What looked like an ingrown hair turned out to be cancer
A single mum’s life was turned up-side down after what she thought was a common skin condition turned out to be something more sinister.
Cancer
‘Sudden pains now a rare cancer’: Mum’s race to be with baby boy
At 22, Jayda Regler should be building a life with her young family — instead, she’s fighting to stay alive.
Tracy got married – and died the next day
For 24 precious hours, Daniel O’Halloran lived his happiest day – marrying the love of his life, knowing she may not even survive the night.
Popular Aussie influencer diagnosed with inoperable tumour
When SA influencer Hayley Berlingeri returned home from a girls trip in Bali she was given life-changing news.
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A new blood test ‘can predict’ the return of breast cancer
Better treatment is on the horizon
An unexplained surge in bowel cancer among people aged under 50 has doctors worried and a new study highlights the signs you may have the disease.
Tattoos linked to cancer in shock study
Getting tattooed could increase a person’s risk of developing a certain type of cancer, researchers have found.
Eye sewn shut: Mum’s shock diagnosis at lash appointment
A young Adelaide mum-of-four was forced to have her eye sewn shut after her beauty appointment led to a terrifying health diagnosis.
‘Told it would fix itself’: Scary symptom dismissed by doctor
Sara-Jayne Edmunds became vegan in an attempt to fix her unrelenting bowel problems. But the cause was much more sinister.
‘Her liver was falling apart’: World-first cancer surgery saves Aussie mum
The only option for these cancer patients was a surgery with a less than 50 per cent success rate. This is the inside story of an Australian breakthrough that got the world talking.
‘I thought my headaches were Year 12 stress … I was wrong’
Sophia Noelle Thompson thought her headache was due to stress from her school exams. Instead it was hiding a horror disease that could now claim her life at any time.
‘Sold my house’: My $70k cancer bill was free for others
The stories of Graham Page and Ian Hart in South Australia highlight a major failure of our health system which lags the world in funding lifesaving treatments.
‘I have cancer but I don’t want to know what stage’
Being told you’re terminal is only scary if you know how long you have left, claims mum Kathryn Simile. After all, “you could be hit by a bus tomorrow”.
Experts are calling for the mammogram screening age to be brought forward
What has sparked the change?
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