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OPINION On Thursday, I opened Facebook and found out my friend Ness died. She was only 40. It was a shock, but it wasn’t a surprise. Ness was in palliative care. It was cancer. It’s always bloody cancer. Immediately I scrolled the last messages we exchanged. The last one was her telling me to be […]
A brave mother-of-three battling a rare form of liver cancer may not live to see Christmas unless her family can raise £100,000 for lifesaving treatment. The family of Amanda Cox, 36, have launched a desperate bid to raise enough cash for immunotherapy in America after the NHS said it won't fund the treatment. The solicitor, […]
Heart-wrenching footage shows a tiny French bulldog puppy crying for his mum after being abandoned by a breeder in Thursday's episode of The Dog House on Channel 4 (March 11). The little puppy, called Kevin, was the runt of the litter and failed to thrive which saw him get left at Wood Green animal centre […]
Loving wife and inspiring campaigner Chloe Ward, described as a "ball of positivity and fun," has died of cancer at just 28 years old. Chloe, who leaves behind her husband Shane, was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in 2015, but was declared cancer-free the next year. Tragically, the cancer returned a few years […]
Dear Amy: Three years ago, I was diagnosed with bone cancer. I went through 2-1/2 years of chemotherapy and six months of stem cell treatment. I am now deemed to be cancer-free, and I feel great compared to how I felt in those three years. During that time, I was with a woman (for eight […]
An entire school is in mourning after a much-loved pupil died. Fifteen-year-old Holly Baddiley, from Murray park Community School in Mickleover, Derby, passed away. The teen was described by her teachers as bright, polite and hardworking. Miss Baddiley, who was a Year 11 pupil, was undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer called Hodgkin's […]
A teenager has been struck down with stage four cancer after discovering a lump in her neck. Paige Heeland, 19, from Tunstall, Staffordshire, noticed the "little" lump before lockdown and asked her boyfriend if he could feel it too. Initially, Paige had "thought nothing of it" but the lump continued to grow to the size […]
A man who was raped by his teacher when he was just 12 years old and married her when she was released from jail has described what her final moments were like before she died. Vili Fualaau, now 37, met his teacher Mary Kay Letourneau when he was eight years old and a sexual relationship […]
(Reuters) – U.S-based cancer testing startup Grail Inc, which has received funding from Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos, on Wednesday filed for a U.S. initial public offering. Grail was founded by gene sequencing company Illumina Inc in 2016, with investments from ARCH Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures and Bezos Expeditions, the venture investment fund of […]
Tributes have been paid to a healthcare worker who died of cancer aged 21. Jade Shovlin, from Roker, Sunderland, lost her battle with oesophagus cancer just four months after being diagnosed. The care worker was told by doctors the condition was incurable and was given less than two years to live. Jade died on Wednesday, […]