Osteosarcoma — a painful and aggressive form of bone cancer — is more common in larger dog breeds like Great Danes and Rottweilers, a study has confirmed. Experts led from the University of Bristol analysed health data on 906,967 dogs to identify those breeds and characteristics that might increase the risk of the cancer. The team found … Read more
A number of top brand sunscreen products risk causing cancer if they’re left on a shelf for too long, a new study finds, revealing they release toxic chemicals over time. Scientists from France and the US studied a number of randomly selected brand new sunscreen products containing the organic ‘sun filter’ chemical ‘octocrylene’. Products from … Read more
‘How lucky was I to get the one that is basically curable?’ Comedian Richard Herring, 53, reveals he has undergone surgery for testicular cancer and has now been given the all-clear The Taskmaster star took to his Warming Up blog to detail his health journey after undergoing the surgery at Lister Hospital in Stevenage on … Read more
A young woman has died aged 27 after her family claim she was wrongly diagnosed five times before doctors realised she had a rare form of cancer. When Latifah Molyneaux King, 27, first started suffering from severe leg pain seven months ago, her family claim she wasn’t taken seriously and was misdiagnosed with a water infection, … Read more
Campaigner and broadcaster Deborah James has said it should be made ‘loud and clear’ that cancer treatment is a priority amid the Covid-19 pandemic – and has revealed she’s now had her vaccine. The mother-of-two, 38, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in December 2020 when she was 35, and given five years to … Read more
Patients suffering from advanced kidney cancer could see their life expectancy double thanks to a two-in-one drug treatment. Renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer, can quickly spread through the body and if diagnosed at a late stage it is usually inoperable. In these cases drug treatments are typically the only option … Read more
Prostate cancer patient did not know doctor had financial link to new private treatment that he ‘strongly recommended’ to him, tribunal hears Consultant urologist Paul Miller, 62, accused of being ‘financially motivated’ Referred eight patients to undergo high intensity focused ultrasound (Hifu) The treatment uses high frequency sound waves to burn away cancer cells GMC argues conflict … Read more
Mandy Moore happily announces beloved dog Jackson is cancer free after surgery to remove ‘mass’ from abdomen By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:57 GMT, 4 March 2021 | Updated: 03:33 GMT, 4 March 2021 A week before she gave birth to her first child, she’d shared the heartbreaking news that her beloved dog Jackson … Read more
Joan Wakefield has barely been able to walk for the best part of six months. The 72-year-old from Stockport had a knee replacement in October and has since suffered infections in the scar tissue, causing agonising pain. Then at the beginning of this month she received the first dose of AstraZeneca‘s Covid-19 vaccine. ‘I woke up … Read more
It’s not just chlamydia koalas have to contend with: Bears are also being infected with a rapid-spreading AIDS-like virus that triggers cancer Koala retrovirus (KoRV) infected a koala egg or sperm cell 50,000 years ago This allows virus to not only spread throughout a koala but also to its offspring KoRV is now seen in every … Read more