Child leukaemia 'genes' revealed

" Genetic flaws that increase the risk of the most common form of childhood leukaemia have been uncovered by British scientists. The three variants each raise the risk by between 30% and 60%, said the Institute of...

Grape extract kills cancer cells

A University of Kentucky study has found that an extract from grape seeds causes leukaemia cells to die. The most recent issue of Clinical Cancer Research reports on the study's findings which indicate that within 24...

Drug may reverse MS brain damage

There is good news for the people suffering from multiple sclerosis. New medical discovery have shown that a drug had halted and reverses debilitating effects of disease. This new finding has rekindleded hopes for thousands of people suffering from the disease. The disease...

Unfashionable Cancers Receive Less Funding

A report by the UK National Cancer Research Institute reveals that unfashionable cancers receive less research money and attention from scientists, despite increased funding over a 4 year period towards...

My cancer victim son's final wish

" PROUD Lorraine Fleming had more reasons than most mums to shed a tear as she saw her son’s bride approaching in all her wedding finery. For bridegroom Reece was just eight years old — and getting “hitched” to his sweetheart Elleanor Pursglove was his last dying...

Playgroups 'cut leukaemia risk'

"Children who attend daycare or playgroups cut their risk of the most common type of childhood leukaemia by around 30%, a study estimates.Researchers reviewed 14 studies involving nearly 20,000 children, of which 6,000 developed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).It is...

Jeremy Beadle, TV presenter, dies aged 59

"The television presenter had been treated in hospital near his north London home for several days with pneumonia. He had previously suffered a kidney tumour in 2004, which was treated by surgical removal of the...

Jeanette's Memory Lives On

"A HUSBAND whose wife died from leukaemia last year will today officially launch a new trust in her name to boost global health. Jeanette Crizzle, 51, died in October after a year-long search to find a suitable bone marrow donor failed. The Jeanette Crizzle Trust, launched by...

Seriously ill? Get off your lazy ass and get a job

Being severely ill is no excuse for a government handout. That was the message the Pierce family essentially received from Centrelink, when it deemed Matthew Pierce, a 16 year-old with leukaemia, to be ineligible for a disability support pension. In its bureaucratic wisdom,...

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