HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast - Reducing your risk of cancer

 

HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, Episode 25 - Reducing your risk of cancer In Ireland, 1 in 2 people will develop cancer at some stage of their life. Cancer prevention and early diagnosis are key to reducing the burden of cancer in Ireland. Listen to Consultant in public health Dr Triona McCarthy at the HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) discuss steps you can take to reduce your risk of cancer and the healthy lifestyle choices you can make to help.   Triona also explains that not all cancers can be prevented; each individual’s risk of getting cancer is influenced by a wide range of factors. But she adds that there are steps we can take to reduce the risk of many cancers. Making healthy lifestyle choices not only reduces the risk of cancer, but also helps improve general health. Dr McCarthy works with the HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme, which established and coordinates the Irish Cancer Prevention Network (ICPN). ICPN member organisations work together to support and collaborate on cancer risk reduction initiatives. Together, they provide a trusted source of information for the public by converting the knowledge gained through research, surveillance and outcome evaluation into strategies and actions for the prevention of cancer in Ireland. There are now more than 200,000 people living with and beyond cancer in Ireland. The number of survivors is predicted to double over the next 25 years, mainly due to improvements in early detection, effective cancer treatment and new developments in treatment. For further information, please visit: www.hse.ie/cancerprevention Listen and share wherever you get your Podcasts or on the HSE Health and Wellbeing YouTube channel. Episode 24 – Healthy Campus In case you missed it, last week’s episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast is all about health and wellbeing at third level institutions across the country. Our guests Martina Mullin, from Trinity College Dublin, and Dr. Teresa Hurley, from TU Dublin, talk to host Fergal Fox about how health and wellbeing has been focussed on and promoted through a wide range of activities under the Higher Education’s Healthy Campus Framework and Charter, led by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). Listen and share wherever you get your Podcasts or on the HSE Health and Wellbeing YouTube channel. Thank you for your continued support. Please get in touch to find out more about our podcast series or the work of HSE Health and Wellbeing Healthandwellbeing.communications@hse.ie