.........The 30-year-old Columbian mother of two, who has lived in Spain for nine years, was struck down by tuberculosis five years ago. She was given conventional treatment but her condition worsened. ..................

 

......"I felt better in an instant," Miss Castillo said. Within two months she was able to take a holiday in Ibiza, where she danced and swam in the sea, activities that had been impossible before the operation.........

 

..........."I paid nothing for my treatment and realise I have been given a great privilege. Even if my entire family sold everything they own I would never have been able to afford this treatment otherwise, even if it was available in Columbia." ..................

A leading breast cancer surgeon has discovered how to detect the disease with rays of light. Mohammed Keshtgar can establish if cancer has spread into a patient's lymph glands within seconds using the pioneering procedure.

Currently women have to wait a week for results from a biopsy..........The technology allows surgeons to see whether cancer has spread while patients are still in the operating theatre. Light is shone on a sample of the sentinel lymph node, which is the first lymph node that cancer drains into.......................