Inside Dolly Parton's health battles following country legend's death with cancer ‘9 to 5’ singer suffered from a range of physical and mental health struggles throughout her life Evening Standard · Aug 26
New Details Emerge About Dolly Parton’s Secret Illness And Hospital Admission As Cause Of Heartbreaking Passing Revealed The heartbreaking details surrounding her hospitalization have revealed just how serious her condition had become before it ultimately claimed her life. Bored Panda · Aug 26
World pays tribute to ‘north star’ Dolly Parton after death from cancer Landmarks were lit up in honour of the legendary country singer and songwriter. Evening Standard · Aug 26
Barry Manilow taking a break from live shows Barry Manilow is taking a break from touring after "pushing too hard" but will be back on stage in October. BANG Premier · Aug 26
Dolly Parton battling cancer before death Dolly Parton was battling cancer before she did, her representatives have confirmed. BANG Premier · Aug 26
Dolly Parton Admitted Neglecting Personal Health While Caregiving for Late Husband Before Brief Cancer Battle Dolly Parton, who died at 80 after a brief cancer battle, had admitted she stopped caring for her own health while nursing and grieving her husband, Carl Dean, who died in 2025. International Business Times UK · Aug 26
A Rare Immune Cell Starts Multiplying Around Age 100, and People Who Reach 110 Are Full of Them A Cell Reports study found that rare cancer-linked immune cells expand in people past age 100. It does not prove they cause longer life. Medical Daily · Aug 26
Tributes pour in after country music legend Dolly Parton dies Legendary country singer died surrounded by loved ones after being diagnosed with cancer, her team says; Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Dionne Warwick lead tributes The Guardian - AU · Aug 26
Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 to 5: the genius of Dolly Parton in three songs The world has lost a music legend in Dolly Parton, who has died at 80 after a “brief battle” with cancer. She’s remembered for her twanging country vocals, decades of hit recordings, Grammys, Emmys and a liberal splash of acting. The Conversation · Aug 26
Dolly Parton died after ‘brief battle with cancer’, publicist reveals, as tributes pour in for country legend The musician was best known for her genre-defining hits including 9 To 5, I Will Always Love You and Jolene Evening Standard · Aug 26
How IHH Healthcare CEO Prem Kumar Nair is planning for a longer-lived Asia The head of Asia’s largest private health group is advancing clinical longevity, cancer care, AI and neighborhood-based treatment. Fortune · Aug 26
Three Months of Blood Thinners Did Nothing Because the Clot Blocking His Lungs Was Never a Clot A 38-year-old man got three months of blood thinners for a saddle pulmonary embolism. Surgery revealed the blockage was an aggressive sarcoma. Medical Daily · Aug 25
Two Tumors of the Same Rare Cancer Looked Nothing Alike, and One Gene Test Settled Both Two patients had extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Their tumors looked so different that only NR4A3 gene testing confirmed both cases. Medical Daily · Aug 25
Moderna Added 45 Billion Dollars in a Day on a Melanoma Vaccine Result with No Effect Size Disclosed Moderna and Merck's melanoma vaccine met its Phase 3 goals, but no effect size was released, and some analysts called the market reaction excessive. Medical Daily · Aug 25
Guitar World · Aug 25 Television guitarist Richard Lloyd diagnosed with cancer: “It has become very difficult on our own. Financially, we are strapped” The celebrated guitarist’s condition is not operable at this time
Medical Daily · Aug 25 Emerging Clinical Considerations in Gastric Cancer Treatment for Healthcare Professionals Gastric cancer treatment is increasingly personalized, with decisions guided by tumor biology, cancer stage, patient factors, and evolving therapies.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 25 NHS England to offer women ‘gamechanging’ free home testing kits for cervical cancer NHS has target of eliminating the cancer by 2040, but up to 4 million eligible women are not up to date with screening
Louder · Aug 25 Crowdfunding campaign set up to support Television guitarist Richard Lloyd as he battles cancer Richard Lloyd played guitar alongside Tom Verlaine on Television's classic Marquee Moon album and its two follow-ups
AAP · Aug 25 Tough personal issues cut short Greens senator's career First-term senator for South Australia Barbara Pocock will not run for a second term in 2028 as her partner battles a brain cancer diagnosis.
Medical Daily · Aug 25 Pancreatic Cancer Patients with 21 or More Natural Teeth Lived Nearly Two Years Longer After Surgery A Hiroshima University study of 339 pancreatectomy patients tied natural tooth count to survival, but it cannot show that teeth caused the gap.
Evening Standard · Aug 24 Millions of women to be invited to order at-home cervical screening kits The kits contain a swab, which is used to collect a sample from the vagina, and this is then posted back to NHS labs for free.
The Independent UK · Aug 24 Millions of women in England to receive ‘game-changing’ at-home HPV testing kits Eligible women aged between 30 and 65 will be sent invitations through the NHS app, text message, email or by letter
Bangkok Post · Aug 24 Remote surgery 'successful' Thailand has performed its first remote robotic surgery for prostate cancer, with a surgical team in Bangkok operating on a patient about 250 kilometres away in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Medical Daily · Aug 24 Breast Tumors Turned Immune Cells into a Beacon That Pulled Nerves Inside and Fed Their Own Growth Oklahoma researchers found that macrophages, not tumor cells, secrete the BDNF that draws nerves into triple-negative breast tumors in mice.