6 d. ago Swab test can identify children with potentially deadly heart condition, study finds

Research shows arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy can be detected up to five years before diagnosis by other meansA simple cheek-swab test can identify children with a potentially deadly heart condition, five years before they would normally be diagnosed, research has found.Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), which is typically genetic, is responsible for more than 10% of sudden cardiac deaths in children. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I was diagnosed with deadly liver disease at 19. There had been a warning sign five years before... but now my skin ITCHES from infection

Courtney Kidd was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) as a teenager. Nearly two decades later, she is in desperate need of a liver transplant to save her life.

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2 w. ago Terminally ill husband murdered by wife who also killed children was 'bedridden'

A father was left 'bedridden' amid his terminal cancer diagnosis before being horrifically shot dead by his wife, who also killed two of their children, before shooting herself

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2 w. ago Man cured of deadly disease suffered by millions of Americans in first

A 42-year-old man living in Sweden was diagnosed with a potentially deadly condition at just five years old. But a pioneering, first-of-its-kind procedure has cured him after just three months.

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3 w. ago Michael Barrymore diagnosed with deadly conditon after having stroke

The 73-year-old TV presenter has been warned he faces a high risk of death or serious injury

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3 w. ago Michael Barrymore reveals epilepsy journey diagnosed after a series of mini strokes

Michael Barrymore reached out to fans for support in a heartbreaking TikTok video in which the comedian and TV presenter told of his mini strokes and "uncontrollable seizures"

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3 w. ago Michael Barrymore, 73, reveals shock health diagnosis that led to mini strokes as he reaches out to fans for support in heartbreaking post

The comedian, 73, was previously one of the UK's top stars but his decades long career ended after the death of Stuart Lubbock in 2001 following a party at his Essex home.

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3 w. ago Fresh warning over killer fungal infection dubbed 'threat to humanity'

The anonymous 34-year-old was diagnosed with deadly Candidozyma auris almost three months after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a car crash.

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