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‘Game-changing’ ultrasound can spot prostate cancer after just one biopsy scan, trial suggests

By SHAUN WOOLLER Published: 21:24 EDT, 23 March 2025 | Updated: 21:34 EDT, 23 March 2025 Biopsies guided by high-resolution ultrasound could speed-up the diagnosis of prostate cancer, a major trial suggests. The ‘game-changing’ technology proved just as effective as MRI at diagnosing the disease but was cheaper and easier to use, researchers said. It

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Health

My doctor turned me away when I complained about a persistent cough at 16… weeks later I received the devastating cancer diagnosis that changed my life forever

By ED HOLT Published: 06:13 EDT, 23 March 2025 | Updated: 06:17 EDT, 23 March 2025 A 16-year-old girl who went to the doctor with a bad cough received a devastating cancer diagnosis just weeks later. Daisy first went to the GP in March 2023 where she was prescribed antibiotics for a suspected chest infection.

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U.S.

Cruel new twist in colon cancer epidemic in young people

Young people with colon cancer are ‘significantly’ more likely to die from heart problems than the general population, experts warn.  Researchers found people with colorectal cancer were 16 percent more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (CVD) – a group of heart conditions like heart attack and high blood pressure – than those without colon cancer.

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U.S.

Hallmark star Brennan Elliott’s wife dies at age 45 after eight-year cancer battle

Hallmark actor Brennan Elliott shared a tribute to his beloved wife Camilla Row, who lost her battle with Stage 4 gastric cancer on March 22. In an Instagram post featuring a photo of Camilla on the beach, he wrote a heartbreaking caption as he tried to grapple with the loss of his wife. ‘There is no easy

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Health

The truth about Covid jabs and cancer: After Piers Morgan’s controversial claims about vaccines, we asked the experts. Here are their honest verdicts

Billions of doses of ground-breaking Covid vaccines have been dished out globally since the early days of the pandemic. They have, without doubt, saved many millions of lives. But a highly controversial claim has been thrust into the spotlight: some of the jabs cause cancer. President Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has

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Health

Men who avoid prostate cancer screening appointments face much higher risk of disease

Researchers are warning that men who regularly dodge prostate cancer screening appointments are 45% more likely to die from the disease.  Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men and the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, according to UC San Francisco (UCSF).  But if screening programs are introduced on a national scale — particularly

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Health

The type of fitness tracker that can spot the early signs of cancer – are you wearing one?

A woman who wears her smart ring ‘religiously’ has praised the wearable for spotting the signs of deadly blood cancer before she knew that something was seriously wrong. Nikki Gooding, a nurse from Virginia in the US, was diagnosed with blood cancer Hodgkin lymphoma early this year, after suffering a bout of night sweats and extreme fatigue.

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I was hit with terminal bowel cancer in my 40s – the only sign was a problem millions suffer everyday

A father-of-one has shared how what he thought was just a simple case of constipation turned out to be terminal bowel cancer.  Shawn Michael, 48, from Springfield Missouri in the US, shared his heartbreaking diagnosis in a clip on YouTube last month which has been watched nearly 100,000 times. He confirmed the cancer had spread to several

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Entertainment

Linda Nolan’s grieving brother Brian reveals cancer diagnosis just weeks after her death

Linda Nolan’s brother Brian has revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer just weeks after the TV star’s death. Linda tragically passed away on January 15 2025 aged 65 following a 20-year breast cancer battle and suffering from double pneumonia. Just three days after her death, grieving Brian, 69, was devastatingly diagnosed with stage two prostate cancer.

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Entertainment

Teddi Mellencamp reveals shock romance news amid brain cancer battle

Teddi Mellencamp is opening up about her love life as she navigates a divorce and cancer. The 43-year-old former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star joined Erika Jayne, 53, on her Diamonds in the Rough podcast this week, where she spilled on recently going on a second date.  She announced her split from her husband

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