Peter Kay pens new Car Share sketch which sees John break down in tears during brain cancer scare

Peter Kay has penned a new emotional Car Share sketch for a tribute book about the National Health Service.   The comedian, 47, wrote about his character John’s cancer scare, with the supermarket assistant manager telling cashier Kayleigh about having a brain scan.  The moving story is published in book Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say … Read more

NHS advertises for £24,000 Reiki Therapist to provide spiritual healing to cancer patients

NHS advertises for £24,000 Reiki Therapist to provide spiritual healing to cancer and ‘acutely unwell’ patients at Lincoln County Hospital United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust advertise for Reiki therapist to join team  £24,000-a-year role is for healer at Waddington Unit at Lincoln County Hospital The position is fully funded by charity The Sam Buxton Sunflower … Read more

HEALTH NOTES: Covid-proof clip makes cancer check-ups safe 

HEALTH NOTES: Covid-proof clip makes cancer check-ups safe By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 8 August 2020 Surgeons are using a specialised clip to trap coughs and sneezes – to make vital check-ups on patients with suspected cancer in the nose and throat ‘Covid-proof’. Every year, … Read more

Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria dies at 68 after battle with lung cancer

Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria dies at 68 after battle with lung cancer By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 02:58 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 02:58 BST, 8 August 2020 Hollywood is mourning a loss, as Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria has died at the age of 68.  The Argentinian-Italian went peacefully … Read more

Couple engaged for 10 years finally marry at hospital bedside after husband’s cancer diagnosis

Emotional moment couple engaged for 10 years finally tie the knot at hospital bedside after husband, 68, was told he has terminal lung cancer Malcolm Eyles, 68, and Maureen Blackwell, 67, got married at his hospital bed Mr Eyles went to hospital with chest pains and found out he has terminal cancer  Couple were engaged … Read more

Thousands of cancer patients will get treatments at home in bid to spare risk of going to hospital

Thousands of cancer patients will be given treatments at home in a bid to spare them the risks of going to hospital NHS is making more than 50 cancer drugs available to be administered at home This includes treatments for prostate cancer, bowel cancer and leukaemia NHS said it is safer for patients due to … Read more

More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus

More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus, figures reveal – as leading medic says Britain has become ‘obsessed’ with Covid deaths Figures show there are more people dying from bowel cancer than COVID-19     Professor Karol Sikora, an oncologist, said cancer deaths will start to climb  There are 319 bowel cancer deaths a week … Read more

Married At First Sight relationship expert Mel Schilling has undergone surgery for skin cancer  

‘A stark reminder to get regular checks’: Married At First Sight relationship expert Mel Schilling has undergone surgery for skin cancer By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:55 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 15:56 BST, 31 July 2020 Mel Schilling has revealed that she’s undergone surgery to remove a skin cancer near … Read more

Original GLOW wrestler Beckie Mullen known as SallyThe Farmer’s Daughter dead at 56 from cancer 

Original GLOW wrestler Beckie Mullen known as Sally The Farmer’s Daughter dead at 55 from stage 4 cancer Beckie Mullen died this week after a battle with stage 4 colon and liver cancer She was diagnosed in October  In the 80s she was an original member of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling circuit  She was … Read more

Prostate cancer can be accurately detected by a new blood test

Prostate cancer can be detected by a new blood test which also reveals the severity of the disease with 99 per cent accuracy Around 12,000 British men will die from prostate cancer in the UK this year.  Scientists currently use a test which is flawed and needs a biopsy to confirm  However some men who … Read more