Redundancies are expected to be announced at the Victoria Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) after the state government slashed its funding by 75 per cent. The news broke on 3AW when host Mark Allen revealed many of the staff that would be impacted had clinical jobs in the hospital, but aContinue Reading
Doctors think Gayle Dean is a “medical miracle”. The 72-year-old believes so too. The grandmother of 10 has survived cancer five times and had 11 organs removed in the process. “Numerous doctors have told me they have not known anybody to have five different very serious cancers and have survivedContinue Reading
Sydney turned pink on Sunday as thousands braved a rainy day for the country’s largest charity fun run for breast and ovarian cancer research: the Mother’s Day Classic. Umbrellas, raincoats and jumpers mixed with stark splashes of bright pink colour as the runners and walkers made their way through theContinue Reading
A NSW MP has shared how abnormal results flagged during a regular blood donation led him to an early diagnosis of bowel cancer. In a speech made to parliament on Tuesday night, Matt Cross, 39, Liberal MP for Davidson on Sydney’s northern beaches, said he would be undergoing surgery toContinue Reading
An Australian family’s life has turned upside down after a $4m lottery win. Amy Baker was sure her mum Narelle was being scammed when she said she had the winning ticket for the Mater Prize Home lottery. “I remember like, just falling down to the floor and crying and saying,Continue Reading
Professor Richard Scolyer had earned a reputation as a world leading pathologist when he was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour in June. The 56-year-old, who has been recognised for his pioneering melanoma research, knew the cancer diagnosis meant “certain death”. Now he’s acting as “guinea pig” and undergoing world-firstContinue Reading
A dad’s undiagnosed brain tumour left him convinced his loyal wife was having an affair – and it even made him fall asleep at the birth of his son. British father-of-four Andy Hampton, 54, became distant and apathetic, and paranoid his wife of three years, Gemma, 37, was cheating onContinue Reading
Less than one week before Christmas 2021, Matt and Dani Weston’s entire world suddenly up-ended when their “big, healthy, strapping” four-year-old son Jacob woke “writhing in pain”. After a trip to emergency, Jacob was back home but his condition worsened until on Christmas Eve he “looked on death’s door”. WhenContinue Reading
With Australia’s richest couple confirming the end of their 31-year marriage, Nicola Forrest becomes the country’s second-wealthiest woman — but their three glamorous children will still miss out on most of the family’s $35 billion fortune. Mining billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest said in a shock announcement late on WednesdayContinue Reading
A group of women raising funds for the Cancer Council will go nude for a calendar to recreate their memorable efforts to support cancer research five years ago. The women from Young At Heart are now a little older but, at the urging of their regional South Australian community, willContinue Reading