Tag: cancer

Dad From TikTok Duo Dies From Cancer At 35

Rest in peace, Randy Gonzalez 🕊️   Randy Gonzalez, the father of the TikTok duo Enkyboys, passed away due to colon cancer at the age of 35. His brother David confirmed the news to CBS News, stating that Randy was placed in hospice care last week and died on Wednesday.     View this post […]

Malta’s Zebra Crossings Turn Pink For Pink October

Have you spotted any of the new Pink Zebra Crossings around the Maltese islands?   As we kick off the month of October, the Marigold Foundation aims to raise awareness on Pink October-Movember, which is a nationwide campaign. In aid of this movement, Zebras Go Pink kicked off this morning with a symbolic walk across […]

Man Cured From Terminal Cancer With Miracle Drug

  A father with terminal cancer who was only given 8 more months to live was cured by a ‘miracle drug.’ 60-year-old Sean Guinness was given the terminal diagnosis back in 2018. Luckily, his situation turned for the better and he can now walk his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day.     […]

All Patients In Drug Trial Fully Cured Of Cancer

  A new drug called “Dostarlimab” has proven to be 100% successful to curing cancer when tested on 18 patients and curing them all. The drug consists of laboratory-produced molecules that act as substitute antibodies in the human body.       Dr Luis A. Diaz Jr. of New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center […]

Dog Saves Owner’s Life By Noticing Cancer Lump

  A 53-year-old woman claimed that her dog saved her life after noticing a cancerous lump in her breast.     Karena Kirk-Drain stated she wouldn’t be alive it if weren’t for her 11-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, Bella-Boo.     Karena’s protective pet started acting strangely on Karena’s late mother’s birthday, and despite being pulled away, […]

‘AGT’ Star Nightbirde Dies At 31 After Cancer Battle

  The American’s Got Talent Star, Jane Marczewski, that goes by the stage name of Nightbirde, died after her battle with cancer. Just last year, the world got to know her story through her song “It’s OK”.     The 31-year-old singer passed away last Saturday after months of treatment for her cancer which had […]

Chihuahua Adopted From Shelter After Going Through 17 Rounds Of Chemotherapy

  A three-year-old Chihuahua, Eric, arrived at the San Diego Humane Society last July covered in ticks. Eventually, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour.     The Chihuahua had to undergo 17 rounds of weekly chemotherapy and four months of veterinary care before he was deemed cancer-free. Shortly after being declared ready for a […]

Michael Bublé Speaks Out About His Son’s Five-Year Cancer Battle

  Singer Michael Bublé has opened up about the impact that his son’s battle with cancer has left on him over the past few years…     Bublé’s son Noah, now eight years old, was diagnosed with a rare type of liver cancer in 2016. Noah received chemotherapy and radiotherapy to treat his hepatoblastoma and […]

New Breast Cancer Medicine To Be Offered In Malta

  The Maltese Islands will soon be stocking a new treatment for cancer as the country starts the process to acquire it.     The Ministry of Health has announced that it has launched the process to obtain a new treatment for cancer treatment right after it was certified by the European Medicines Authority (EMA) […]

Walking For Child Cancer – Pass Pass Ma’ Puttinu This Sunday

  #TeamGoddo, as founded by Godwin DeBattista, will be taking on a 61km walk from Wied il-Mielah, Gharb in Gozo, to Birzebbuga in Malta in a bid to raise funds for the ‘Puttinu Cares’ charity.     The walk will take place this Sunday on the 21st of November and aims to not only boost […]

Malta’s busiest road turns pink for breast cancer month

Malta’s busiest road has turned pink in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Kappara Flyover on the Regional Road was illuminated a bright shade on Thursday night to mark Pink October. It was among a number of Maltese landmarks that has turned pink to raise awareness of breast cancer, including the Hompesch Gate in […]

Fruit juices and sugary drinks linked to cancer risk

Just a third of a can of fizzy drink a day can raise your risk of cancer, research suggests – and fruit juice is just as risky. Experts found that just 100ml of sugary drink could raise your risk of the disease by 18 per cent – a typical can is around 330ml. Among women, […]

Hospice Malta to launch national fundraising campaign

Hospice Malta is launching a national fundraising campaign to build on its excellent work. The charity – which provides care to terminally ill patients in Malta and Gozo – will make an appeal to the public on the television programme Xarabank on Good Friday. Maria Gatt from Hospice Malta told 89.7 Bay: ‘We believe that […]

Experts say this is the healthiest diet to follow

Just say no to junk food. Unhealthy eating now claims more lives than tobacco, according to new findings published in The Lancet. They revealed that one in five deaths a year, or 11 million worldwide, are a result of a bad diet. The researchers used nearly 20 years of data from 195 countries, including Malta. They said […]

Maltese cyclists to raise funds for cancer research

Maltese cyclists will travel more than 1,200km from Oslo – through Hamburg and finishing in Amsterdam in just a week – from the 14th till the 21st of July. The objective for this  7th edition  is to raise funds for cancer research conducted at the University of Malta. The ALIVE Charity Foundation chairman Nicky Camilleri told […]

Smoking ‘STOPS your body from fighting cancer’

Cigarettes could limit the body’s ability to fight skin cancer, according to worrying new research. Patients with melanoma who have a history of smoking are 40% less likely to survive the disease than those who have never smoked, a study published in journal Cancer Research found. Researchers from the University of Leeds said the findings […]