A teenager in the UK who thought she had a hangover after a girl’s holiday found out she only had 12 months to live after doctors found a brain tumour. Ella Pick, 19, from Boston, in England’s Midlands, felt “off” after a four-week trip to Zante in Greece last JuneContinue Reading
Taking certain contraceptives and HRT medications could increase your risk of brain tumours, a new study suggests. Women who were on some progestogen drugs had higher chances of developing potentially-deadly intracranial meningiomas, French researchers found, The Sun reports. Those on medroxyprogesterone acetate injections, a contraceptive taken by 74 million womenContinue Reading
A woman’s brain tumour nearly completely regressed in less than a week thanks to a “revolutionary” new treatment praised by researchers. The 57-year-old saw her cancer almost disappear in just five days after undergoing CAR-T therapy – a treatment that bolsters the body’s own immune system, The Sun reports. SheContinue Reading
A man’s mysterious ring-shaped rash turned out to be leprosy, scientists have revealed. The man in his 20s, from Texas, was struck down by the killer medieval disease, which also made his fingers bend into a claw. Initial tests could not show what was wrong with him when he wentContinue Reading
A common sweetener used in Diet Coke is linked to cancer, the World Health Organisation today confirmed. Aspartame, which is also found in chewing gums and yoghurts, is “possibly carcinogenic to humans”, officials said. Dr Mary Schubauer-Berigan, of the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), said there isContinue Reading