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Conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh died on Wednesday, aged 70, following his year-long battle with lung cancer. News of Limbaugh’s death was announced by his fourth wife Kathryn on his radio show. ‘I know that I am most certainly not the Limbaugh that you tuned in to listen to today,’ Kathryn, who was married to Limbaugh … Read more
Routine CT scans may catch 70% of lung tumours early: New research could save thousands of lives Health experts are demanding the Government brings in routine CT scanning Scanning smokers and ex-smokers ‘extremely effective’ in catching cancer It comes following research that CT scans catch 70 per cent of cancers early By Elliot Mulligan For … Read more
Katie Price has revealed that her terminally ill mother Amy is now struggling to breathe as she continues to battle a debilitating lung condition. Brave Amy, 68, was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis four years ago, and distraught Katie, 42, has revealed that the condition has greatly hampered her ability to live the active lifestyle she … Read more
Dustin Diamond died on Monday at the age of 44 after a brief battle with stage four lung cancer, his rep conformed. And soon after his friends flooded social media with tributes. The actor’s Saved By The Bell co-star Mario Lopez was one of the first to share a message as he said, ‘Dustin, you … Read more
Dustin Diamond fears stage four lung cancer was caused by ‘mold or asbestos’ in hotel rooms he stayed in while traveling the country By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 16:01 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 16:01 GMT, 23 January 2021 Dustin Diamond fears his cancer could have been caused by staying in cheap hotels. … Read more
British experts have designed a new type of ventilator that may allow more patients with severe Covid-19 to be treated outside of intensive care, easing pressure on hospitals hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has put immense pressure on the NHS, with figures from earlier this month showing how the number of coronavirus … Read more
When it comes to Covid, our lungs are ‘ground zero’. They are one of the primary routes the virus uses to get into the body. But early on in the pandemic, chest X-ray scans revealed something else: where the images should be black, indicating healthy air-filled tissue, in many cases there was a white mist … Read more
A recovering Covid-19 patient who called his family from intensive care to say goodbye after 80 per cent of his lungs stopped functioning has told how he was so weak he couldn’t even tell them he loved them. Jay Clack, 20, from Cambridgeshire, has asthma, an underlying condition known to exacerbate Covid-19. He contracted the … Read more
Security minister James Brokenshire, 53, reveals he is taking leave after medics found ‘recurrence of tumour in lung’ two years after cancer surgery The MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago Mr Brokenshire has said he is taking leave for ‘curative surgery’ after recurrence The 53-year-old has said … Read more
E-cigarettes have the potential to benefit some people, by helping them quit smoking. But scientists still have a lot to learn about whether e-cigarettes are truly effective for quitting smoking and what the long-term risks are. Nicotine is already known to be highly addictive and harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to … Read more