2 h. ago ‘A stranger told me to check a mole on my back for skin cancer

A stranger’s warning on the street turned into a life-saving experience from skin cancer

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8 h. ago ‘A grenade under her pillow?’: the Filipino journalist jailed for six years without trial

The arrest of Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been described as a ‘travesty of justice’. On Thursday a court will deliver its verdict, potentially sentencing her to 40 years in prison for alleged terrorismFor weeks before the police came for her, Frenchie Mae Cumpio had noticed odd incidents. The Filipino journalist – just 21 years old but already hosting a radio show and working as executive director of a local news website – told colleagues that a stranger had begun turning up and asking after her at the boarding house where she lived. She was sent a bouquet of flowers designed for a grave. She reported that two men had been following her on a motorcycle.Cumpio believed it was deliberate intimidation. She had recently published a series of reports after visiting poor rural farmers who said they were being harassed by army units in the region. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago New personalized skin cancer treatment shows success in preventing return of high

Patients with severe melanoma who received the treatment were 49% less likely to die or have their cancer return, pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Merck announced in five-year findings.

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44 h. ago Gordon Ramsay's wife Tana makes alarming admission amid skin cancer scare

Tana Ramsay, who married TV chef Gordon in 1996, told of her diagnosis of melasma, which is a skin condition characterised by brown or blue-grey patches or freckle-like spots

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4 d. ago My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson

I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same dangerWhen I was a little girl, there was nothing scarier than a stranger.In the late 1980s and early 1990s, kids were told, by our parents, by TV specials, by teachers, that there were strangers out there who wanted to hurt us. “Stranger Danger” was everywhere. It was a well-meaning lesson, but the risk was overblown: most child abuse and exploitation is perpetrated by people the children know. It’s much rarer for children to be abused or exploited by strangers. Continue reading...

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1 week ago I had a mole check and the results surprised me – and it costs less than you might think

Winter is the perfect time to assess your skin, including any changes to moles on your face and body. Here’s what I found during my first mole mapping experience

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3 w. ago Eleven told ‘fight for a world beyond Hawkins’ in final Stranger Things trailer

The last ever episode will stream on New Year’s Day.

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