Mom diagnosed with bowel cancer denied surgery after struggling to use toilet for two weeks

A woman who was diagnosed with bowel cancer after struggling to go to the toilet for two weeks has been denied surgery. Vicky Mcloughlin, 66, was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer in November 2024. Her daughter, Chloe, 33, started noticing that Vicky “wasn’t herself” and she later found out she’d been struggling to go to the toilet for two weeks. When she started suffering from bleeding, Vicky had an endoscopy that didn’t initially pick up on anything. Chloe took her mom to A&E, where they scanned her and felt a mass in her cervical area. A biopsy confirmed it…

The riskiest supplements on store shelves — beware the ‘unholy trinity’

That bottle in your medicine cabinet may deserve a closer look. Nearly three-quarters of American adults take dietary supplements, with more than half reaching for them regularly. But behind the glossy labels and bold promises, some products aren’t what they seem. Experts say three supplement categories are particularly prone to…

Reassessing — and grading — Lakers’ tumultuous offseason

If it feels as if the Lakers have had multiple offseasons this summer, it’s because of how eventful the last two months have been. There’s been LeBron James, one of the greatest players in NBA history and the player who led the Lakers to their last NBA title in 2020,…

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Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. Football enthusiasts have one more week of tune-ups before the official season kicks off, and new prediction market users can take advantage of a…

Yankees vs. Red Sox prediction, odds: MLB picks, best bets Friday

Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. The Yankees and Red Sox open a crucial four-game series Friday night in The Bronx. Only two games separate the eternal rivals in the…

Buzzy NYC nightclub plans to permanently ban partiers entering with smart glasses: ‘Keep the dance floor private’

They’re issuing a moratorium on glass-holes. Uber-exclusive New York nightclub Basement — a subterranean Berlin-inspired techno mecca in Maspeth, Queens — has become notorious for denying visitors who fail its mysterious “vibe check,” among other strict vetting processes. Now, they’re placing another type of ubiquitous club-goer on the blacklist– revelers…

Lakers eye championship-tested Plan B after missing out on Jonathan Kuminga

The Los Angeles Lakers may already have their fallback plan after losing one of the biggest remaining prizes in free agency. Shortly after Jonathan Kuminga agreed to a two-year deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, veteran guard Bruce Brown emerged as a potential Lakers target. “I think he’s in the mix…

Facebook and Instagram down as Meta products hit with widespread outage

Thousands of users appeared to be affected by a widespread outage impacting Meta’s Instagram, Facebook and Messenger on Friday, with reports flooding social media and outage-tracking site Downdetector. Downdetector showed a sharp spike in Instagram reports, rising from a baseline of 25 complaints to several thousand as users reported being…

World’s rarest great ape decimated by 4 days of extreme rain, with 7% of population lost to cyclone

A single climate-change-fueled cyclone killed 7% of Tapanuli orangutans ‪—‬ the world’s rarest great apes ‪—‬ in just five days last year, new research reveals.The study shows that “climate change-driven weather poses an immediate, catastrophic threat to the world’s rarest great ape,” the researchers wrote.Tapanuli orangutans (Pongo tapanuliensis) live in…

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