21 h. ago Uche Ojeh dead: Today show's Sheinelle Jones' husband dies aged 45 after brain cancer

Uche Ojeh - the husband of Sheinelle Jones - has died following a battle with brain cancer. He was 45 years old when he died and the news was shared with TODAY viewers live on air

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48 h. ago I’ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief – and our own mortality | Molly Conisbee

How we deal with bereavement has changed enormously over the years. But not all the old traditions should be forgottenMany years ago, as part of a school homework project, I asked my grandparents what the most significant social change had been during their lifetime. Two of them answered “child mortality”. I was surprised. Weren’t there other, more significant experiences in long lives that had stretched from the first and second world wars to the 1980s?But now that I am older and have experienced bereavement, I understand their replies. Both grandparents had sisters who died of diphtheria. And my grandfather’s younger brother died of sepsis, meaning his parents had buried two of their four children before the age of three. Their childhoods had been profoundly shaped by loss. Child mortality was, at that time, horrifyingly common, and from their earliest years many people spent a great deal of their lives coping with the emotional fallout of grief, which shaped their lives into olde...

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61 h. ago Winter fuel payment cuts were a panic measure finally put right

Editorial: The move inadvertently caused maximum political damage to Labour – now, Keir Starmer’s surprise U-turn is an encouraging sign his administration has learnt from its mistakes

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3 d. ago Glamorous bartender, 29, is left paralyzed after part of her brain DIED from habit followed by 13M Americans

Rachel Kelly, a now 29-year-old receptionist and fomrer bartender, suffered paralysis and death of parts of her brain after picking up a habit practiced by 13million Americans.

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3 d. ago Fetus of brain dead Georgia woman kept alive due to abortion ban is growing, says family

Hospital plans to keep Adriana Smith on life support until August, when doctors will deliver baby via C-sectionThe fetus of a brain dead Georgia woman who is being kept alive to carry out her pregnancy is continuing to grow, the woman’s mother said late Monday, days after the controversial case exploded into the national news and sparked questions about the ethics of using the state’s anti-abortion law to keep a woman with no chance of recovery on life support.“He has his toes, arms, limbs – everything is forming,” the mother, April Newkirk, told the local news station 11Alive. “We’re just hoping he makes it.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The surprising signs of my deadly brain cancer that I've ignored since childhood

The 20 year-old was diagnosed with the disease after suffering symptoms that began in childhood, and she claims doctors have dismissed for years.

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8 d. ago Jose Mourinho plots shock move for struggling Man Utd star as offer details emerges

Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is plotting a surprise raid on his old club to sign the Red Devils' struggling striker Rasmus Hojlund on loan for next season

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1 week ago Gary Lineker says 'he wasn't given much chance' as he reflects on son's cancer battle

Gary Lineker has opened up about his son George's childhood cancer battle during a candid interview on ITV's The Assembly

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1 week ago Man feared brain dead after food poisoning 'from £3 supermarket sandwich'

Blake Pennell, 30, was left in a coma and feared brain dead after contracting E. Coli and suffering from a stroke.

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1 week ago Healthy man feared brain dead after food poisoning 'from £3 supermarket sandwich'

Blake Pennell, 30, was in a coma, feared brain dead and hospitalised for months after his partner believed he got food poisoning from a supermarket sandwich

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2 w. ago Donald Trump may sign 'trade deal with Britain' in surprise announcement later today

President Trump hinted at a 'major trade deal' on his social media platform, with sources indicating that this is in fact the much anticipated US-UK trade deal

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2 w. ago Tributes pour in for former Fulham footballer after his sudden death aged just 37: Teammates say 'he was the best of us'

The former Fulham and AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper, who made 23 appearances for his National Team, died after being in coma for weeks.

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2 w. ago Milena Brandao dead: Child star dies aged 11 just days after brain tumour diagnosis

Milena Brandão, 11, was hospitalised in a serious condition after she had suffered from severe headaches. The young star's grieving mother announced the sad news in a heartbreaking social media post

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2 w. ago Mum of two, 39, killed rapidly by one of UK's deadliest cancers...there were two easy

The broken-hearted husband of a 39 year-old mother-of-two who suffered a rapid death from brain cancer has told of the easy-to-dismiss signs of the shock disease.

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3 w. ago 'Hospital didn't save my brother and then they let his body rot, I will never forget the smell'

WARNING - UPSETTING CONTENT: Wayne Lammond, 36, was left brain dead at The Countess of Chester Hospital after a series of failings by medical professionals, his inquest heard

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3 w. ago I thought the spot under my eye was a blocked pore, then a doctor told me it was cancer. The cause happened in my childhood and I had no idea...

When a swelling lesion under her eye burst during work, Jessica Zbinden-Webster, who lives in London, realised that what she'd initially considered 'problem skin' was more serious.

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3 w. ago Dad, 44, kept getting deja vu...it was actually aggressive cancer that rapidly killed him

A grieving mother-of-three has flagged little-known symptoms of a deadly brain tumour, after her husband's hidden cancer lead to his rapid and tragic death.

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3 w. ago Childhood diet blamed for surge in bowel cancer in young adults

Cases of bowel cancer are rising in younger people and could become the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among young adults by 2030, according to a leading professor

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3 w. ago Childhood cancer survivors tackle London Marathon for ‘brighter future’

Children with Cancer UK hopes to raise £3 million towards its efforts to create a world where every child and young person survives their cancer.

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4 w. ago Gut toxin from common bug could be driving bowel cancer in young people

Exposure to a common toxin in childhood has been linked to a rise in bowel cancer in under-50s

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