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Woman who blamed high heels for her poor balance had brain tumour

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A woman who blamed her poor balance on high heels and was told by a GP to try yoga for ‘stress headaches’ revealed how a Boots optician discovered she had signs of a ‘walnut-sized’ brain tumour.  Amy Bonner, 25, from London, had been suffering from dizzy spells and vomiting for four years before she was … Read more

Schoolgirl, 17, FAKED brain tumour to con pop stars and their fans out of up to £400,000

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Schoolgirl, 17, FAKED brain tumour to con pop stars and their fans out of up to £400,000 to fund private jet trips to Disneyland – as inquest reveals she died of heart failure six years later Meghan Bhari founded Believe in Magic to help terminally ill children in 2012 The charity was dissolved last week … Read more

Meet the first dog in Britain to be treated for cancer with a tumour therapy meant for HUMANS 

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That’s yappy news! Meet the first dog in Britain to be treated for cancer with a tumour therapy meant for HUMANS Ralph the five-year-old Gordon setter suffered from frequent nosebleeds A diagnosed tumour in his nose, affecting his breathing, could have killed him He received intensity modulated radiation therapy at the University of Edinburgh It’s claimed the … Read more

Doctors remove world’s largest ovarian tumour weighing EIGHT STONE from 52-year-old woman in India

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Doctors successfully remove world’s largest ovarian tumour which weighed EIGHT STONE from 52-year-old woman in India The patient had complained about her weight ballooning to almost 17 stone Her feet began to swell and one doctor said it was lucky her organs hadn’t failed  Surgery at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi lasted for three … Read more

Newborn with tumour ONE-AND-A-HALF times bigger than her defies doctors to survive

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A newborn who developed a tumour one and a half times bigger than herself has defied doctors expectations to survive. Zalya Schier, now one, could have been aborted when her parents Lenai, 32, and Matt, 31, who live in Darwin, Australia, discovered the growth on her back. Ultrasound scans showed he had a teratoma tumour weighting 3lb … Read more

Woman, 21, reveals how she first thought rare slow-growing tumour was a hangover

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A woman has revealed how she first thought her burst appendix was just a hangover before medics discovered a rare slow-growing cancer. Civil servant Amber Scott, 21, from Ballymena in Northern Ireland, had spent two years prior to her diagnosis in March 2019, telling doctors about her severe stomach pains – but was constantly misdiagnosed … Read more

Corrie star Sherrie Hewson believes her brother Brett had coronavirus when he died of a brain tumour

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Sherrie Hewson has said she believes her brother had coronavirus when he died of a brain tumour. The 69-year-old former Coronation Street star’s brother Brett Hutchinson, 71, lost his battle with the incurable disease in April this year, following a battle with pneumonia. But Sherrie claims COVID-19 ‘had something to do with’ his passing and believes … Read more

Mother’s heartache as her son, 7, dies from an undiagnosed brain tumour

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A father ‘took his own life’ just days after his seven-year-old son died with an undiagnosed brain tumour that was initially mistaken for a case of coronavirus, the boy’s mother has revealed.  Corey Bartlett had seemed like any other fit and healthy child until he fell ill with a high temperature, collapsed on the bathroom floor … Read more

Widow’s late husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour six WEEKS after their first date

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A widow who lost her husband to brain cancer says she became ‘ill’ while caring for her husband because she wasn’t taking care of her own health.  Sara Challice, 49, from London, met her husband Neal through work in 2002, but just six weeks after their first date, Neal was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The former … Read more

John Cleese, 80, reveals he has had a cancerous tumour removed from his leg

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John Cleese has revealed he had ‘a minor operation’ on Friday to remove a cancerous tumour from his leg.  Posting on Twitter on Monday evening, the Monty Python star, 80, made light of his health scare, insisting ‘at my age this sort of thing happens about once a week’ and making a classic Monty Python … Read more