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Brazil legend Pele, the only player to have won the World Cup on three occasions, is receiving treatment in an end-of-life ward, according to reports in his homeland

Brazilian football legend Pele, who was hospitalized this week amid ongoing cancer treatments, has developed a respiratory infection, but is in stable condition and "showing general improvement," his doctors said Friday. The 82-year-old icon, who has been in fragile health in recent years, was hospitalized Tuesday in Sao Paulo for…

Geoffrey Seymour discovered blood in his stool just before his 41st birthday, which turned out to be stage four cancer

“You have many months to live,” my palliative care doctor told me recently. She must’ve thought that was more polite than saying “less than a year.” I have finally advanced to the stage predicted by my oncologist, who said seven years ago, “I’m thinking years, not months.”

The University of Minnesota-Duluth defenseman returns to hockey after completing treatment for leukemia.

Geoffrey Seymour discovered blood in his stool just before his 41st birthday, which turned out to be stage four cancer

Geoffrey Seymour discovered blood in his stool just before his 41st birthday, which turned out to be stage four cancer

Doctors mistakingly diagnosed Alex Jamieson, 39, with Crohn's disease but after an emergency operation, surgeons told the devastated mum she has bowel cancer - giving her only 14 months to live

Imagine your doctor tells you that you have a serious wasting condition. Your physician prescribes a powerful kind of therapy that has serious side effects similar to chemotherapy’s. You ask what evidence there is of the therapy’s benefits. Your physician cheerfully says there’s none. She is prescribing the therapy because…

Geoffrey Seymour discovered blood in his stool just before his 41st birthday, which turned out to be stage four cancer

Trusts may also have to suspend chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and other key elements of healthcare