35 h. ago Freezing Point by Anders Bodelsen review – a prescient classic of cryogenics

This resurrected Danish novel about a man who is ‘frozen down’, awaking in an Orwellian dystopia two decades later, is inventive, funny and all too timelyIn the Danish author’s uncannily prescient novel, first published in 1969, the year is 1973 and Bruno works as a fiction editor for a popular weekly magazine; his talent for generating story ideas makes him indispensable to his authors. Invited for dinner at the home of one of them, Bruno finds himself seated next to a woman named Jenny, a struggling ballet dancer with a gloomy aspect and no sense of humour. Bruno is drawn to her nonetheless, and finds himself inventing stories about her. The following day, he is admitted to hospital to undergo tests: a small lump on the side of his neck has raised some concerns. Bruno cannot help feeling the two events are somehow connected.It comes as little surprise to Bruno when he learns he has cancer. The doctor in charge of his case, Josef Ackerman, offers a choice: he can either undergo the...

Politics

3 d. ago Strictly star issues health update as they detail 'fear' over hospital visit

One former Strictly Come Dancing star has opened up about his anxiety ahead of an MRI scan, following his pituitary brain tumour surgery in 2022.

Science

6 d. ago Doctors make surprising find on mum about to undergo tumour surgery

Suze Lopez had a 10kg tumour that needed to be removed - but doctors had to change plans when they found something unexpected

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6 d. ago How I knew I had a brain tumour: It wasn't pain or a blinding flash

But despite being the most surreal experience of writer Lucy Deedes' life - including answering 11 questions to the sound of a drill - the operation was also strangely comforting

Politics

6 d. ago Davina McCall says 'most important step' in emotional cancer update

The presenter has been diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery for a benign brain tumour

Politics

7 d. ago Davina McCall's new husband Michael Douglas first met the star on Big Brother and left ex

The television host, 58, praised her 'lovely' new husband, 49, after he supported her through surgery to remove a benign brain tumour and her recent breast cancer diagnosis.

Politics

8 d. ago Inside Davina McCall's health battles as she marries secretly months after brain tumour surgery

TV star Davina McCall has married her partner three months after he popped the question. The news is all the more special given Davina's serious recent health concerns

Society

8 d. ago Davina McCall secretly marries hairdresser fiancé Michael Douglas in a small ceremony attended  by 'everyone who is special in their lives'

McCall has married her devoted partner after he supported her through surgery to remove a benign tumour from her brain and a recent breast cancer diagnosis.

Society

9 d. ago Sophie Kinsella speaks about brain tumour diagnosis in resurfaced interview after her death

Author Sophie Kinsella spoke about how she was left unable to hold a pen after undergoing a gruelling eight-hour surgery to remove a brain tumour.

Events

9 d. ago Doctors reveal five surprising risk factors for dementia and how to avoid them

Doctors have revealed to Daily Mail five little-known factors that they say could be raising a person's risk of being diagnosed with dementia.

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3 w. ago Influencer Lorna Luxe, 43, reveals her husband John, 64, has had surgery to remove a brain tumour amid his battle with stage 4 cancer

Influencer Lorna Luxe has revealed her husband John Andrews has undergone surgery to remove a tumour on his brain.

Events

3 w. ago Davina McCall makes her first public appearance after sharing breast cancer diagnosis

Davina McCall, a judge on The Masked Singer and presenter of My Mum, Your Dad, had brain surgery to remove a benign tumour in November last year and since then, found a lump in her breast

Science

3 w. ago Man’s gut feeling about tonsillitis leads to shocking cancer diagnosis

Pawel Chmura had surgery to remove a tumour at the age of just 30

Science