29 h. ago 'Fit and healthy' stepdad told he had constipation...two weeks later he was dead

A heartbroken woman has told of her shock at losing her healthy stepfather to cancer after his symptoms were initially brushed off as constipation.

Events

33 h. ago 'I ignored symptoms until I forgot maths, then doctors confirmed my fear'

Justine was diagnosed with four serious conditions in seven months - after finding out she had illness that killed her mother

Science

33 h. ago Woman told she had illness that killed mum after forgetting how to count

Justine was diagnosed with four serious illonesses in seven months

Events

38 h. ago The kill switch for dementia sufferers: Inventor behind the suicide Sarco pod reveals plans for implant that will automatically kill patients when their condition worsens

Dr Philip Nitschke, whose controversial capsule ended an American woman's life in Switzerland last year, told MailOnline that his newest device is nearing the testing phase.

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54 h. ago Alert over spiralling numbers of children hit by 'Victorian illness' that can kill

The infectious disease, which was most prominent in the Victorian era, largely affects children aged between two and eight. Today it can be treated with antibiotics.

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3 d. ago Woman filming outfit video at station shocked by tannoy worker's 'rude' reaction

A woman has shared her shock after being told she wasn't allowed to film her outfit on the London underground – and travellers believe the rules are unfair

Events

3 d. ago It’s time to stop the great food heist powered by big business. That means taxation, regulation and healthy school meals | Stuart Gillespie

The global food system has been captured by a few rapacious companies that profit from public ill-health. We need a radical overhaulOur food system is killing us. Designed in a different century for a different purpose – to mass produce cheap calories to prevent famine – it is now a source of jeopardy, destroying more than it creates. A quarter of all adult deaths globally – more than 12 million every year – are due to poor diets.Malnutrition in all its forms – undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity – is by far the biggest cause of ill-health, affecting one in three people on the planet. Ultra-processed foods are implicated in as many as one in seven premature deaths in some countries. Continue reading...

Society

3 d. ago Shortage of overnight truck parking contributed to deadly Greyhound bus crash, regulators say

Federal regulators have ruled that a lack of overnight parking for long-haul truckers contributed to a deadly 2023 Greyhound bus crash in Illinois that killed three of the bus passengers

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7 d. ago Everyone agreed Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he murdered six people at Bondi Junction. Until his psychiatrist didn’t

The third week of a coronial inquest into the death of Cauchi and the six people he killed gave the fullest picture of his illness yetGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne point that has never been in dispute over the course of the coronial inquest into a mass stabbing in Sydney last year was that schizophrenic man Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he wielded a 30cm Ka-Bar knife, attacking 16 people and killing six.The expert psychiatric evidence was “clear and unanimous” about Cauchi, 40, being “floridly psychotic” on 13 April 2024, the senior counsel assisting, Dr Peggy Dwyer SC, told the New South Wales coroner’s court in her opening remarks almost three weeks ago.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Woman who disappeared after leaving work died of stab wounds, coroner told

Paria Veisi was found dead at a property in the Penylan area of Cardiff on April 19, seven days after she went missing.

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9 d. ago Woman told police 'it's going to be the end for me' after boyfriend battered her

Anthony Griffiths battered his partner in the street after a night out, but claimed to police that he wasn't 'that bad' and that the woman had been 'cheating on him and goading him'

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9 d. ago Doctors told woman she had bruised rib but now she's only got one year to live

Sarah Mayers was told by doctors she has a year to live after they discovered she has incurable sarcoma, months after she was reassured she only had a bruised rib

Society

9 d. ago Woman in Australia’s mushroom triple murder trial told social worker ex

Erin Patterson told child protection worker her separated husband had become ‘nasty towards her’

Events

1 week ago The deadly riddle of blackwater fever: the search for answers over illness killing Uganda’s children

A dangerous complication of malaria turns urine dark with blood – but only affects some young patients in rural areas and not others. Puzzled experts are trying to find out whyBy the age of six, Babirye Zainab had already contracted malaria several times. Her grandmother did not see it as a big problem though. “I would treat her with antimalarials and she would be all right,” she says.But then she developed a fever and started to have convulsions. Her urine was the colour of tea, and her grandmother, who shares the same name, was worried enough to take her on a motorbike to the local health centre. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Woman who was bullied out of school and told she'd never succeed reveals how she became millionaire by 18

Liv Conlon, 26, originally from Scotland,  was picked on 'relentlessly' over her aspirations. She eventually left school and launched two booming businesses that turned her into a millionaire.

Politics

1 week ago Britain's Gisèle Pelicot: Woman reveals how husband repeatedly drugged her tea and raped her before taking pictures of her unconscious

A British woman has told the harrowing story of how her husband drugged her tea in order to rape her while she was asleep for years.

Events

1 week ago 'My boyfriend is demanding I cover up meaningful tattoo because he feels disrespected'

A woman is fuming at her boyfriend after he told her to get her sentimental tattoo covered up because it makes him feel 'disrespected' - because it honours someone important to her

Politics

1 week ago Queen Elizabeth's fiery response when Prince Philip told her 'do shut up, you silly woman'

The Queen and Prince Philip were married for 73 years.

Politics

1 week ago Arrest made after influencer shared her stalker hell: Frightened Irish woman told how a man barged into her hotel with his belt undone 'after following her home from club'

Chloe Koyce, from Limerick, previously took to social media in March where she recounted the terrifying experience to her more than 180,000 followers.

Society

1 week ago Arrest made after influencer shared her stalker hell: Frightened Irish woman told how a man barged into her hotel with his belt

Chloe Koyce, from Limerick, previously took to social media in March where she recounted the terrifying experience to her more than 180,000 followers.

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