2 h. ago Woman, 24, issues warning after hidden symptom she developed while swimming in sea on holiday turned out to be rare cancer

Megan Carr, 24, was on a family holiday in Spain in July when her father noticed she had a lump growing in her neck.

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11 h. ago Two 'vague' toilet symptoms that could point to rare cancer that's often missed

The earliest stages of bile duct cancer might not cause any symptoms which mean it can have reached an advanced stage before it is spotted

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4 d. ago Erin Patterson concocted cancer diagnosis to ensure children missed fatal mushroom lunch, murder trial hears

Patterson, 50, faces three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have never recovered a phone used by Erin Patterson at the time of the deadly mushroom lunch, and another phone seized during their investigation was subject to a “remote factory reset” while they were searching her house, a Victorian court has heard.Patterson also told police she had never owned a food dehydrator nor dehydrated food, despite CCTV showing her dumping a dehydrator at a local tip, and forensic analysis later revealing it had her fingerprints, and contained traces of death cap mushrooms.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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8 d. ago I blew my nose and spotted the ONLY sign of cancer that had spread to my breasts, liver and lungs

Wendy White, who lives near Worcester, initially contacted her GP in 2022 when she was left suffering the symptom. But she claimed she was told it was merely sinusitis.

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8 d. ago 'I went for a salon treatment but walked out with a cancer diagnosis'

Margaret Gardiner, 65, who won the Miss Universe pageant in 1978, revealed that she was diagnosed with cancer after having a simple beauty treatment

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1 week ago Chat GPT 'saves mum's life' after helping uncover hidden cancer missed by doctors

Lauren Bannon grew concerned in February 2024 after noticing that she was struggling to bend her little fingers in the morning and evening.

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1 week ago Mum's devastating cancer diagnosis after rare symptom initially missed by doctors

Lauren Bannon credits ChatGPT for saving her life as she used the artificial intelligence (AI) to help diagnose her Hashimoto's disease, which later became thyroid cancer

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1 week ago Empty shelves and missed cancer appointments: Chaos continues as thousands of homes are left without water after burst pipe

South West Water said around 9,500 houses in the area were still experiencing a loss of water supply or lower water pressure than usual.

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1 week ago Beyonce’s mom Tina Knowles reveals her cancer battle after missed mammogram

Knowles had a cancerous tumor removed last year

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1 week ago Beyonce's mum Tina Knowles diagnosed with breast cancer after missing mammogram

Superstar singer Beyonce's mum Tina Knowles has been diagnosed with stage one breast cancer, and has admitted she is "in disbelief" after getting the health bombshell

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1 week ago Beyonce's mum Tina Knowles diagnosed with breast cancer after missed mammogram

Beyoncé's mum Tina Knowles has announced she's been diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer after medics discovered two tumours following a delayed mammogram

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1 week ago 'My sister's only cancer symptom was terrifyingly easy to miss

When 'fit and healthy' Kate Drummond began experiencing back pain, doctors misdiagnosed her with sciatica, not realising that she had a 'grapefruit-sized' tumour in her pelvis

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2 w. ago 'Doctors thought I had a stroke during birth but the truth was even more devastating'

A mum-of-six thought she'd suffered a stroke during her 'traumatic' birth. Doctors were stumped as to why she was suffering with worrying symptoms until they discovered a rare diagnosis

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2 w. ago My breasts brought me abuse and pain as well as great joy... how I miss them now

My relationship with my breasts, although relatively brief, was always complex. Objects of desire and of pleasure, they also caused pain and attracted abuse.

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2 w. ago New details of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s final days released

Arakawa was shown to have been researching medical conditions related to Covid-19 and flu and police bodycam footage from inside the couple’s home releasedAuthorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa in the days before her death, indicating that she was scouring for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.Arakawa died in February of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome – a rare, rodent-borne disease that can led to a range of symptoms that include flu-like illness, headaches, dizziness and severe respiratory distress, investigators said. Hackman is believed to have died about a week later of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gene Hackman's wife Betsy's internet search history days before death revealed

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, searched the internet for information on flu-like symptoms just days before she died from a rare rodent-borne disease at her New Mexico home

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2 w. ago Man died of lung cancer after doctors missed 'red flag' symptom

Jim Johnson died from lung cancer after doctors failed to spot a 'red flag' symptom on an X-ray a year before he was diagnosed.

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3 w. ago 'Doctors missed my husband's cancer symptom until it was too late'

John had an X-ray which showed a lesion, but it wasn't followed up

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3 w. ago Woman, 21, told she has days left to live after missing signs of colon cancer

For years, Dominique McShain dreamed of becoming a psychologist for troubled youth in her native New Zealand .She was on track until she was diagnosed with incurable colon cancer last year.

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