This is Swansea: Health

'Cancer isn't waiting for my father'

Joanne Popham, from Morriston, with her father, Paul.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

THE wait goes on for a cancer sufferer who is desperate to prolong his life.

The family of 63-year-old Paul Popham were told yesterday afternoon that health bosses will need more time to decide whether to prescribe him an expensive drug on the NHS.

It could have...

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Record patient numbers at A&E due to freezing weather

An ambulance at Swansea's Morriston Hospital.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

THE freezing conditions have caused extra problems for hospital staff — with record numbers of patients turning up at Accident and...

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Tragic dad died hours after asking his girlfriend to marry him

Westley Roach proposed to his partner on the day he died.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

A FUN-LOVING Ammanford dad has lost his three-year battle against cancer — just hours after getting engaged. Father-of-one Westley Roach...

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Stroll sets the pace for causes

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

EVENING Post charities of the year have had one thing in common in recent years — the Swansea Bay Stroll. The popular event has proved...

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Rule change for cancer drug brings fresh hope

Monday, January 05, 2009

A CANCER sufferer has been handed fresh hope that his battle for a life-prolonging drug could soon be over. The family of Paul Popham, of...

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'Believe me, if I can do it, anybody can'

Monday, January 05, 2009

JUST a little over 12 months ago you couldn't have parted Allison Morgan- Jones from her favourite roast dinner. "I loved them," she says. The...

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Footloose therapy that hits the spot

Thursday, January 01, 2009

SWANSEA'S Sue Kent doesn't think of herself as different, particularly. Special? Well, yes, maybe. But different, no. Her arms are just 8in...

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Family's plea to end drug 'lottery'

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

THE family of a Swansea cancer sufferer face a desperate race against time to get him a life-prolonging drug before it's too late. Paul Popham,...

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Minor ailments, major problem

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

MOST people wouldn't seek hospital treatment just because they have a spot on their skin. But some do. Hospital casualty departments are...

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'People with coughs and colds are clogging A&E'

Monday, December 29, 2008

STRESSED staff at Morriston Hospital's A&E department are being put under even more pressure by patients turning up with coughs and colds....

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Race For Life 2008

This year the South Wales Evening Post and www.thisisswansea.co.uk are supporting the British Lung Foundation. We are helping to raise awareness of the foundation and supporting its fund-raising events.

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