Overview

• ITV’s Loose Women was rebranded as Loose Doctors on August 6, convening four television physicians to lead the programme.
• Dr Amir Khan disclosed that his mother’s brain tumour, diagnosed about a year ago after a junior doctor’s MRI in an outpatient clinic, is deemed inoperable.
• He confirmed she has completed five weeks of radiotherapy for symptom relief and remains under palliative care due to the tumour’s sensitive location.
• Dr Nighat Arif recounted her son’s journey from liver cirrhosis to hepatocellular carcinoma, detailing eight operations, six chemotherapy rounds and a living-donor transplant in Leeds that has left him thriving at ten.
• The special blended professional medical insight with personal vulnerability to highlight diagnostic challenges, treatment limits and the emotional toll on caregiving families.