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I thought I was suffering a menopause symptom almost all women get… in fact, it was an inoperable brain tumour

I thought I was suffering a menopause symptom almost all women get… in fact, it was an inoperable brain tumour

A mother-of-one who dismissed her forgetfulness as a menopause symptom was devastated to be told she had an inoperable brain tumour. April Tate, 52, from Burntisland in Fife, first became concerned in 2018 when she forgot a child’s name while working as a childminder.  Believing it was hormonal, she mentioned it during a routine GP phone call—only to be asked …

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Contraception used by thousands increases risk of brain tumour, study finds

Contraception used by thousands increases risk of brain tumour, study finds

Women on a widely–used contraceptive jab are three–and–a–half times more likely to suffer a potentially–fatal brain tumour, a study shows. It’s the third major investigation in just over a year to show the jab raises the risk of a meningioma, the most common type of tumour in the brain, in those on it for 12 months or more. Around 10,000 …

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