4 d. ago The doctor told me the unusual freckle on my back was 'nothing to worry about'. He was wrong... and the news only got worse from there

A mum has shared her terrifying brush with cancer that saw her diagnosed with nine melanomas - and dismissed by a senior GP who told her to 'wait 12 months.'

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5 d. ago 'Doctor told me it was a cyst and receptionist said I was too young – but I wasn't'

EXCLUSIVE: Aubrie Bell's world was turned upside down when she found what doctors dismissed as a cyst in her breast which turned out to be something more sinister

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9 d. ago Cyclist forced to retire after getting allergy so serious it ‘stops you getting out of bed for 9

Mason Hollyman has been forced to retire from professional cycling at the age of 24 after a doctor told him surprising news about his allergies

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2 w. ago Holidaymakers who take any prescription medicine 'must do this' when buying travel insurance

Experts have told holidaymakers who take medication prescribed by a doctor to be aware when getting travel insurance

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2 w. ago Husband who stabbed wife to death in the street as she pushed their baby in a pram told doctor 'he felt like he would kill her' more than a year before attack, court hears

Kulsuma Akter, 27, was killed by her husband Habibur Masum, 26, after he confronted her in the street while she was pushing their seven-month-old son in a pram on April 6 last year.

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2 w. ago Man who stabbed wife to death in front of baby told doctor he ‘felt he would kill her’ a year before the tragedy, court hears

Kulsuma Akter, 27, was killed by her husband Habibur Masum, 26, after he confronted her in the street while she was pushing their seven-month-old son in a pram on April 6 last year

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2 w. ago Man who stabbed wife in front of baby told doctor he ‘felt he would kill her’

Kulsuma Akter was killed by her husband Habibur Masum after he confronted her in the street while she was pushing their son in a pram

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2 w. ago World’s oldest professional footballer on playing at 59: ‘I won’t put limits on myself’

Mykola Lykhovydov is living his sporting dream with Ukraine’s Real Pharma, helped by a haka-like warm-up, local water and napsMykola Lykhovydov half-boils a kettle and, pausing slightly for dramatic effect, decants its contents into the waiting glasses. The water comes from an artesian well close to this small, rickety dressing room that doubles as a clubhouse. They say it flows from 80 metres underground and should be consumed just like this, served a little above body temperature and sipped gently so the body’s cells can properly hydrate. Nobody at FK Real Pharma would drink anything else before training and Lykhovydov swears by an extra benefit. “A doctor from Dynamo Kyiv told me this is the best water in Ukraine,” he announces. “It is the secret of eternal youth.”Whether marvel or myth, the regimen is serving Lykhovydov well. He turned 59 in January and is, as far as anybody knows, the oldest active professional footballer in the world. At almost a year older than the Japanese g...

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3 w. ago Air India survivor describes miracle escape as plane 'split and threw him out'

Survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, told a doctor that immediately after the plane took off, it began descending and suddenly split in two, throwing him out and saving his life

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3 w. ago Baby dies after getting ten times recommended dose of powerful drug

A leading doctor has told an inquest that a newborn baby was given ten times too much of a powerful drug usually used in surgery - just minutes before she collapsed.

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4 w. ago Bogus doctor told to pay NHS more than £400,000 or face longer jail term

Zholia Alemi, 62, was jailed in February 2023 for seven years after she committed a string of fraud offences.

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