All news by author: Danny Rigg

The patient, named Dorothy, was first diagnosed with the rare cancer more than 17 years ago and has faced its return on two occasions, and now hopes a cure may be found

Mel Kelly was on migraine medication and was struggling to see when she did an e-consult with her GP before flying to Lanzarote for a five-day holiday

Kathy Ford had been with Keith Hepplewhite for 20 years, raising two sons but she found herself with with no job, no income and no access to Bereavement Support when he died

The oesophageal cancer wore away at James, making him "thinner and thinner, and weaker and weaker" until he was barely able to eat or stay awake

Dr Séamus Coyle and other researchers have revealed their studies on advanced lung cancer patients and believe they have discovered a way to predict the time of their death through their urine. He believes it will help patients and families much more.

Harry Simpson, who lives in Belfast, noticed a number of purple spots on his chest just days before his 26th birthday but thought nothing of them - but they were signs of a rare form of leukaemia which nearly took his life

Olivia Charlton faced agonising periods where she sweated and vomited at the sink. She was 'writhing around in bed;' and believed it 'normal' before she was given her shock diagnosis later in life

Phil Woodford, from Preston, has told how he spent five months in hospital with a serious condition after he started feeling unwell, slurring his words, and had water coming out the side of his mouth