‘Nightmare’: Routine dental visit uncovers grandad’s terminal illness
For Mount Gambier man Kevin Stock, a trip to the dentist turned into much more after they noticed something out of the ordinary.
Adults 30-50
‘I had no idea’: Blackout car crash reveals tragic tumour misdiagnosis
A father of a one-and-a-half-year-old couldn’t remember crashing his car. The next day he handed himself over to police and also had a brain scan. The results were heartbreaking.
Shortness of breath leads to heartbreaking diagnosis
An SA hairdresser found herself stopping to catch her breath through haircuts — she could never have imagined a few weeks later, she’d receive a life-altering diagnosis.
‘I thought I wouldn’t get to meet my daughter’: Dad’s biggest fear
A family member of a Socceroos star has been dealt a cruel blow, discovering he has cancer while awaiting the arrival of his second daughter.
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‘Everybody with breasts should be self-examining’
After an SA radio star revealed she had breast cancer, a local GP has shared her advice – and how a 10-minute appointment could save lives.
Why medical marvel is facing Adelaide Hills ultra-marathon
This father-of-two was told he’d never have a family or make it to 38 years old. Now he’s training for his third ultra-marathon thanks to one big change.
‘Don’t want to lose you dad’: Cough to incurable diagnosis in weeks
A father-of-two believed he had a cough a few weeks ago. His true diagnosis was life-changing.
Horror discovery in mum-of-seven’s bedroom
It was a night like any other when Clarissa Glen-Norman said she was feeling tired and wanted to lie down. What her partner discovered next was heartbreaking.
‘Guinea pigs’: $56m embryo settlement
An Australian IVF company has settled a $56m class action after destroying embryos in an alleged faulty genetic screening program.
Heartbreaking reason ‘there’s no future’ for Adelaide mum
Emma Stephenson will never see her 11-year-old son make it to high school or watch her older daughter graduate university.
Doctors said my 200bpm heart rate was ‘just anxiety’
Mum-of-three Lauren Pfeiffer would be sitting on the couch and her heart would be beating over 200 beats per minute, but doctors said she had “anxiety”.
She had a 2 per cent chance of relapse, then she found a lump
SA mum Renee Elliott thought she was in the clear, having done everything to eliminate the breast cancer she was diagnosed with five years ago, until she found another lump.
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