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A woman discovered she had cancer for the second time after suffering a cough and a pain in her side.Victoria Powers, 34, was diagnosed with incurable secondary breast cancer - that had spread to the lungs, liver and bones - five years…

State and territory workplace health and safety ministers will be asked to fast-track a ban on the domestic use of silica, following its link to a deadly lung condition.An estimated 600,000 workers have been exposed to silica dust generated…

At 82, Sir Tommy Steele has secured success as a singer, actor, author and sculptor – and has triumphed over King's disease. "I've been lucky, mate," Sir Steele told the Glasgow Times. "All my ill health happened before I was 11 and I was…

Ali Wheatland is living on borrowed time. The 35-year-old has cervical cancer that has spread to her kidneys.Last year doctors told her she had run out of options. The only thing they could offer was gruelling chemotherapy, combined with…

On Wednesday, the family of actor Bruce Willis disclosed that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a degenerative brain disease that currently has no cure.Calling the diagnosis a “cruel disease,” Willis’ wife, Emma Heming…

One of the world’s deadliest diseases has killed nine people in Equatorial Guinea after a fresh outbreak left hundreds infected.Marburg virus - closely related to ebola - has a mortality rate of 88 per cent and has never been seen in the…

A man has told how he was diagnosed with "incurable cancer" at the age of just 24 after struggling to go to the toilet.Phil Dobson noticed something was wrong when he struggled to urinate while on a trip with his girlfriend in July 2021.He…

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Each year in the UK there are more than 55,000 new cases, and the disease claims the lives of 11,500 women. In the US, it strikes 266,000 each year and kills 40,000. But what…

A Brisbane mum who has been told she has months to live is in a race against time to create special memories with her two young sons after being diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant.Melanie Thackeray, 33, was diagnosed with an…

Addressing her fans in an Instagram post, the star explained that she’d been plagued with symptoms for a long time.She wrote: “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it been really difficult for me to face my…