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Early detection and more effective therapies are curing nearly 90 per cent of breast cancer cases

Ángel Escalera

Early diagnosis and more effective treatments mean that nearly 90 per cent of patients survive breast cancer and are alive five years after it was detected. In Malaga province there are between 800 and 900 new cases of breast cancer every year, ... more effective and curative. One of the challenges oncologists face is to try to increase survival through identifying the cases with the worst prognosis so those patients live longer, and to achieve the same good results but with less toxic and ... aggressive treatments. Dr Alba says there is conservative surgery which retains the breast and avoids having to remove the axillary lymph nodes from under the arm; the new radiotherapy techniques, which are much more precise; and the use of genomic

Opinion

The carnivore way

ANDREW J. LINN

...being young beef calves slaughtered at a few months' and eaten the same day. Tough is probably a kind description. As Andalusians got richer and more bored with the staple fare of fish and pork, the demand for quality beef has exploded. Fortunately

National

Yellow warning issued ahead of more rain this weekend

Spain's meteorological agency, Aemet, has once again issued yellow weather warnings across the Costa del Sol, Axarquía, Guadalhorce and the Antequera areas, for today (Friday) and tomorrow. The warning follows forecasts of further rain and storms in

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More than just recycling plastic

A. SALAZAR / J. RHODES

While at the beginning it might seem like a daunting task to change habits of a lifetime, Esther insists that "once you get into the habit it's not that difficult to do". However she agrees it requires "a bit more planning". Esther explains that she ... Torre," she explains, adding that she spends roughly 80 euros a month on food, which busts the myth that eating organically is more expensive than going to the supermarket. In Malaga alone there is a growing number of shops that are selling products by ... can't. She is convinced that little by little more people will start to do what she is doing. It's become a way of life for Esther and affects almost every thing she does. For example in order to avoid using rubbish bags, she keeps organic waste in a

Local

The Costa del Sol recycles more than anywhere else in Andalucía

FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ

Last year, each person in Malaga deposited 15.9 kilos of plastic, tins and cartons in the yellow recycling containers and 18.1 kilos of paper and cardboard in the blue ones, which was two kilos more than in the previous year. These figures, which ... recycle 36 per cent more plastic etc than the Andalusian average, which is 11.7 kilos per inhabitant per year, and 15 per cent more paper and cardboard (12.3 kilos). "Recycling is becoming more normal nowadays, and in Spain 78 per cent of all packaging ... is being recovered," says Antonio López, the Ecoembes representative in Andalucía. He says that as well as people separating their rubbish at home for recycling, more companies are making the effort and so are town halls, which are obliged to provide

Local

Home rental prices grew by over eight per cent last year, a slow down on 2018

SUR

...average monthly rent of any province, on 1,236 euros a month, although Malaga city is lower on 1,011 euros, suggesting areas outside on the Costa are even more expensive to rent in. The cheapest Andalusian province to rent in was inland Jaén on 448

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17 January 1966: Atomic bombs fall on Andalusian soil

FRANK GAVURIN

Palomares is still seriously contaminated as a result of the accident. Experts stated in 1986 that it had the worst plutonium contamination anywhere in the world. How the region would look today had the bombs - 65 times more powerful than the weapon that

Local

More than 2,000 applicants for 700 jobs in Estepona

Charo Márquez

Some 2,200 people have already applied answered a hotel operator's offer for staff for the launch of its new resort between Estepona and Marbella, due to open in May next year. Ikos Resorts is revamping the old Hotel Princess, which it acquired in

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Jury finds victim's former partner guilty of "merciless" La Viñuela murder

Eugenio Cabezas

The jury in the trial of José O. T., the man accused of stabbing his partner and La Viñuela resident María "Adela" Fortes Molina more than 30 times on 13 February 2018, delivered its verdict on Friday. The woman's former partner, something he

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A target of 700 tonnes set for this year's Gran Recogida food collection

CLAUDIA SAN MARTÍN

More than 11,000 supermarkets and hypermarkets around Spain will be taking part this weekend, 22 and 23 November, in the massive foodbank collection known as the Gran Recogida. The event is organised by the Spanish foodbank federation which