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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022

Bubbly mum-of-four dies just two days after being diagnosed with cancer

Janice Cassidy Adairn and her children Iain, Laura, Logan and Kia were shocked to find out she had bone and liver cancer. The mum died in hospital two days after learning she had the disease

Daily Mirror · Sep 9, 2022

These are the foods that put men at risk of developing colorectal cancer

A new study suggests that more men develop bowel cancer because they eat more ultra-processed foods such as sausages and bacon.

The New Daily · Sep 9, 2022

Nottingham man's shock as lump turns out to be breast cancer

It was the first of three cancer diagnoses in eight months

Nottingham Post · Sep 8, 2022

New Health Secretary voted to repeal smoking ban in anti-tobacco legislation stance

New Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey has taken a long-held stance against anti-tobacco legislation and supported a motion calling for a review of its impact on private members’ clubs

Daily Mirror · Sep 8, 2022

Heroic Northumberland 27-year-old doing Great North Run despite battling cancer

There is no way to cure Ewan Bowlby's brain tumour, but the Hexham student will take part in this year's Great North Run

Chronicle Live · Sep 8, 2022

Woman reveals how déjà vu led to a brain cancer diagnosis

‘My mind would go completely blank’

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022

Derry business owner determined to get back to work after cancer diagnosis

Pest Controller Patricia Page said: "A cancer diagnosis does not have to be devastating, there is so much out there to help people now"

Belfast Live · Sep 8, 2022

NPR foreign correspondent Anne Garrels dies of lung cancer at 71

Her career saw her report from the Soviet Union, Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya, among other locations

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022

Yes, Black patients do want to help with medical research – here are ways to overcome the barriers that keep clinical trials from recruiting diverse populations

Clinical trial participants are predominantly white. Despite Black and Hispanic people respectively making up 12% and 16% of the U.S. population in 2011, together they made up only 6% of clinical trial participants overall that year.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2022