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Flying instructor, 35, had undiagnosed heart condition and ‘may have blacked out at controls’

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A flying instructor who taught Carol Vorderman how to loop-the-loop ‘may have collapsed at the controls due to an undiagnosed heart condition’ before the plane crashed.   Emily Collett, 35, was killed alongside her student Tom Castle, 30, when the Pitts S-2A plane plummeted to the ground in Stonor, Oxfordshire on August 24, 2019. The pair, who had … Read more

50,000 cancer cases MISSED: Staggering number of patients have gone undiagnosed during the crisis

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Up to 50,000 cancer cases have gone undiagnosed during the pandemic, a leading charity warned yesterday. It said NHS services could take almost two years to recover. Macmillan Cancer Support added that the country was ‘at a crossroads’ and said shutting down cancer care this winter could cost thousands of lives. Experts predict the number … 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

2,000 cancers are going undiagnosed EVERY WEEK because of the coronavirus crisis, charity warns

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2,000 cancers are going undiagnosed EVERY WEEK because of the coronavirus crisis, leaving the UK facing a ‘ticking time bomb’, charity warns Macmillan Cancer Support said the country faces a ‘ticking time bomb’ Nearly 2,000 cases of cancer are going undiagnosed a week, charity has warned Hospitals saw average drop of 60% in chemotherapy appointment … Read more

‘Two thirds of coronavirus cases in Britain are going undiagnosed’

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Pictured: Professor Tim Spector who has been working with the Department of Health and Social care on a tracking app, which has been sending 10,000 users Covid-19 tests each week within days of them showing symptoms The government’s refusal to recognise symptoms like a loss of taste or smell has led to two thirds of … Read more

Robert Webb told his heart would ‘fail’ due to undiagnosed condition mirroring the plot of his book

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Comedian Robert Webb was told his heart would ‘fail’ due to an undiagnosed heart condition, at the same time he had finished a book that closely mirrored his reality. The Peep Show star, 47, had just finished editing his novel Come Again where a central character dies from an illness that had been lurking unseen for … Read more