Lung Cancer
Study shows Kiwis are living longer in poor health
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factor Study 2019 was published in the Lancet this week. It shows that New Zealanders are now living longer than ever but spending more years in poor… Audio
Lung cancer drug offered for free
Lung cancer patients with a rare form of the disease are being offered a free medicine from Roche pharmaceuticals which helps stop its spread. Lung Foundation CEO Philip Hope talks to Jesse Mulligan… Audio
Dr Kathryn Bradbury: Research links coffee and tea consumption to lung cancer
A Vanderbilt University study suggests that drinking two or more cups of coffee or tea a day may increase the risk of lung cancer. Dr Kathryn Bradbury is a senior research fellow at the University of… Audio
Prioritise lung cancer treatments, patients tell MPs
Lung cancer patients are launching a petition to push MPs to back more treatments at a drug funding review next month. Audio
Study into use of dogs to detect lung cancer
Lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer death in New Zealand. mainly because it's detected late, when it's already spread to other parts of the body. A researcher at Waikato university, Dr Tim… Audio
Pundit - Life and Times of the Long White Cloud
General Editor of Te Ara, historian Jock Phillips on those defining moments that made New Zealand, New Zealand. The habit of tobacco smoking. Audio