Wolverhampton skin cancer awareness drop-in session for public
Councillor Obaida Ahmed said it was one of a regular series of events designed to raise awareness of cancer including breast, bowel and cervical cancer.She added: "It's often possible to prevent skin cancer by being careful in the sun – for example, by using sunscreen and reapplying it regularly."
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Tragic parents who lost their son aged nine to cancer before learning his younger sister is also terminally ill are now suing a charity over donations worth £100,000. Craig Evison and Victoria Morrison, whose son Kyle died in 2020 from an incurable brain cancer, want to take his sister Ruby-Rose to Disney World - but have been told they cannot access previous cash pledges because she has a different disease. Before Kyle's death, wellwishers had donated thousands to pay for treatment in the US and 'memory making' experiences for the family - but Covid-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions intervened and he never travelled. The couple went on to have a daughter Ruby-Rose, now two, but were devastated to learn that she too was seriously ill with a genetic metabolic disease and was unlikely to live beyond this summer. They began a GoFundMe page - under the name 'Ruby-Rose's Making Memories Fund' - in an attempt to take her to Disney in Florida to meet her favourite character Minnie Mouse. 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Attempts to raise money for his treatment and to help him make the most of his days began with a Facebook campaign through the group One Pound Warriors, which encourages donors to give small but regular sums to charitable causes. However, the group then passed on Kyle's cause to Essex-based Gold Geese, a charity which works for the benefit of cancer-stricken children. The money flooded in and Kyle was due to go to the US for treatment in late 2020, but Covid prevented his travel and by the time restrictions were eased, he was too ill and he then died in October that year. The grieving couple, who also have another son, then went on to have their daughter Ruby-Rose in 2022, but she too was diagnosed with Megdel syndrome. That is a genetic metabolic condition characterised by high levels of acid in the body and which is usually fatal in early infanthood. 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The Independent
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