England stars kick off cancer campaign
Rugby Stars and Healthsure Team Up to Check-Em
Britain's Celebs Take Time Out to Check-Em
Topman Partners with Everyman

England stars kick off cancer campaign

England football stars have kicked off a campaign calling on clubs around the country to join a fight against testicular and prostate cancer.

Players including Joe Cole, Phil Neville, Jermain Defoe and Ledley King took time off from training to pose with the campaign's lumpy ball.

They are backing the Keep Your Eye on the Ball campaign, urging men to check themselves regularly for unusual lumps.

"The footballing community is not immune to the threat of cancer but by being more aware of the signs and symptoms of testicular and prostrate cancer men can give themselves a fighting chance," England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson said, "It is a campaign which can ultimately help save men's lives."

The campaign, run by The Professional Footballers' Association, The Football Association and the Everyman Campaign, a cancer research charity, is now in its fourth year.

It was started in response to a number of players, including Everton's Alan Stubbs, Chelsea youth coach Jason Cundy, and Nottingham Forest's Neil Harris, who discovered that they had testicular cancer.

Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer among men aged 18 to 35, which is also the average span of a player's career. If caught early, the cancers can be cured in 96% of cases.

Rugby Stars and Healthsure Team Up to Check-Em

Rugby internationals Mark Cueto, Steve Hanley and Robert Todd teamed up with healthcare provider HealthSure to put their ball handling skills to the test for testicular and prostate cancers.

The Sale Sharks players formed a winning line up with HealthSure in support of the Check-em DVD and website. The Check-em project covers men's health and lifestyle issues and drives awareness of male cancers.

The most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK, one man dies every hour from prostate cancer and there are around 30,000 cases every year.

Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in young men aged 20 to 35 and the number of cases has nearly doubled in the last 20 years to around 2,000 cases each year in the UK.

Nominated for the PRA Players’ Player of the Year, winger at Sharks Mark Cueto commented: “Testicular and prostate cancers are two important issues affecting the health and fitness of men today. We want to banish the taboos and encourage more men to Check-em on a regular basis.”

Chief executive at HealthSure, Richard Sear added: “We’re supporting Check-em and want to educate more men to take action through preventative healthcare. Regular health screens can help to detect issues at an early stage and substantially increase the chances of cure.”

A health screen is the ideal solution to maintaining and improving future health, providing valuable peace of mind and enhancing day to day wellbeing.

To enable more men to afford and attend a regular screen, HealthSure has added health screening to its everyday essential healthcare cash plan policy. From as little as £9.95 per month, policyholders can now claim cash towards the cost of an annual health screen and a wide variety of other healthcare treatments.

Based in Manchester, HealthSure is one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers. Its policies offer cash towards the cost of everyday healthcare treatments including dental, optical, physiotherapy, health screening and complementary therapies. For further information please call 0800 085 6636 or visit www.healthsure.co.uk.

For further information on Check-em, please visit www.check-em.com

Britain's Celebs Take Time Out for Everyman

It is great to see that Britain’s Celebs are taking time out from their busy schedules to work on something worthwhile, redhot Rachel Stevens is just one of them, along with Robbie Williams and Dermot O’Leary.

At last they are putting their fame to a good cause to raise even more awareness for testicular cancer.

This is what Rachel had to say:

"I'm delighted to be able to help the Everyman Campaign and thanks for your interest. The commercial is a fun way of raising awareness of a serious subject - hopefully it will help to get the message across to men - and give them something to think about!"

Click on the link to see her new ad www.rachelgetsfruity.com

Topman Partners with Everyman

Topman's partnership with Everyman has currently raised in excess of £115,000 for research into male cancer.

Following the current trend for charity wristbands, Topman have produced Everyman wristbands available exclusively from Topman stores and online at www.topman.co.uk. Available in four different colours, with a different word printed on each one – Think, Act, Feel, Smile, they will be sold at till points for a suggested donation of £1. The full £1 will go to Everyman and the bands are on sale NOW!