A 67-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to try what doctors hope will be a revolutionary new treatment for lung cancer – a vaccine that tells the body how to fight and kill the disease. It uses the same mRNA technology as some Covid jabs to give instructions to the immune
A man whose deadly lung cancer was discovered ‘by coincidence’ has become the first in the UK to receive a ‘game-changing’ vaccine. Janusz Racz, from London, was given a heartbreaking diagnosis of just four to five months to live in May after the disease was spotted during a colonoscopy. Told chemotherapy and radiotherapy would only give
In the days leading up to a long-awaited meeting with 7-year-old Cayden Addison, Minnesota Timberwolves star Naz Reid wants to get one question answered. Can I lift him? Reid is 6 foot 9 and 240 pounds. The top of Cayden’s head barely reaches past Reid’s waist, so the question isn’t of physics. The issue is
BBC | Wildflame | Stephen Hart Amy Dowden was diagnosed with cancer in April 2023 Amy Dowden has said her return to Strictly Come Dancing was thrown into doubt after another cancer scare. The 34-year-old professional dancer, who was twice diagnosed with cancer last year, was rushed back to hospital for further tests as doctors
When Jake Spencer started experiencing pain in his left thigh while learning to drive, he assumed it was muscle strain from using the clutch. But the real cause of the mystery ache was a rare form of cancer that nearly cost the now 26-year-old his limb. However, it would take three years for medics to
They key to stopping Alzheimer’s disease before it begins could lie in a drug that doctors already use to treat another disease, a landmark new paper suggests. Researchers from Penn State and Stanford used a type of cancer drug to repair one of the early systems that breaks down in dementia – how the brain
TV travel host Rick Steves, who has been guiding Americans through Europe for nearly half a century, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is set to have surgery this fall. “My doctor assures me that, if you’re going to get cancer, this is a good kind to get, and careful scans show no sign
A 15-year-old US boy, Heman Bekele, who created a soap that could transform skin cancer treatment was chosen as the 2024 Kid of the Year by Time magazine on August 15. Well, his fascination with chemistry began a long time ago, which led him to explore chemical reactions. Watch this video to know his journey
AI is acting as a second pair of eyes for radiologists examining X-rays.
By Shaun Wooller Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 18:06 EDT, 13 August 2024 | Updated: 04:33 EDT, 14 August 2024 Cancer survivors seeking mortgages and insurance are being ‘discriminated against’ years after they recover, a study reveals. Many of the 20 million survivors across Europe struggle to access financial services, not least travel insurance.