Breast cancer survivors say they are angry and hurt with Elle Macpherson after the supermodel claimed she beat the disease by snubbing conventional medicine. Macpherson, 60, said the HER2-positive oestrogen receptive intraductal carcinoma was found in 2017 after she underwent a lumpectomy to remove a growth from her breast. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Breast cancer … Read more
A cancer cluster among workers in a suburban Sydney office appears to have occurred by chance, experts have concluded after extensive radiation testing. Teams of nuclear radiation experts were brought into Liverpool City Council’s offices in July and August after five current and past workers came forward with thyroid cancer. Surveys of radiofrequency electromagnetic energy … Read more
Australian scientists have made a world-first stem cell breakthrough that could put an end to agonising searches for bone marrow donors needed to treat critical conditions. The findings, published in Nature Biotechnology, could eventually benefit patients like Riya Mahajan, who was diagnosed with life-threatening blood disorder aplastic anaemia at the age of 11. She had … Read more
An Australian couple are urgently trying to save money for their mother’s surgery after she suffered a heart attack on her son’s wedding day. Gian Biduare and his bride Danline Faye Canuta had travelled from Australia to celebrate their wedding with family in the Philippines in 2022 but their happiness was soon overshadowed when Gian’s … Read more
A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances of mold, insects, liquid dripping from ceilings, and meat and fat residue on walls, floors and equipment, newly released records show. Government inspectors logged 69 instances of “noncompliance” with federal rules in the past … Read more
An Australian woman has detailed what she says was a “traumatic” year-long nightmare after an overseas trip for dental work. Kim Edwards, from Sydney, said she had booked a number of cosmetic procedures during a two-week trip to Turkey in March 2023. She told 7NEWS.com.au the results were mixed — but her mouth was left … Read more
Five more people have died and more than a dozen sickened in a multi-state listeria outbreak stemming from Boar’s Head deli meat in the US. The total number of deaths is now eight. A total of 57 people have been hospitalised since the outbreak, which the Centre of Disease Control said was the largest listeriosis … Read more
A New Zealand father is now out of a medically induced coma and recovering from a deadly flu that killed his wife. John Leonard had a long struggle to recover when his health began deteriorating soon after Maria Packe-Leonard’s death on July 21. Maria, 53, died 10 days after first exhibiting symptoms of influenza A, … Read more
As mpox continues to spread in Central Africa, a promising antiviral drug to treat the infection has failed to improve patients’ symptoms in a trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak. In the trial, the drug tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, did not alleviate the characteristic blisterlike rash seen … Read more
When 36-year-old Nelson Cheney was little, he began eating spicy peppers and sauces to impress his father. Years later, he still consumes these foods, only now for his 1.1 million followers on TikTok. Cheney, known by his social media handle “@craving_capsaicin” — a nod to the chemical compound that gives chili peppers their heat — … Read more
