5 h. ago Cancer killed my fit and healthy sister, 26, just ten months after she was diagnosed

A grief-stricken sister has told of doctors' multiple failings to spot the bone cancer that killed her 'kind, considerate and warm' sister at just 26-years-old.

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4 d. ago The only sign of mum's bowel cancer that killed her in a year

Maria Paszkiewicz went to the doctors but was told her symptoms were the ill-effects of a food intolerance. Within eight months she had died from bowel cancer that spread to her liver.

Events

4 d. ago Liam Payne's sister says she 'can't process' his death six months on

Liam Payne's sister Ruth Gibbins has said she feels like she is 'plunged underwater' without the late One Direction star

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5 d. ago Liam Payne's sister Ruth Gibbins shares moving tribute to the late star six months after his tragic death as she admits 'living without him has been impossible'

The One Direction singer died on October 16 aged 31 after falling 45 feet from his third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ruth Gibbins penned an emotional message on Instagram.

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5 d. ago Liam Payne's sister says 'living without you is impossible' in emotional tribute six months after his death

The One Direction star tragically died last year aged 31

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5 d. ago Common diabetes drug may 'slow down or prevent' cancer in those at risk of 'aggressive' form of disease

A widely used diabetes drug holds promise in the treatment of the third biggest cancer killer in the UK, new research suggests

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5 d. ago Millions who take cheap, common drug could be protected from deadly type of cancer

Cambridge found a drug that costs mere pennies per pill could help prevent a type of cancer that kills about four out of five patients within five years of their diagnosis.

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6 d. ago Eddie Howe health explained as he battles pneumonia infection with a 14% death rate

He's fit and healthy but Eddie Howe has been laid low by pneumonia and the number of people who pass away from it annually in Britain is higher than anywhere else in Europe

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9 d. ago Think your dog is fit and healthy? TV vet warns these ten signs could signify an underlying health issue

Experts are warning many of us are not taking our four-legged friends for regular check-ups

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1 week ago 'I was a really fit, healthy doctor living a happy life until something completely out of the blue at work'

The then-31-year-old was rushed to A&E at the hospital where she was working as a fertility doctor

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1 week ago Weezer bassist wife had wild former life in harem, cancer battle and chilling final murder post

Author Jillian Lauren Shriner, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, lived an interesting life prior to being shot by the LA Police department, inlcuding a cancer battle and a work on the victims of a serial killer

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1 week ago Weezer bassist wife had wild life in harem, cancer battle and chilling post before shooting

Author Jillian Lauren Shriner, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, lived an interesting life prior to being shot by the LA Police department, inlcuding a cancer battle and a work on the victims of a serial killer

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1 week ago Pollen peril: how heat, thunder and smog are creating deadly hay fever seasons

Scientists say a complex mix of factors are making seasonal allergies worse for longer in many parts of the world – but why is it happening and is it here to stay?The first time it happened, László Makra thought he had flu. The symptoms appeared from nowhere at the end of summer in 1989: his eyes started streaming, his throat was tight and he could not stop sneezing. Makra was 37 and otherwise fit and healthy, a mid-career climate scientist in Szeged, Hungary. Winter eventually came and he thought little of it. Then, it happened the next year. And the next.“I had never had these symptoms before. It was high summer: it was impossible to have the flu three consecutive years in a row,” he says. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Only people 'fit and healthy' enough for surgery will be added to waitlists in Wales

It is all part of plans to cut waiting times

Science

2 w. ago The six things a physio wishes people over 60 would stop doing

Keep yourself fit and healthy by addressing these common habits and thought processes

Politics

2 w. ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and living with cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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2 w. ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and getting cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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2 w. ago Father, 36, forced to have intimate area removed after discovering killer cancer

A father-of-one who survived two bouts of killer cancer has urged men not to 'die of embarrassment' and seek help for intimate problems.

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2 w. ago 'My smartwatch woke me up in the middle of the night on holiday

Chris Ball had no history of heart problems and thought he was fit and healthy - but his Apple Watch detected something was wrong

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2 w. ago Mark 'Chopper' Read's deathbed confession reveals true extent of his criminal past

The murderer's reputation was the stuff of gangland legend and, when he was dying of liver cancer in 2013, he finally confessed to four killings in a TV interview

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