John Ely

Woman, 33, killed by cancer that ‘stole’ half her face after doctors dismissed it for common winter problem

Nicole Kowalski-Kleinsasser was just 25 when she started experiencing a nagging pain in her upper right jaw that interrupted her sleep. This minor problem, which medics originally dismissed as a simple sinus infection, would eventually be revealed to a cancer

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I thought my contraception was behind a weird symptom – actually it was cancer that rapidly kills half of all victims

A 26 year-old woman with advanced cervical cancer has warned women never to miss regular smear tests—after she mistook her symptoms for complications caused by the contraceptive coil. Jasmin McKee, from Southampton, began to experience bleeding after sex in February

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Identical triplets who went bald at the same time undergo dramatic hair transformation thanks to ‘the only treatment that really works’

A set of 40 year-old triplets were so desperate to retain their identical looks they underwent matching hair transplants at the same time.  In what is believed to be a world first, brothers Julian, Eliot and Ryan Gregory, from Wales,

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Sudden diet change could be ‘first symptom’ of early-onset dementia – striking before classic signs of the condition, doctors warn

Bizarre changes in eating habits—such as a lifelong vegetarian suddenly craving meat—could be an easily missed sign of dementia, a top doctor warns. Unusual food cravings may also point to the condition, particularly in early-onset cases, which affect those under

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