A British man who was told he was only left with one year to live spent his remaining time in style, quitting his job and spending his savings on hotels, restaurants and holidays only to later discover that he wasn't dying. John Brandrick, who was told by doctors he had fatal pancreatic cancer, is now asking the courts to compensate him for the misdiagnoses. The Times of London quotes him as saying, "I am seeking compensation for what we have lost and to help everyone out at Treliske (Hospital) so they don't have to go through what I did. "

In a bid to draw attention to a breast cancer charity walk scheduled in June, a woman from Greenburgh, New York ran the entire length of Long Island without sleeping or stopping. Alicja Barahona, who works as a chemist, started around 6 a. m. Saturday in Montauk, at the eastern end of the island and finished about 11 a. m. Sunday in North Woodmere Park, on the western end of the island at the New York City border.

Oprah Winfrey interviewed a few of the world's amazing kids on this weekend's show, and Akrit Jaiswal, from a remote village in India, was one of them. This 13-year-old child prodigy rose to fame at the tender age of 7 by performing an operation on an 8-year-old girl whose fingers were fused together after being burnt. He became India's youngest university student and is currently studying for a BSc in Chandigarh University, India. His mother claims that he began reading Shakespeare at the age of 3 and now possesses books such as Gray's Anatomy, and textbooks on surgery, anaesthesia, anatomy, physiology, Cancer, and others. Akrit claims to have mastered them with his daily habit of studying for an hour.

The man known as the "Secret Santa" passed away in his home in Lee's Summit, Missouri due to complications from esophageal cancer after giving away a total of $1. 3 million during his "too-short lifetime," his friends reported Sunday. He was 58. Larry Stewart was a successful businessman who anonymously gave money to needy during the Christmas season. The media called him the "Secret Santa" because his identity was unknown.

A recent survey revealed that 25 percent of Brits believe getting cancer is decided by 'fate'. Surprisingly, smokers were 50 percent more likely to blame fate for getting cancer. The survey, involving 4,000 Britons, was conducted by the charity Cancer Research United Kingdom.