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Scoop
22-05-2025
- Health
- Scoop
Drop In The Bucket For Government But Kick In The Guts For Kiwi Men
Press Release – Prostate Cancer Foundation The Prostate Cancer Foundation will continue the fight to save mens lives after the Budget failed to fund an early detection pilot for prostate cancer.' The Prostate Cancer Foundation will continue the fight to save mens lives after the Budget … The Prostate Cancer Foundation will continue the fight to save men's lives after the Budget failed to fund an early detection pilot for prostate cancer.' The Prostate Cancer Foundation will continue the fight to save men's lives after the Budget failed to fund an early detection pilot for prostate cancer. President Danny Bedingfield said 'we have been talking to the last government and now the new government for the last two years on funding two regional pilots for early detection screening of prostate cancer at an approximate cost of only $6.4 million over four years. 'Everyone acknowledges that the sooner cancer is detected, the better clinical outcomes. We just have two questions for the government – is cancer that is specific to men not important? And what is the barrier to a prostate cancer screening pilot? 'Over 4,000 dads, husbands, sons and brothers are diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 700 die of the disease every year. We think these lives matter. 'We are at a loss as to why cancer specific to men doesn't seem to rate with either the last government, or now this new government. Prostate cancer screening is seen as inevitable by health officials and is supported by New Zealand's Urological Society. 'While the pilot was not funded in the Budget, we remain hopeful that money can be found by reprioritising a tiny part of the $30 billion vote health spending will get it underway. 'In addition to putting miniscule funding into the proposed early detection pilots, our Health Minister should also accept an invitation from Europe to a join a useful world leading cancer study – the Praise–U consortium,' Bedingfield said. 'This is a world-leading initiative that aims to enhance the ability for early detection of men with prostate cancer so they can access early treatment to reduce unnecessary early deaths,' Bedingfield says. 'However, after today, we are left wondering if men's health is important,' Bedingfield concluded.
Scoop
22-05-2025
- Health
- Scoop
Drop In The Bucket For Government But Kick In The Guts For Kiwi Men
The Prostate Cancer Foundation will continue the fight to save men's lives after the Budget failed to fund an early detection pilot for prostate cancer.' The Prostate Cancer Foundation will continue the fight to save men's lives after the Budget failed to fund an early detection pilot for prostate cancer. President Danny Bedingfield said 'we have been talking to the last government and now the new government for the last two years on funding two regional pilots for early detection screening of prostate cancer at an approximate cost of only $6.4 million over four years. 'Everyone acknowledges that the sooner cancer is detected, the better clinical outcomes. We just have two questions for the government - is cancer that is specific to men not important? And what is the barrier to a prostate cancer screening pilot? 'Over 4,000 dads, husbands, sons and brothers are diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 700 die of the disease every year. We think these lives matter. 'We are at a loss as to why cancer specific to men doesn't seem to rate with either the last government, or now this new government. Prostate cancer screening is seen as inevitable by health officials and is supported by New Zealand's Urological Society. 'While the pilot was not funded in the Budget, we remain hopeful that money can be found by reprioritising a tiny part of the $30 billion vote health spending will get it underway. 'In addition to putting miniscule funding into the proposed early detection pilots, our Health Minister should also accept an invitation from Europe to a join a useful world leading cancer study – the Praise–U consortium,' Bedingfield said. 'This is a world-leading initiative that aims to enhance the ability for early detection of men with prostate cancer so they can access early treatment to reduce unnecessary early deaths,' Bedingfield says. 'However, after today, we are left wondering if men's health is important,' Bedingfield concluded.
Scoop
19-05-2025
- Health
- Scoop
Minister Of Health Needs To Accept European Invitation To Join Useful World Leading Cancer Study
Press Release – Prostate Cancer Foundation Prostate cancer kills over 700 men a year in New Zealand. The Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand says the invitation is significant and useful to mens health. Mr Bedingfield strongly urges the Government to accept. 'Our new Health Minister should take immediate action for men's health on two fronts – he should accept this invitation from Europe, and he should put the minuscule funding into the proposed early detection pilots in the next budget,' Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand President Danny Bedingfield said today. This follows Europe inviting New Zealand to join the Praise-U consortium, a partnership of institutions from 12 European countries which is co-funded by the European Union. This is a world-leading initiative that aims to enhance the ability for early detection of men with prostate cancer so they can access early treatment to reduce unnecessary early deaths. Prostate cancer kills over 700 men a year in New Zealand. The Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand says the invitation is significant and useful to men's health. Mr Bedingfield strongly urges the Government to accept. 'Everyone agrees that early detection of cancer leads to better clinical outcomes and saves lives, so why are we not focussing on this with prostate cancer? It makes no sense. We also know that later detection costs the health system more as well. It's a win-win – fewer lives lost unnecessarily, and less cost. The Foundation recently meet with Health Minister Simeon Brown to seek an initial investment of only $1.6 million a year ($6.4 million over four years) out of the government's circa $30 billion annual health budget to establish a prostate cancer screening pilot in Waitematā and Tairāwhiti. Lessons learned would support an eventual national screening programme. An NZIER report shows that the return on this investment is compelling. It compares very well on a value of money basis to some other health interventions. Now, in a letter to the Health Minister, Foundation President Danny Bedingfield says joining Praise-U would further assist New Zealand on the pathway to reducing prostate morbidity and mortality in an international context. 'Let's be clear – starting a New Zealand based pilot, which can now be joined into and leverage off this world leading European initiative, will help prevent our men from dying unnecessarily early. And save precious dollars in the health budget! 'New Zealand could learn the lessons from the first two years of Praise-U and share and improve our and Europe's data. This would help us find earlier, and more successfully treat, prostate cancer,' Bedingfield says. Joining Praise-U would also show New Zealand is a world leader in promoting solutions to men's health and is collaborating internationally. At the request of the Health Select Committee, the Foundation presented evidence on the benefits of early risk-based screening using the Praise-U model. The Foundation urged the influential committee of MPs to encourage the Minister to sign off the modest spending on two prostate cancer pilots which would feed data to Praise-U. Bedingfield told the committee there was currently little progress being made on organised early detection of prostate cancer, especially when compared to screening programmes for cervical, breast and bowel cancer. Prostate cancer is New Zealand's most diagnosed internal cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer death in men behind lung cancer but ahead of bowel cancer. 'New Zealand must actively begin to take steps to tackle prostate cancer if we are to avoid the loss of countless New Zealanders before their time,' Bedingfield says. In the invitation from Praise-U, coordinator Professor Dr Hein Van Poppel said Praise-U was initially intended to cover only five European pilot sites in Ireland, Lithuania, Poland and two in Spain, but was evolving to a worldwide learning study on screening of prostate cancer. 'New Zealand can learn the vital lessons specific to its own population of at-risk men that can only be learned from pilots in New Zealand, while simultaneously benefitting from and contributing to the knowledge and understanding gathered at the wider community of sites,' van Poppel said. While optimistic that common sense would see New Zealand accept the invitation, Bedingfield said he would be gutted if it was turned down. 'This and previous governments have shown a great reluctance to support early detection of prostate cancer but joining Praise-U will be a game changer, as it will demonstrate that we are serious about saving our husbands, sons, fathers and friends from succumbing to this deadly disease. 'Our new Health Minister should take action for men's health. There is simply no downside,' Mr Beddingfield concluded.
Scoop
19-05-2025
- Health
- Scoop
Minister Of Health Needs To Accept European Invitation To Join Useful World Leading Cancer Study
'Our new Health Minister should take immediate action for men's health on two fronts - he should accept this invitation from Europe, and he should put the minuscule funding into the proposed early detection pilots in the next budget,' Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand President Danny Bedingfield said today. This follows Europe inviting New Zealand to join the Praise-U consortium, a partnership of institutions from 12 European countries which is co-funded by the European Union. This is a world-leading initiative that aims to enhance the ability for early detection of men with prostate cancer so they can access early treatment to reduce unnecessary early deaths. Prostate cancer kills over 700 men a year in New Zealand. The Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand says the invitation is significant and useful to men's health. Mr Bedingfield strongly urges the Government to accept. 'Everyone agrees that early detection of cancer leads to better clinical outcomes and saves lives, so why are we not focussing on this with prostate cancer? It makes no sense. We also know that later detection costs the health system more as well. It's a win-win – fewer lives lost unnecessarily, and less cost. The Foundation recently meet with Health Minister Simeon Brown to seek an initial investment of only $1.6 million a year ($6.4 million over four years) out of the government's circa $30 billion annual health budget to establish a prostate cancer screening pilot in Waitematā and Tairāwhiti. Lessons learned would support an eventual national screening programme. An NZIER report shows that the return on this investment is compelling. It compares very well on a value of money basis to some other health interventions. Now, in a letter to the Health Minister, Foundation President Danny Bedingfield says joining Praise-U would further assist New Zealand on the pathway to reducing prostate morbidity and mortality in an international context. 'Let's be clear - starting a New Zealand based pilot, which can now be joined into and leverage off this world leading European initiative, will help prevent our men from dying unnecessarily early. And save precious dollars in the health budget! 'New Zealand could learn the lessons from the first two years of Praise-U and share and improve our and Europe's data. This would help us find earlier, and more successfully treat, prostate cancer,' Bedingfield says. Joining Praise-U would also show New Zealand is a world leader in promoting solutions to men's health and is collaborating internationally. At the request of the Health Select Committee, the Foundation presented evidence on the benefits of early risk-based screening using the Praise-U model. The Foundation urged the influential committee of MPs to encourage the Minister to sign off the modest spending on two prostate cancer pilots which would feed data to Praise-U. Bedingfield told the committee there was currently little progress being made on organised early detection of prostate cancer, especially when compared to screening programmes for cervical, breast and bowel cancer. Prostate cancer is New Zealand's most diagnosed internal cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer death in men behind lung cancer but ahead of bowel cancer. 'New Zealand must actively begin to take steps to tackle prostate cancer if we are to avoid the loss of countless New Zealanders before their time,' Bedingfield says. In the invitation from Praise-U, coordinator Professor Dr Hein Van Poppel said Praise-U was initially intended to cover only five European pilot sites in Ireland, Lithuania, Poland and two in Spain, but was evolving to a worldwide learning study on screening of prostate cancer. 'New Zealand can learn the vital lessons specific to its own population of at-risk men that can only be learned from pilots in New Zealand, while simultaneously benefitting from and contributing to the knowledge and understanding gathered at the wider community of sites,' van Poppel said. While optimistic that common sense would see New Zealand accept the invitation, Bedingfield said he would be gutted if it was turned down. 'This and previous governments have shown a great reluctance to support early detection of prostate cancer but joining Praise-U will be a game changer, as it will demonstrate that we are serious about saving our husbands, sons, fathers and friends from succumbing to this deadly disease. 'Our new Health Minister should take action for men's health. There is simply no downside,' Mr Beddingfield concluded.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Natasha Bedingfield, BigXthaPlug & Ravyn Lenae Set for Northwestern University's Dillo Day Festival
Dillo Day, one of the nation's largest student-run festivals, will return May 17 with a headlining performance from Natasha Bedingfield. This year's festival will mark the 53rd annual event at Northwestern University's lakefront campus in Evanston, Illinois. Bedingfield – known for hits like 'Unwritten,' 'Pocketful of Sunshine' and 'These Words' – will close out the daylong celebration after sets from genre-defying Chicago artist Ravyn Lenae and rising hip-hop artist and Texas native BigXthaPlug. More from Billboard Lululemon's Viral $58 Purse Has Reviewers Ditching Their Designer Bags - and It's $10 Cheaper Than Last Year Pearl Talks Winning 'Masked Singer' Season 13 & Showing Viewers More Than 'This Redneck Y'all Keep Talkin' About' Walton Goggins Has One Question Ahead of His 'Saturday Night Live' Debut: 'Who's Gonna Die?' This year's festival also marks a meaningful return to Dillo Day's origins: Armadillo World Headquarters, the legendary Austin, Texas, music venue-turned-mission-driven cultural brand, will serve as an official partner of Dillo Day 2025. The festival's moniker, 'Dillo Day,' was originally coined by Northwestern students from Texas who were inspired by the vibrant Austin music scene and the Armadillo — a beloved symbol of their home state. The Armadillo partnership will featre various activations, including a classic Armadillo photo booth and merchandise giveaways. Additional artists performing at Dillo Day include indie rock stars Slow Pulp and U.K.-based electronic success nimino. Past Dillo Day performers include Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Steve Aoki, Black Eyed Peas, Wiz Khalifa and The Ramones. The breadth of talent showcases the festival's reputation for attracting both breakout and classic talent. 'Dillo Day is truly unlike any other college concert or festival in the world. We bring two stages of world-class talent to our students for free, as well as an entire festival ground outfitted with brand activations, food trucks and activities,' said Mayfest Productions co-chair Alex Kahn in a release. 'The Mayfest Productions team works tirelessly all year to bring Dillo Day to life.' Now in its 53rd year, the festival draws over 10,000 attendees, the majority of whom are Northwestern students. Organized entirely by undergraduate students through Mayfest Productions, Dillo Day is fully student-run — from artist booking and corporate sponsorship to marketing, operations and production. Tickets for guests of undergraduates are $30, and $35 for graduate students, alumni and Evanston residents. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
