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Here’s what to expect before getting a bone density scan, experts say
To prepare for a bone density test, patients should stop taking calcium supplements at least 24 hours before the exam for the ...
'My sister's only cancer symptom was terrifyingly easy to miss - it killed her at just 25'
When 'fit and healthy' Kate Drummond began experiencing back pain, doctors misdiagnosed her with sciatica, not realising that ...
‘Athletic’ woman dies after lower back pain was misdiagnosed as sciatica
A once “fit and healthy” 25-year-old woman, whose lower back pain was initially misdiagnosed, died from bone cancer less than ...
Woman, 25, who had back pain 'from exercise' died year after diagnosis
After the pain radiated to her hip, Kate was diagnosed with “probable sciatica” after visiting the A&E department of her ...
Cancer killed my fit and healthy sister, 26, just ten months after she was diagnosed - her only symptom was terrifyingly easy to dismiss
A grief-stricken sister has told of doctors' multiple failings to spot the bone cancer that killed her 'kind, considerate and ...
'Fit and healthy' woman, 25, died 10 months after back pain misdiagnosed
An athletic 25-year-old died from bone cancer - after being told her back pain was sciatica. Kate Drummond was found to have ...