Sam Neill’s cancer journey update
Sam Neill has given an update on his cancer journey and explained what he thinks may have been a contributing factor to his “brush” with the disease.
Cancer
Listeners ‘hear’ radio star’s cancer
The radio host revealed a devastating diagnosis after loyal listeners noticed a change in his voice.
Horror detail in Sunrise star’s health crisis
A beloved Aussie news reader has revealed a personal health crisis live on-air and the shocking circumstances behind it.
SEQ officially the ‘skin cancer capital of the world’
Suburbs across the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and in Brisbane have astonishing melanoma diagnosis rates at nearly 100 per cent higher than the national average, new research has revealed.
The signs you might have bowel cancer
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”.
Mum’s health scare: ‘I had no symptoms, but screening saved my life’
A mother of four says her surgeon was ‘truly shocked to see a polyp so big in someone her age’ after she underwent a screening following a family member’s cancer scare.
‘We had 12 days’: How I lost my mum to cancer
Jaymee Williams has revealed her own personal battle after the shock early death of her mother, amid new findings into the impact losing a mother has on adult daughters.
Study shows breast cancer risk for some women on ‘the pill’
Certain women are at a greater risk of breast cancer the longer they use hormonal contraceptives like the pill, a new study has found.
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