Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:25:35 +0100 italy-has-the-highest-cancer-survival-rates-in-europe-new-study-finds Cancer is not a disease of the modern world, according to a newly published study which examined Renaissance mummies preserved in Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20171004/cancer-existed-in-renaissaince-italy-studies-of-naples-mummies-confirm Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:59:08 +0200 cancer-existed-in-renaissaince-italy-studies-of-naples-mummies-confirm Italy's health minister has taken the unusual step of criticizing national broadcaster Rai's coverage of a vaccine against a cancer-causing virus, sparking a row about media freedom and misinformation. https://www.thelocal.it/20170420/italian-health-minister-accuses-documentary-of-fake-news-on-cancer-vaccine Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:14:55 +0200 italian-health-minister-accuses-documentary-of-fake-news-on-cancer-vaccine The rate of cancer among children in Taranto, southern Italy - home to the Ilva steel plant - is 30 percent higher than the national average, the first report into cancer rates in the region shows. https://www.thelocal.it/20160919/steel-plants-blamed-for-high-child-cancer-rate-in-southern-italy Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:45:53 +0200 steel-plants-blamed-for-high-child-cancer-rate-in-southern-italy US Vice President Joe Biden won Pope Francis's backing Friday in his battle for research advances in curing cancer to be made available to everyone, as he brought his "Moonshot" campaign to the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/joe-biden-takes-moonshot-cancer-campaign-to-vatican Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:44:22 +0200 joe-biden-takes-moonshot-cancer-campaign-to-vatican The burning of toxic waste by the local mafia is behind the above-average number of deaths and cancer cases among residents in and around Naples, a health survey has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.it/20160104/report-confirms-link Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:48:00 +0100 report-confirms-link Italy’s former foreign minister Emma Bonino has overcome her battle against lung cancer. https://www.thelocal.it/20150522/italys-ex-foreign-minister-wins-cancer-battle Fri, 22 May 2015 14:01:40 +0200 italys-ex-foreign-minister-wins-cancer-battle Italy 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 treatment methods, a major new global study shows. https://www.thelocal.it/20141126/cancer-survival-rates-climb-in-italy Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:00:00 +0100 cancer-survival-rates-climb-in-italy Umberto Veronesi, an oncologist and former health minister, has said that concentration camp Auschwitz and cancer are "proof that God doesn't exist". https://www.thelocal.it/20141118/cancer-is-proof-god-doesnt-exist-ex-italian-minister Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:23:00 +0100 cancer-is-proof-god-doesnt-exist-ex-italian-minister The number of children suffering from cancer in Italy's "Land of Fires", an area where toxic waste has been dumped by the mafia, is significantly higher than elsewhere in the country, a new study has found. https://www.thelocal.it/20140704/child-cancer-rate-up-in-italys-land-of-fires Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:32:00 +0200 child-cancer-rate-up-in-italys-land-of-fires A radiologist at a hospital in Liguria has been told to pay €150,000 in compensation to an Italian family after missing a tumour on an x-ray of a patient who later died of cancer. https://www.thelocal.it/20140609/italian-doctor-missed-clearly-visible-cancer-tumour Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:36:00 +0200 italian-doctor-missed-clearly-visible-cancer-tumour A highly organized crime ring is behind the distribution of stolen and fake anti-cancer drugs throughout Europe, an Italian official told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140502/mafia-is-behind-stolen-anti-cancer-drugs Fri, 02 May 2014 19:51:00 +0200 mafia-is-behind-stolen-anti-cancer-drugs A woman in the northern Italian town of Rimini is suing her local health authority for €800,000 ($1.1 million) after she discovered she had undergone months of grueling cancer treatment on the wrong breast. https://www.thelocal.it/20140225/woman-has-months-of-cancer-treatment-on-wrong-breast Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:06:00 +0100 woman-has-months-of-cancer-treatment-on-wrong-breast A 43-year-old woman from the northern Italian city of Treviso waited almost a month for a letter telling her she has cancer because of "staff shortages" at the local post office and a "heavy workload over Christmas". https://www.thelocal.it/20140121/cancer-sufferer-gets-late-diagnosis-after-postal-blunder Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:58:00 +0100 cancer-sufferer-gets-late-diagnosis-after-postal-blunder A 20-year-old woman from Salerno in the southern Italian region of Campania is reported to have been cured of cancer after touching a statue of the Virgin Mary. https://www.thelocal.it/20140107/woman-cured-of-cancer-after-approaching-the-madonna Tue, 07 Jan 2014 10:37:00 +0100 woman-cured-of-cancer-after-approaching-the-madonna Anger is boiling over near Naples after revelations about toxic mafia dumps blamed for rising cancer rates that have prompted accusations the state is ignoring a vast public health crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20131121/toxic-mafia-dumps-sow-panic-near-naples Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:25:00 +0100 toxic-mafia-dumps-sow-panic-near-naples A man from Marcon, in the northern region of Veneto, was fired from his job as an electrician after taking too much time off for cancer treatment. https://www.thelocal.it/20131120/italian-man-fired-over-cancer-treatment Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:07:00 +0100 italian-man-fired-over-cancer-treatment An image of a hairless Mona Lisa is being used by an Italian charity in its latest bid to raise awareness of the illness and its impact. https://www.thelocal.it/20131118/mona-lisa-goes-bald-in-fight-against-cancer Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:51:00 +0100 mona-lisa-goes-bald-in-fight-against-cancer An investigation has been launched into electronics company Olivetti, over claims that asbestos exposure in one of the company's factories caused the deaths of 20 workers. https://www.thelocal.it/20131108/olivetti-probed-over-asbestos-deaths Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:00:00 +0100 olivetti-probed-over-asbestos-deaths