In 2017, my life was already full to the brim. As a 52-year-old single mother and full-time carer for my son, who has a complex mental illness, there wasn’t much space left for myself. Like most carers, I was used to pushing through discomfort and ill health. The indigestion, the nausea – I convinced myself
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, died on Sunday at the age of 49, according to her family. Love, who was the daughter of Haitian immigrants and the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, “passed away peacefully” surrounded by family. “With grateful hearts filled to overflowing for the profound influence of Mia on our
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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