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Do these inspirational survivors prove cancer could soon be just another illness we live with? Richard Jackson was diagnosed with skin cancer and given nine months to live After a year and five cycles of a drug called ipilimumab, all tumours disappeared Deborah James, 37, will compete in a triathlon weeks after cancer surgery Her remarkable

Men born to mothers who are stressed by bereavement or divorce while pregnant ‘may have fewer sperm and less testosterone’ Australian researchers studied the sperm of more than 600 20-year-old men Sperm counts could be more than a third lower if a man’s mother was stressed The effects could add to other health problems to

A colon or a question mark? Doctors release fascinating image of a baby’s unusually-shaped large intestine Doctors were worried when he was unable to pass stools 24 hours after birth Scans showed a ‘shortened colon that appeared in the shape of a question mark’ Medics published the image in the prestigious New England Journal of

Mother, 26, left unable to have more children after surgeons removed the WRONG healthy fallopian tube by mistake Chelsie Thomas was rushed into surgery after having an ectopic pregnancy  It was ‘clearly’ in her right fallopian tube, but a surgeon removed the left one  The day after, still in pain, Ms Thomas was called back

Woman left with horrific steroid withdrawal syndrome after quitting the eczema cream she’d used for 20 years because it wasn’t working anymore Irene Tempelaars, 29, from Nijmegen, Netherlands, was diagnosed with eczema at age 10 Eczema causes red, fiercely itchy rashes on the face, arms and legs As the rashes began to spread all over

Honey is ‘just as effective as treating cold sores as anti-viral creams’, scientists say Participants in a large study used either anti-viral cream or honey on their lip   Both treatments cleared the cold sore within nine days without side effects Researchers said people who prefer natural remedies can be confident it works  It’s already used

Health-checking robots used to spot signs of illness in Chinese pre-school children ‘wouldn’t catch on in the UK because people are afraid of being spied on’ A firm called Walklake has rolled out the robots to more than 2,000 pre-schools They use cameras to take photos of hands and faces to spot red patches  Each

Woman, 54, develops eczema on her hands and feet after suffering an allergic reaction to the nickel inside her dentures Unnamed woman had previously reacted to metallic jewellery Metal-allergy expert made the connection after a dermatologist missed it Symptoms resolved when nickel implants were replaced with titanium ones  A 54-year-old developed eczema on her hands and

Russia plans law to fine people £36 for claiming HIV and AIDS don’t exist as conspiracy theory spreads online and more than 100,000 people were infected with the deadly virus last year Between 900,000 and 1.2million Russians, out of 144m, are living with HIV Deniers are being led to believe the virus was made up

Parents told to take their children to the dentist as soon as their first tooth appears as study reveals only 3% go before they turn one NHS advises parents to take children to the dentist when a milk tooth appears Data analysis shows the majority are failing to do so, with 12% going by aged

More babies in the UK are being born underweight than in Turkmenistan, Albania and Cuba ‘because of the spiralling numbers of older mothers’ UK gave birth to 56,000 kids that weighed under 5.5lbs in 2015, study found That was 7% of all children born in that year, 2% worse than rate in Turkmenistan 4% of

Mother’s heartbreak as one of her poorly twins has received a new heart while the other remains chronically ill while waiting for a donor organ Mila Costa’s identical two year olds, Benjamin and Enzo, have a heart defect Doctors put the boys on the top of the transplant list as they were so weak It

Low-dose aspirin increases risk of bleeding in the skull – particularly for healthy slim people with no history of heart issues, study finds Researchers reviewed 13 previous studies of more than 130,000 people,  none of whom had a history of stroke or heart disease  Those who took a placebo had a 0.46% risk of bleeding in the

Empty state-of-the-art hospital in the heart of Liverpool costs £500,000 a MONTH to run even though it is not expected to open until the end of next year Over £3million went into maintaining the building in July-December last year  More than £100,000 is spent each month on electricity for the empty 23 wards Intended to

British people breathe in the equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, leading doctors warn as they beg ministers to do more to tackle the public health crisis Air pollution is as toxic to health as the chemicals in cigarettes, an expert said Doctors outlined the severity of the problem stating an

Woman, 21, was diagnosed with arthritis aged two after parents noticed her quirky tip-toe walk Alex Delameilleure was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis as a toddler Swelling joints and medication left her exhausted and she missed school She took up performing hobbies from the age of five, but struggled to keep up  Doctors hoped she would

Thousands of babies’ lives could be saved thanks to a simple hormone treatment that slashes a woman’s risk of a miscarriage Progesterone for 16 weeks significantly increased chance of having a baby  Women with history of miscarriage who suffered warning signs could benefit   Experts called for NHS guidelines to be rewritten in light of the

Number of single women having IVF without partner QUADRUPLES in a decade as hopeful mothers struggle to find Mr Right More than half of IVF attempts by single women are for those aged 40 and over  Almost one in 10 cycles are given to women over the age of 44   Women may also postpone motherhood

Fat Britain: NHS figures show obesity-related hospital admissions have risen 15% in a year More than 710,000 people last year went to hospital with weight-related issues Almost two thirds of these admitted patients – 466,978 – were women   Obesity has been steadily rising in England since the early 1990s Common health problems are arthritis, gallstones and

Doctors feared he’d become wheelchair-bound due to a rare condition… now this 32-year-old Pride of Britain winner has ‘smashed a world record’ by running three marathons a day for a week on a treadmill Jamie McDonald was given a rare spinal condition diagnosis at the age of seven It can cause muscle weakness and paralysis,