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Global pandemics are not a thing of the now, but have been inflicted upon humanity for centuries. Dr Carol Cooper tracks the history of medicine and how things rarely change.

I'm 86 and I've been on HRT since my early 40s when I had a hysterectomy. I believe it has kept me healthy and active. I've never broken a bone - even though osteoporosis runs in my family - and this must be thanks to the HRT. Now my GP wants me to stop using the patches as he says I'm too old to be on HRT. What should I do?

Comedian Janey Godley has cancelled her upcoming tour amid her ongoing battle with ovarian cancer.

Patients are being failed at the end of life by a care system in crisis, a damning report warns today. One in three spent their final week 'severely or overwhelmingly' in pain, said the biggest survey on the subject in a decade. Problems accessing appropriate care mean patients are often 'dying in distress and alone', added the UK's leading end-of-life charity.

A star of BBC game show The Traitors has reportedly signed up for Dancing On Ice - seven months on from the nail-biting series two finale. Model Mollie Pearce, 22, who has limb difference and lives with a stoma bag, finished The Traitors in second place to Harry Clark, who won the £95,000 prize. January's finale was a memorable one because Faithful Mollie discovered that Harry was secretly sabotaging the team as a Traitor. Upon discovering Harry's deceit, Molly cried and stormed off - but thankfully the pair made up after filming had wrapped. But, putting all of that behind her, Mollie will be putting her dancing and skating skills to the test when she joins the sixteenth series of Dancing On Ice.

A poll of 2,000 adults revealed chocolate cake and carrot cake in second and third place, followed by lemon drizzle. Despite the Victoria sponge being one of the most iconic British bakes, a quarter (25 per cent) of Brits voted the American cheesecake's creamy texture and versatile flavours as number one to satisfy their tastebuds.

'Behind every great woman... is another great woman'. But in some cases, behind every great woman, there are several great women. It's a line from Kate Hodges' *I Know A Woman: Inspiring Connections of the Women Who Have Shaped Our World*, where the author discusses pioneers from Marie Curie to Billie Jean King and the legacies they have left on the world. Of course, it's not just world-renowned figures who inspire. For many, inspiration comes much closer to home.

I have been left really shaken by a horrible comment a customer made in a supermarket. She started haranguing me over being slow in packing my shopping. I got flustered but then she started getting personal, calling me an ugly b***h and saying I should get a nose job.

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The AI software comes up with five key principles in its answer on what makes a good death. MailOnline asked Dr Laura Chapman (pictured), a palliative care expert at the Marie Curie Hospice in Liverpool, whether she agreed. This week, leading UK charities have called on the government to improve end of life care in the UK, saying too many people are 'dying in pain, in poverty and alone'.

Angela Coupe, 70, claimed she first bought 1.5 acres of land in 1972 from the Revell family, a five minute drive from her detached bungalow in Chesterfield, which she used for horses in 1974. She built a wooden post along a concrete boundary which she said had been there since the 1930s. The retired social worker and former Marie Curie nurse said she was 'horrified' when she caught her neighbour Ian Revell, 66, and his late father moving the posts in her field in the mid 1990s and approached them. But Southern Derby Magistrates' Court has now ruled in favour of Mr Revell with a judge ruling she had lied about putting up a fence.

Kate (left), 56, was candid about her regrets in the Good Morning Britain host's documentary this week about her late husband Derek Draper's death. Here, FEMAIL meets with others, including Hazel Carter (right), who lost her husband Alan to Motor Neurone Disease in 2019, who wishes they'd done differently.

Patients in Lancashire, Maria Sinfield, an end of life nurse, said they can become confused, hallucinate, and call out for loved ones who have already died. Marie Curie, a long-serving charity, has seen firsthand what patients suffer in the last few days. The last few days of their loved ones' life are 'frightening,' for some families as their body slows and patients eat less.

On the first National Day of Reflection, mourning families gathered by a memorial wall four years after the covid virus epidemic began four years ago. On Sunday, volunteers for the National Covid Memorial Wall in London's South Bank were welcomed by the British people at the stretch of hand-painted hearts between Westminster Bridge and Lambeth Bridge. A group of ten volunteers rely on public donations to maintain the public memorial, but without government recognition, the wall's permanence is in jeopardy. Volunteers strung heart-shaped lights along the 500 meters of the wall and displayed a bouquet of flowers at each of its 25 panels for the Day of Reflection.

I'm a 64-year-old man who's been married, children, grandkids, and happily for more than three decades. However, when a new member of our golf club turned up, I was struck for my life. I dated her more than 40 years ago - before my marriage, I am able to say. However, I must admit that I was actually awful to her at the time.

On Thursday, Kate Garraway revealed that trolls threws attacked her on social media for joking during her appearance on Good Morning Britain. As she returned to work this week alongside co-host Ben Shepherd following her husband Derek Draper's death at the age of 56, the TV presenter put on a brave face. Kate opened up about the hate she had received online during a discussion with Larry Lamb and Marie Curie's bereavement coordinator Claire Collins.

The royal family has partnered with several leading cancer charities to promote assistance for those with cancer and their loved ones.

INGRID SEWARD: I was immediately transported back decades to a reception he held for the media in Washington, DC, when news broke of King Charles's cancer diagnosis. One reporter asked how he felt about the dangers of being a public figure in a rapidly changing world for reasons that were lost in the dim and distant past. I have never forgotten Charles' words. He said he had always believed that if a bullet had his name on it, he would be able to handle it. And as a result, I have no doubt that he would have reported that he has cancer with the same enthusiasm. However, although there is no evidence that his illness is life-threatening, he would not be human if the mention of this condition did not evoke feelings of fear. After all, monarchs are just as vulnerable to death intimations as their subjects.

In a letter to someone who had just been diagnosed, King Charles met hundreds of people suffering from the condition, which he once described as 'beastly'. He is also the patron of two breast cancer charities, Marie Curie's nursing home, and several hospices. In Sydney (left) and Northern Ireland (right), Charles is seen visiting cancer patients. He is the mayor of Liverpool and has been photographed inset: He visits nurses.

Our parents are especially ill, and it is a common nightmare. Minds are prone to spiraling with bad thoughts that we can't seem to get rid of. However, for several around the country, the discovery that a parent has been diagnosed with a long-term illness has shocked their world. Following a hospitalization in January, the news of King Charles III's cancer diagnosis on Friday saw a sudden rise in Google searches for prostate cancer. However, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson refused to reveal the type of cancer, while a palace spokesperson told The Independent that he does not have prostate cancer but not of the prostate.

Megan McClay, who lives in Wymondham, Norfolk, has ocular melanoma, a form of eye cancer that occurs in the cells that produce pigment. It is unusual, affecting around five out of every one million adults. Megan was 26 when she noticed a tiny flashing light in the corner of her eye, which she immediately put down to being a migraine. But a year and a half ago, she was told that her cancer had spread to her liver and had become terminal, prompting doctors to give her two years to live. Megan is now being featured in the What Matters Most? Senedd Oriel's exhibit at the Welsh Parliament in Cardiff tells the tales of those with terminal illnesses.

The only way to protect your assets and possessions, such as money, investments, or a house, is to write a will.

Moungi Bawendi, a scientist at MIT, Louis Brus, of Columbia University, and Alexei Ekimov of Nanocrystals Technology Inc. in New York, are among the scientists.

AMANDA PLATELL: This week has in many ways reminded us of Prince Harry's finest performances. Nearly a decade after he created the Invictus Games, his latest Netflix docu-series followed a number of wounded Armed Forces veterans as they prepared for the event. It was as thrilling as it was moving. We had tales of a great deal of courage from vets who had overcome adversity and found a reason to live - all thanks to Invictus.