21 h. ago We want to see our conspiracy theorist mum behind bars for what she did to our sister Paloma

A week after Paloma Shemirani was diagnosed with the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma in December 2023, she FaceTimed her older brother Sebastian.

Politics

58 h. ago Girl diagnosed with rare cancer after symptoms dismissed as growing pains

Aubrey, now six, was eventually diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)

Science

3 d. ago Lanarkshire singer who beat childhood cancer is now living her dream on tour

This Blood Cancer Awareness month, Amy-Louise Carmichael is keen to raise awareness of the disease by sharing her journey in the hope of inspiring others.

Society

7 d. ago ‘Sassy’ Aubrey’s deadly cancer was mistaken for growing pains and measles before she vomited blood

LIKE many parents, when Madeleine Shipp’s daughter Aubrey first started complaining of leg pains, she assumed it was nothing more than growing pains. Then, months later, when the five-year-old woke up covered in spots, the 28-year-old thought she had measles, a highly contagious infection that causes serious problems in some people. But it was when...

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8 d. ago ‘I didn’t get empathy from Borthwick’: Ben Youngs on family trauma and why he rates Eddie Jones

Former scrum-half admits family illnesses made it difficult for him to embrace his achievement of being England’s most-capped player“I found it hard, I really did,” Ben Youngs says as he explains why it was once so difficult to embrace his achievement of playing more times for England than any other men’s rugby player. Youngs won 127 caps and featured in four World Cups, but he used to look down at the ground whenever his longevity was mentioned.Youngs retired from international rugby at the end of 2023, and played his last game for Leicester in the Premiership final in June, and so he can now give public voice to the trauma he carried for so long. While his sister-in-law Tiffany suffered for years with blood cancer, and his brother-in-law Jake endured motor neurone disease, Youngs played for England. He often felt as if he was putting himself ahead of everyone else while his brother and sister lost their partners to terminal illness. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Mother diagnosed with incurable cancer after pain dismissed by doctors

Simone Williamson was diagnosed with myeloma after years of being ‘fobbed off’

Science

9 d. ago Bungling cancer surgeons remove wrong kidney... leaving man, 77, with single, diseased organ

French surgeons wrongly removed a healthy kidney from a cancer patient, leaving the elderly man with just one of the blood cleaning organs-which is diseased.

Science

9 d. ago Mum, 42, found with HOLES in ribs, pelvis, spine and skull after complaining of a headache

A MUM's severe migraines were "fobbed off" by doctors until she ended up in hospital - where testing showed she had holes in her ribs, pelvis, spine and skull. Simone Williamson, 42, from Birmingham, had suffered migraines since her teenage years but claims she was often dismissed by doctors, who said they couldn't offer her...

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9 d. ago Mother’s migraines hid incurable blood cancer – until new symptoms appeared

Simone Williamson was diagnosed with myeloma after years of being ‘fobbed off’

Events

1 week ago Dad dismissed bad cough as Covid before shock blood cancer diagnosis

Ian Milton, from Paisley, became unwell before Christmas last year, dismissing his symptoms as a severe cold or coronavirus.

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1 week ago What is leukaemia and the signs and the common symptoms of blood cancer that patients need to know about

Leukaemia is the fifth most common cancer in the UK 🏥

Science

2 w. ago Patients with aggressive cancer ‘slipping through the cracks’ in NHS

There are more than 10,000 new cases diagnosed in the UK each year

Science

2 w. ago ‘I thought I had injured my back – but it was incurable blood cancer’

More than 33,000 people in the UK are living with myeloma, a type of incurable blood cancer that causes bone pain

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3 w. ago Ayrshire school raises more than £40,000 for blood cancer charity

S6 pupils at Wellington School in Ayr raised a "staggering" amount for charity Blood Cancer UK.

Economics

3 w. ago AD FEATURE: Join Cure Leukaemia's fight to cure blood cancer for those impacted by the disease in Manchester

During Blood Cancer Awareness Month and Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, join fundraising efforts by celebrities Gary Lineker and his son George to help fund vital research and care across the city

Sport

3 w. ago Scots dad dismissed chest pains as indigestion for days but he was having a heart attack

Pierre Bernard, 53, phoned NHS 24 after experiencing the aches in his chest for two days in September 2023.

Events

4 w. ago Dad who dismissed fatigue as overworking diagnosed with prostate cancer

Mr Riddleston described living with the disease as an ‘unwanted passenger’

Science

4 w. ago Incurable blood cancer patients now living twice as long, study finds

Multiple myeloma is incurable, and happens when the bone marrow makes abnormal white blood cells

Science

4 w. ago Survival time for incurable blood cancer almost doubles since 2005, study finds

Experts called the gain for myeloma patients ‘impressive’ but said continued research is needed to continue progress.

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