Cancer now robs Brits of 14 years of life, according to an analysis branded a ‘wake up call’.
For comparison, this is one extra year than for patients diagnosed in the 1980s. And experts predict it could get even worse.
One leading oncologist said, on the back of the new survival data, it was time ‘to put cancer right back at the top’ of the Government’s agenda. Another demanded it was treated ‘with the same gusto’ as the historic Covid
A brain treatment that eases symptoms of ADHD could ‘transform’ the lives
The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Rachel Fuda had her first arthritis flare up when she was four years old.
And it has been a tough journey ever since.
The 32-year-old opened up about her diagnosis for Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, telling People: ‘This is a lifelong physical and emotional battle.’
The Bravo star – who joined the popular reality show in Season 13 – fell off the monkey bars when she was four-years-old and broke her leg. When doctors
Jules Hutton was horrified when a routine ultrasound for tummy pain picked up a build-up of fat in her liver.
‘The next minute the sonographer was telling me I had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — something I didn’t even know was a medical condition,’ says Jules, 51.
‘I was shocked and quite scared when I found out NAFLD can progress to cirrhosis [scarring of the liver] and even liver failure or liver cancer. I had no symp- toms whatsoever.
Hay fever sufferers have been told their misery is nowhere near over yet, with the ‘pollen bomb’ set to last weeks.
Millions have been battered by the seasonal sniffles over the past month.
And levels are forecasted to be very high across England and Wales this weekend, too.
The Met Office, which tracks the pollen count throughout the summer, says grass pollen has hit its ‘peak’.
It means sufferers will get a respite only once the grass has completely shed
Long Covid sufferers in the UK are being charged as much as £2,000 for unproven vitamin IV drip treatments, MailOnline can reveal.
An MP accused companies of taking advantage of sick and potentially vulnerable Britons, and urged ministers to clamp down on the practice.
Vitamin drip clinics have become a High Street craze in recent years, popularised by celebrities like Kendall Jenner and Rihanna, as well as Love Island and Made in Chelsea stars, who have all used the treatments.
A report by the Health and Social Care Committee, led by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt (pictured) said it is ‘unacceptable’ that people living with the condition remain ‘unprotected from unlimited costs’
Thousands of dementia sufferers will rack up tens of thousands of pounds up in care costs before the Government’s health and social levy finally comes in, a damning report has warned.
Even when the policy takes effect in 2023, it will take the average dementia patient three and
Every day this week, a landmark series of four-page pullouts packed with inspiring stories and advice from the archives of our indispensable Good Health section.
Today, the long fight to combat heart disease, starting with an interview with the late Sir Roger Moore back in 2007. The star talked about discovering he had a heart condition after collapsing on stage in a Broadway production.
He went on to use his celebrity clout to lobby for greater awareness to be given
