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Chicago director sets ‘The Fishbowl’ in the ‘contaminated island’ of Vieques

Glorimar Marrero Sánchez says the movie, part of the Chicago Latino Film Festival, draws on the grief she felt after losing her mother to cancer.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 7, 2023

Healthy dad stunned after being told he could only have three years to live - before miracle treatment

Blood tests revealed the dad was nine times over the normal limit of one indicator of a potentially fatal illness

Manchester Evening News · Apr 7, 2023

‘A silver lining’: how Covid ushered in a vaccines golden era

Pandemic accelerated advances in vaccine technology, opening up possibilities for combating array of diseases

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2023

California lawmaker wants Peeps to change its ingredients

A bill in the California Legislature would ban five chemicals found in some of the most popular candy in the U.S. The bill by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel would ban chemicals found in candy like Skittles, Starbursts and Peeps

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

Devastated nurse says 'first my daughter then my husband died because of Tory NHS cuts'

Michelle Campbell-Cairns said the Tory government's cuts to the NHS have robbed her of her only child Nadejah, who was refused cancer treatment, and husband Greg who died on a trolley in A&E

Daily Mirror · Apr 7, 2023

Scotland's "miracle child" to run Edinburgh Marathon almost 40 years after leukaemia diagnosis

David Campbell, 41, was told he only had a 20 per cent chance of survival when he battled blood cancer at just two years old in 1984.

Daily Record · Apr 7, 2023

The FDA's rule change requiring providers to inform women about breast density could lead to a flurry of questions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a regulation in early March 2023 that updates mammography reporting requirements. The new regulation goes into effect on Sept. 10, 2024, and will require that all women receive information about breast density following a mammogram. It will also require they be told in…

The Conversation · Apr 7, 2023

Janey Godley shares retro throwback snap and fans can't get enough of her iconic 80s hairdo

The Scottish comedy star, 62, sparked a nostalgia rush with her loyal fleet of Twitter followers when she shared a photo of her in the 1980s.

Daily Record · Apr 7, 2023

Man who had mastectomy after breast cancer had menopause-like symptoms during treatment

Mark Nock, 61, found a 'Polo-sized' lump in his chest before being diagnosed with stage two breast cancer - and treatment drugs left him with hot flushes and dizzy spells

Daily Mirror · Apr 7, 2023

'I have 'Jolie gene' and petrified my cancer will return - new NHS drug gives me future'

Claire Spragg was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and discovered she carried the faulty BRCA2 gene. She was able to take a year's supply of olaparib, which is now available on the NHS

Daily Mirror · Apr 7, 2023