9 h. ago Dad diagnosed with cancer after dismissing stomach pain as IBS

Steve Browne, 59, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2012, aged 45

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19 h. ago Dad ignored stomach pain for several months before cancer diagnosis

Cancer Research UK surveyed 6,844 people to understand what prevented people from getting help

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38 h. ago What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison

As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missingThis article was originally published as ‘Holes in the web’ on Aeon.coA few years back, my dad was diagnosed with a tumour on his tongue – which meant we had some choices to weigh up. My family has an interesting dynamic when it comes to medical decisions. While my older sister is a trained doctor in western allopathic medicine, my parents are big believers in traditional remedies. Having grown up in a small town in India, I am accustomed to rituals. My dad had a ritual, too. Every time we visited his home village in southern Tamil Nadu, he’d get a bottle of thick, pungent, herb-infused oil from a vaithiyar, a traditional doctor practising Siddha medicine. It was his way of maintaining his connection with the kind of medicine he had always known and trusted.Dad’s tumour showed signs of being malignant, so the hospital doctors and my...

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52 h. ago I begged doctors for answers to my excoriating jaw pain but they dismissed symptoms... then came an aggressive cancer diagnosis

Nancy Major, from Fannett, Texas, first felt like something was wrong when she developed what appeared to be an abscess near the back of her wisdom tooth.

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54 h. ago Dentist says 'red flag' cancer sign in mouth lasting two weeks 'shouldn't be dismissed'

A dental expert has warned that it could be a sign of something more sinister

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7 d. ago Bournemouth star David Brooks becomes dad for first time four years after beating cancer

David Brooks previously feared that he'd never become a dad when he was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma in October 2021 but the Bournemouth star's wife, Flora, has now given birth

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1 week ago New dad, 33, celebrates Christmas early after terrible diagnosis

Doctors have told Dan to stop treatment and make the most of time with his family - including his newborn son

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2 w. ago Young man diagnosed with cancer after symptoms dismissed as swollen glands

Kyle Kennedy, 23, was diagnosed with lymphoma after being told his symptoms were likely caused by swollen glands.

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2 w. ago NHS lansoprazole ‘stomach pain’ warning that could be serious inflammation

Lansoprazole can cause a wide variety of side effects, some which may be considered serious

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3 w. ago I'm a doctor who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39: My pelvic pain was the only clue, says DR PHILIPPA KAYE

I was horrified to read about 23-year-old Milli Tanner, left, whose bowel cancer was dismissed 13 times by GPs who told her that she was too young to have the disease, writes Dr Philippa Kaye, right.

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3 w. ago I'm a doctor who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39: I had a little

I was horrified to read about 23-year-old Milli Tanner, left, whose bowel cancer was dismissed 13 times by GPs who told her that she was too young to have the disease, writes Dr Philippa Kaye, right.

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3 w. ago Father diagnosed with incurable blood cancer after dismissing back pain as wear and tear

Paul Angliss was diagnosed after his neck broke when he stubbed his toe

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3 w. ago ‘Workaholic’ diagnosed with aggressive cancer after initially dismissing lump

Mat Kelly is urging all men to ‘check their chests’

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3 w. ago Teenager, 19, was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer after being dismissed THIRTEEN times by doctors who told her she was 'too young' to get the disease

Milli Tanner, from Evesham, Worcestershire, first went to her GP in June 2021, when she was 19 years old, with symptoms doctors dismissed.

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3 w. ago Teen was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer after being dismissed THIRTEEN times by doctors who told her she was 'too young' to get the disease

Milli Tanner, from Evesham, Worcestershire, first went to her GP in June 2021, when she was 19 years old, with symptoms doctors dismissed.

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3 w. ago Manchester student died after 'ambulance call workers said just take paracetamol'

Joshua Adiefeh, 20, died two weeks after he began studying at Manchester Metropolitan University after he called 999 complaining of stomach pain, with his family claiming paramedics 'wouldn't come'

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4 w. ago Little girl's leg ache was dismissed as growing pains... now she has terminal cancer

EXC: When little Baileigh was three years old her parents took her to the doctor because she was complaining of an achy leg. The family was told not to worry - the tot was just feeling growing pains.

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4 w. ago Brother tells of tragic final hours of 'super fit' student who died at uni after complaining of stomach pain

Joshua Adiefeh, 20, died at his Manchester Metropolitan University accommodation having only moved in one week prior, and now tributes have been paid to the young man

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4 w. ago 'Fit and healthy' student, 20, died as his brothers rushed out to buy him paracetamol for stomach pain

Joshua Adiefeh (pictured), from Nottingham, passed away at his accommodation in Manchester. His grieving brothers have now told the Daily Mail of his tragic final hours.

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last month Mum's common symptoms dismissed by doctors were stage four cancer

Her symptoms were dismissed as haemorrhoids but Amber wouldn't stop asking for help

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