Nurse diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer at age 24 says she ignored the warning signs and urges women to take notice of the tell-tale symptoms Australian nurse Emma was diagnosed with ovarian cancer aged 24 years old She had surgery to remove a 15-centimetre mass from her pelvis after she felt it Doctors diagnosed Emma with … Read more
Shh! Anti-agers no one but you need know about: How can I get rid of age spots on my legs by summer? Anonymous reader asked for advice on reducing the appearance of age spots Inge van Lotringen suggested reducing their appearance with exfoliating acids Dermatologist Dr Alexis Granite said topical creams may also be effective By Inge … Read more
Former Wales centre Matthew J Watkins dies at the age of 41 after long battle with pelvic cancer Former Wales centre Matthew J Watkins has died at the age of 41 after illness Watkins, who won 18 caps for Wales, was diagnosed with pelvic cancer in 2013 Tributes have flooded in across social media from … Read more
Twitter bans ‘dehumanizing’ tweets about age, disease and disability as malicious and racist comments about coronavirus and US presidential election flood the platform Twitter updated its hate speech policy on Thursday that bans new language Tweets dehumanizing age, disability or disease are no long allowed on the site Users could have their accounts suspended if they … Read more
One of the original women who are thought to have inspired Rosie the Riveter has died at the age of 95. At 19, Rosalind P. Walter, from New York, was one of many women to pitch in during World War II, working on an assembly line as a riveter on Corsair fighter planes in Connecticut. … Read more
Trains, Planes, Ships & Cars: The Golden Age 1900-1941 James Hamilton-Paterson Head of Zeus £30 Rating: Ah, the Golden Age of Travel! This is not a book to be read while you are standing cooped-up on a crowded staircase for ten minutes as part of Ryanair’s ‘Priority Boarding’. In James Hamilton-Paterson’s judgment, the Golden Age … Read more
Inside The Actor’s Studio’s creator and former host James Lipton has died, aged 93. Lipton, who died peacefully early Monday at his New York home, was suffering from bladder cancer, his wife Kedakai Turner told The Hollywood Reporter. She told TMZ of her husband: ‘There are so many James Lipton stories but I’m sure he would … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK A WORLD OF MY OWN by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (Adlard Coles £10.99, 256 pp) We live in a world of maximum connectivity, where you can sit in Abu Dhabi and do keyhole surgery on someone in Aberdeen; where a Twitter frenzy in Kenilworth can be picked up in seconds in Kyoto; … Read more
Bull markets don’t die of old age, but do they die of coronavirus? This is Money podcast By This Is Money Published: 17:05 GMT, 28 February 2020 | Updated: 17:05 GMT, 28 February 2020 Bull markets don’t die of old age, we’ve been told countless times in recent years, but do they die of coronavirus? … Read more
Millions of savers could have to wait another TWO YEARS to dip into their pensions under amid controversial Treasury plans to raise age for cashing in to 57 Chancellor Rishi Sunak under pressure to raise the minimum pension age to 57 Mr Sunak is due to deliver his first Budget in just weeks on March … Read more