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A lethal cancer which can go unnoticed for years is striking down young people at an exponential rate — and tearing apart families in the process.While cancers have steadily fallen over recent decades, scientists have been mystified by an…

A young father-of-one died from a brain tumour that doctors incorrectly diagnosed as an appendicitis, his family have claimed.Joshua Warner, from Crayford in south east London, went to hospital in June after two weeks of suffering from…

A soldier has told how he needed half of his penis surgically removed after doctors misdiagnosed his cancer three times.Gavin Brooks, 45, of Crewe in Cheshire, has now been warned he might only have a year left to live.The father-of-two,…

The latest victim of the Strep A outbreak was misdiagnosed as having flu, his family claims after they sought doctors' advice three times before he lost his life.Jax Albert Jefferys, a five-year-old who attended Morelands Primary School in…

A teenage footballer was found to have a potentially deadly brain tumour after doctors misdiagnosed him as having 'long' Covid.Kane Allcock, 15, had been suffering from persistent headaches after testing positive for coronavirus on New…

The 34 menopause warning signs that GPs must recognise: Campaigners warn that symptoms go way beyond sleeping issues and hot flushes and say women are often misdiagnosedHot flushes, low mood and difficulty sleeping are common…

A widow living in Lake Country, B.C., has filed a lawsuit claiming her husband's strep infection was misdiagnosed three times in the emergency room before he died of necrotizing fasciitis — also known as flesh-eating disease — nearly two…

Andi Peel's vision began to deteriorate in October 2021 and he is now completely blindA 29-year-old shop manager has been left completely blind after bungling doctors twice misdiagnosed his incurable brain tumour as 'work…

An intensive care nurse claimed that her lung cancer was misdiagnosed as long Covid - despite never testing positive for the virus. Brogan Williams, 33, from Wolverhampton, was in remission from breast cancer when she started noticing back…