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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 29: Magda Szubanski poses after speaking on stage during the City of Sydney CityTalks event at Sydney Town Hall on October 29, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. She was joined by former Prime Minister and chair of Beyond Blue Julia Gillard who delivered a keynote address discussing discrimination, Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing and the need for mental health system reform. The City of Sydney CityTalks event is taking place as part of Mental Health Awareness Month (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

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Magda’s devastating cancer diagnosis: What you must know

Beloved TV icon Magda Szubanski’s diagnosis has thrown the spotlight on a rare type of blood cancer. Here’s what you need to know about the disease and its symptoms.

Ella is hospital receiving treatment. Photo: Contributed

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Heartbreak as 3yo twins battle cancer together

A family has received a second devastating blow just one year after her sister’s diagnosis.

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‘I was in disbelief’: Symptoms clear up before devastating diagnosis

Phillip Mellen was going to cancel his colonoscopy appointment when something told him not to. Then he got the news too many young Aussies are now grappling with.

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Mum’s fight for ‘more time’ amid heartbreaking terminal diagnosis

A Sunshine Coast mum-of-two should have been ready to celebrate Christmas with her family. Instead, she was getting the worst news of her life. HOW YOU CAN HELP.

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MELBOURNE, OCTOBER 24, 2024: Lara Scott, pictured with daughter Elsie, 8 months. Cancer survivor Lara Scott was diagnosed with a rare type of thyroid cancer shortly after her first-baby Ada was born and fought it twice.When she was pregnant with her second daughter, Elsie, in February this year, she felt unwell and went to the emergency department - where she then had a heart attack. She was eventually diagnosed with an extremely rare - and unrelated to her first - type of cancer which impacted her adrenaline levels - causing the heart attack. She would not have bothered to seek help that night if she hadn't been pregnant - she was worried for her baby and feared it was pre-eclampsia. Her baby Elsie saved her life. Picture: Mark Stewart

I fought cancer twice but it was my unborn baby who saved my life

A Melbourne mum has revealed how she was saved from a rare, life-threatening tumour by a twist of fate, saying if she hadn’t been pregnant, she “may not have woken up the next morning”.

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Grayham Bottomley was treated for an enlarged prostate and now problem solved. Grayham on a daily walk with his dog Molly at the park. Picture: David Caird

Why many men suffer this problem in silence

It is a common problem for men that’s under-diagnosed and under-treated, but a new prostate survey has revealed why so many are suffering in silence.

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New research has unlocked a possible breast cancer detection method for pregnant and postpartum women. Image: Pexels

Breast milk could be key to early-stage breast cancer detection

Just a drop could save your life

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Five generations of men in James Murray's family have had prostate cancer: from great-great-grandfather to James. James, 55, with his dad Robert and his son Max, 19. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

The myths stopping blokes from getting a life-saving prostate check

When Robert Murray uniquely chronicled his health woes with what is today known as prostate cancer, he left his family a life-saving gift. More than 170 years later, we bust the myths about prostate screening.

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