Changing the Outlook for Inoperable Lung Cancer
By David Tom Cooke, MD, as told to Susan Bernstein The term is “inoperable lung cancer.” It means that the risk of surgery to remove the lung cancer exceeds the benefits of the surgery for a patient. More...
Pretty corner of Europe nicknamed the ‘new Mediterranean’ but without the huge crowds | World | News
The site of once-pasty Brits turning a shade of pink whilst bathing in the Mediterranean sun has been common-place for as long as there have been cheap commercial flights. However, low-cost air travel and scorching More...
Doctors remove ‘vagina stone’ the size of an orange from woman’s pelvis | Weird | News
A woman from Lebanon has made headlines after doctors have removed a so-called “vagina stone” the size of an orange from her pelvis. The bedridden 27-year-old, who suffers from cerebral palsy, More...
The best Black Friday tech deals: Apple, Samsung, Amazon, and more
Black Friday 2023 is finally upon us with sales and discounts on all manner of products up and down the UK. One of the most popular categories of Black Friday deals is tech, with thousands of deals across major More...
The Silver Line helpline marks 10 years of combatting elderly isolation | Express Comment | Comment
The Silver Line helpline marks 10 years of combatting elderly isolation (Image: Getty) Can it really be ten years since the terrifying, inspiring day we launched The Silver Line Helpline? Sometimes it feels More...
How I Decided to Hold Out for the Best Lung Cancer Treatment
By Leah Phillips, as told to Janie McQueen I was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2019. I never even tried a cigarette. I didn’t grow up around secondhand smoke. But at first, before I had biomarker More...
Ukraine war LIVE: Russia and China’s plan to build secret tunnel to Ukraine revealed | World | News
Russia and China have been in talks about constructing an underwater tunnel connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland, according to a report by the Washington Post. The information came to light as Ukrainian More...
A Nurse’s Perspective: The Unknowns of Treatment
By Alison Massey, as told to Susan Bernstein There is a perception that chemotherapy is like treatments from 20 or 30 years ago. They think it will have side effects that are not tolerable, but we have made More...
Advice That Helps, Advice That Hurts
By Diane Miller, as told to Stephanie Watson Until Jan. 14, 2021, if you’d asked me to describe myself, I would have said, “I’m a wife and mother.” After that day, I added “cancer More...
Do You Have the Flu, RSV, COVID, or the Common Cold?
Nov. 22, 2023 – Winter is almost here, and with it may come runny noses, coughing, and congestion. But how do you know if you have just a common cold or one of the three respiratory viruses that make up the More...
