Cancer is a source of fear for many older Britons, with every strange lump or ache a potential sign of a disease which will hit half of us in our lives.
But while 80-somethings are statistically most likely to be struck down, cancer is by no means discriminate.
Indeed, top experts are alarmed by a mysterious spike in early onset cancer – when it occurs in someone under 50. A topic was thrust into the spotlight following the shock diagnosis
When you think of getting tested for a disease, you might think first of nasal swabs, urine tests, blood draws. Even though around 1.8 billion people across the world menstruate, period blood doesn’t come to mind.
But that might soon change. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time approved a health test based on period blood. The at-home test, which detects a biomarker for diabetes, offers an alternative to the blood draws typically required
A Texas teacher has been fired after she was caught on tape instructing students not to use the word ‘pedophiles’, but instead use the term ‘minor attracted persons’.
Amber Parker, 53, who taught English at Franklin High School in El Paso, was sacked from her job after making the comments in class which were captured on video and subsequently shared to social media.
During the 18-second long clip that was posted to TikTok, the teacher can be heard telling students
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The National Human Trafficking Hotline can be reached at 1-888-373-7888. In an emergency, call 911.
Shandra Woworuntu is a human trafficking survivor, and July 30 is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – designated as such by the United Nations in 2013
“July 30 is important, and for me, July 30 is my day, my victory,” she told Fox News Digital. “Survivors’ inclusion is needed to end human trafficking.”
Formerly a
For seven years, William Tyrrell’s foster parents led a $141,000 campaign to uncover what happened to the little boy, before this week being identified as persons of interest in his disappearance.
The couple spearheaded the official ‘Where’s William’ campaign and have made regular pleas for his safe return since the three-year-old went missing on September 12, 2014.
They also worked closely with ex lead detective Gary Jubelin – who swiftly ruled them out as persons of interest.
But when Detective
A fresh police search of the foster grandmother’s house where William Tyrrell was last photographed in 2014 is investigating the possibility the boy fell 5m from the property’s tall verandah.
On Tuesday a team of eight officers and two detectives gathered at the house as one policeman in blue coveralls took a cadaver dog through the house’s lower floor and a garden bed at the property was dug up.
A source in the NSW Police Force confirmed the current search
Jane Poynter, co-founder of Space Perspective, says space tourism is inspiring
The success of Blue Origin’s space tourism flights have sparked concerns among the public and well-known figures, such as Prince William, who say it is a rich person’s game that is unnecessary when Earth badly needs help.
For Jane Poynter, 59, co-founder of Space Perspective – a firm using a giant balloon to send humans into the stratosphere – the industry is not starving the Earth of help, but
