After surgery and radiotherapy for breast cancer, Marie Jones was prescribed a daily pill to reduce the chances of the disease returning. But just three weeks into the planned five-year course of treatment, she ditched the tablets.
‘I know some people might think I’m mad for not doing everything possible to reduce my risk,’ says Marie, 54, a PR consultant, who lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with husband Paddy, 56, a decorator, and has three grown-up children.
‘But my menopause
A disabled Canadian man who was ready to be euthanised because he didn’t want to choose between death and homelessness has celebrated his ‘deathaversary’ – and says that the only reason he’s alive today is because people raised enough money to improve his financial situation.
Amir Farsoud opened up about how easy it was for him to be found eligible for the assisted death programme – even though he was only looking at the option because of his dire housing
Ryan Thomas has detailed the trauma of his ‘Punchgate’ scandal with Roxanne Pallett during their stint in the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Speaking to his Love Island star brother Scott on their Mancs On The Mic podcast, in the wake of Big Brother returning to screens on ITV, the duo revisited the heartache of the scandal, which left Ryan bereft and betrayed in the famous house.
In 2018, Emmerdale actress Roxanne caused ructions on CBB after she accused ex Coronation
It was the original social media craze, inspiring millions of people to pour freezing water on their friends in the name of charity.
But the collateral of the ice bucket challenge — which died years before TikTok was even born — is still being felt to this day.
The Ice Bucket Challenge worked by giving people two choices, similar to a ‘trick’ or ‘treat’.
Either they had big containers of ice water poured over their heads or they made a
Migraine sufferers could receive a daily pill on the NHS which can slash in half the frequency of their crippling headaches.
NHS spending watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), will decide later this month whether to offer the drug, named atogepant, to patients who have failed to respond to other treatments.
Experts expect the pill, which costs about £8,000 a year per patient, to be approved after studies revealed that it is significantly more effective than
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex can turn Hollywood’s crippling walkouts by actors and writers to their advantage, a film and TV expert believes.
American director, producer and entertainment coach Paul Duddridge claims: “It will give them a much-needed chance to review their creative strategies.”
His comments come after former Paramount and 20th Century Fox CEO Barry Diller warned the strikes over streaming payments and AI could spark a “Hollywood Apocalypse” in which “the entire industry could collapse”.
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Bec Judd is so deathly afraid of spiders that she’s seeking professional help.
The WAG posted a plea for advice to her Instagram Stories on Friday, asking her fans if they could recommend a treatment for her fear.
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It has already been heralded as the ‘turning point’ in the decades-long war against Alzheimer’s.
But questions about whether donanemab — and two similar drugs — are really the answer to combating the devastating disease remain unanswered.
Landmark trial findings published today revealed that donanemab, given as a once-monthly infusion, slowed the decline of Alzheimer’s by up to 60 per cent.
Patients in the earliest stages of the memory-robbing disease were spared from the inevitable worsening of their symptoms.
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Britain’s biggest GP body is advertising lucrative jobs abroad which pay up to three times more than the NHS, MailOnline can reveal.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) — which represents 50,000-plus members — posts hundreds of roles on its vacancies site.
One job in British Columbia, Canada, famed for its picturesque scenery, comes with a whopping £316,000 salary.
Another pledges a £23,000 relocation package on top of a similar pay package, and brags about being close to an
