A recipe book, endorsed by cancer doctors and dieticians, offers a healthy and more palatable-looking alternative to the “blitzed in a blender” mush patients often have to contend with when illness makes eating difficult.

Some bowel cancer patients will be spared the ravaging effects of chemotherapy thanks to a breakthrough genetic test that can predict whether their cancer is likely to return.

IF YOU find yourself battling to eat less, then count yourself lucky. The 35,000 Irish people who are diagnosed with cancer each year often struggle to eat at all.

Most Irish people are unaware of cancer risks, despite the fact that obesity, smoking, excessive drinking and eating are the main causes, according to recent studies.

PROWLING for sex with prostitutes ended in “remorse and significant embarrassment” for 21 men caught by female detectives in a Garda operation.

A MAJOR medical symposium will be held in UCC tomorrow concerning the rare cancer that killed Apple computer company founder Steve Jobs.

A BUSKER is planning to shadow U2 on its next world tour by performing his one-man show in every city.

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