3 d. ago Women with the 'Angelina Jolie' gene can be screened for ovarian cancer for the first time on the NHS

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is offering surveillance tests to women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations that put them at higher risk of the disease.

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3 d. ago New ovarian cancer test that detects risk of disease to be rolled out

The new test can dramatically cut the chance of being diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer

Events

4 d. ago I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih review – a vivid testament to a life lived hornily

Nottingham ContemporaryLife is short, so let’s spend the time we’ve got having sex, the late artist seems to suggest in surreal and defiant paintingsMurni’s world is one of rampant shagging, unbridled hormones and irrepressible desire. Murni – or I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih, to go by her full name – was a Balinese artist who shrugged off all the norms and expectations that life chucked at her and instead made art with total abandon. By the time she died aged 39 in 2006, taken by ovarian cancer, she’d left behind a body of ultra-simple, mega-bold, hyper-colourful painting that functions as a testament to a life lived honestly, independently and very, very hornily.The earlier works here are stranger and more enigmatic than what comes later. Murni paints hybrid figures, half-plant, half-human, part-animal, part-woman. Branches grow out of bare bums, heads poke out of scale-covered fish bodies, long limbs loop and distend, bodies twist and undulate. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Mum, 31, told she was ‘too young for cancer’ has HALF her organs removed after doctors missed it 10 times

A MUM told she was "too young" had to have "almost half her organs removed" after being diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer. Chelsea Davies, 31, said she was "devastated and furious" that the cancer was caught so late - after visiting the doctor ten times over four years. The mum started getting abdominal pain...

Science

2 w. ago Baroness Falkner issues impassioned plea against Assisted Dying Bill as she tearfully reveals 'glimpsing the grim reaper' after ovarian cancer diagnosis

Baroness Falkner, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, urged the House of Lords to reject the 'flawed' assisted dying Bill - despite previously supporting the principle.

Science

3 w. ago Doctors said her stomach pain was IBS or endometriosis – then they found a 2kg tumour on her ovary

Doctors were unable to find the cause of Natasha Reynolds’ symptoms for almost 18 months

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3 w. ago ‘I went to A&E with horrific abdominal pain – then doctors found a 2kg tumour’

Natasha Reynolds told her symptoms were likely down to endometriosis or irritable bowel syndrome – then doctors found a 20cm-wide cancerous tumour

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3 w. ago Charities urge heath secretary Wes Streeting to act now to stop deaths from fractures

Delays in the rollout of screening clinics for a bone-thinning disease are putting women's lives at risk, say campaigners.

Society

4 w. ago Doctor reveals change in bathroom habits could signal you have a 'silent cancer'

Dr Jamie Bakkum-Gamez, a gynecologic oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, has revealed the four subtle symptoms of a 'silent' cancer that she watches as someone who is at a higher risk.

Science

4 w. ago I'm a cancer doctor and there are four subtle symptoms of a 'silent disease' I always watch for

Dr Jamie Bakkum-Gamez, a gynecologic oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, has revealed the four subtle symptoms of a 'silent' cancer that she watches as someone who is at a higher risk.

Science

last month AD FEATURE: PE teacher’s swollen stomach turned out to be ovarian cancer

Sharon Withington, a PE teacher at Stockport Grammar School, thought it was weight gain but never suspected cancer

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