There’s this stigma when it comes to widowhood. It’s sticks like gum to most women who find themselves with that label and because it is a label, it becomes an identity many struggle with. The struggle comes with pain, stigma,…
Former Super Falcons goalkeeper, Aluko-Olaseni is dead
Former Super Falcons goalkeeper, Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni, is dead. Aluko-Olaseni died after an eight-year battle with cancer. The Nigerian Football Federation announced this in a post via its X account, @thenff late Saturday night. It read, “We are sad to hear…
Cancer patients suffering as UK lags behind in chemo and radiotherapy, study finds
Cancer survival rates in the UK are lagging 10 to 15 years behind some other countries, according to new research. A pair of studies compared how often cancer patients are treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the UK to those…
World Cancer Day: 573, 653 deaths occurred in Africa in 2022 – WHO
As the world on Sunday marks this year’s World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization, WHO, has raised alarm over what it described as a ‘disheartening’ situation of cancer in the African region, disclosing that approximately 882 882 new cancer…
To fight cancer, EPA wants sterilizer companies to emit less
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding a higher than expected cancer risk at facilities that use it to sterilize billions of medical devices each year. The EPA says its…
Andrew Lloyd Webber announces son Nick’s death
Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced the death of his eldest son Nicholas Lloyd Webber from gastric cancer. “I am shattered to have to announce that my beloved elder son Nick died a few hours ago in Basingstoke Hospital. His whole…
Jill Biden undergoes surgery to remove two cancerous lesions
Jill Biden has undergone surgery to remove cancerous skin lesions from her face and chest, while a third lesion was removed from her left eyelid and sent for examination, the White House physician has said. Accompanied by her husband, US…
Britain to sign cancer treatments deal with Germany’s BioNTech
Research into new cancer treatments could be sped up by a government deal with a leading pharmaceutical company, British Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said. Barclay is due to sign a memorandum of understanding with Germany’s BioNTech on Friday, to…
Jeremiah Green Dead at 45: Modest Mouse Drummer’s cancer diagnosis was announced 4 days earlier
Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green has died at the age of 45, the band announced Saturday. “I don’t know a way to ease into this: Today we lost our dear friend Jeremiah,” the band wrote in an Instagram post on…
Gianluca Vialli leaves Italy role to focus on second battle with cancer
Former Chelsea favourite Gianluca Vialli has left his role with the Italian national team to battle cancer for a second time. The 58-year-old, who is Italy’s team co-ordinator and was part of the backroom team that won the delayed European…