18 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
We were diagnosed with cancer on the same day — only one of us survived
‘It all happened in one day’ (Picture: Stevie Wise / Cancer Research UK) In summer 2023, Stevie Wise was given a devastating diagnosis — a suspected cyst in her breast, was actually cancer. But when she called her mum, Belinda, there was yet more shocking news. The 63-year-old had also gone to the hospital that […]
17 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
I didn’t sleep for eight days straight — this is what it did to me
Tommy Graves went eight days without sleep in 2012 (Picture: Kennedy News/@tommygsleep) A Londoner has revealed what happened when he went eight days straight without sleep, describing how he ‘left planet earth’ and ‘had no sense of what reality was’. Tommy Graves, from Bermondsey, was fundraising for a charity in 2021 when his stress spiralled […]
IVF was our only option (Picture: Jen Walpole) ‘Another embryo transfer has failed.’ Those words landed heavily between my husband and I. At the end of 2024, I found myself facing a reality I had been dreading since we began our IVF journey. I felt guilt that I might not be able to give our […]
Is dissociating the best word to use? (Credits: JDawnInk) At 6am on a Monday morning, assaulted by the big light in my bedroom and barely able to sit up, I texted my best friend: ‘I can’t face the commute, I’m literally dissociating right now.’ But was I though? The term ‘dissociating’ gets banded around a […]
16 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
Questions are being raised about how we die, and it could affect organ donation
Death may be far more drawn out than we ever thought possible (Picture: Getty Images) For most of us, we typically consider death to be the moment our heart stops beating. The end of our lives are marked by the continuous single beep of a heart monitor flatlining, or at least that’s how it works […]
16 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
I’ve lived with chronic pain for 30 years – sometimes even brushing my hair hurts too much
Gillian was just a teenager when she started to suffer with chronic pain (Picture: Supplied) Gillian Best was getting ready to head off to university when she was suddenly overwhelmed by searing, stabbing pains in her bones. It was unlike any pain she’d experienced before. Until that moment, the teenager had been looking forward to […]
15 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
‘I donated my kidney to save a stranger – I’ve had worse hangovers’
In the last 20 years around 1000 people have donated their kidneys to strangers – Jamie is one of them (Picture: Supplied) Jamie Bonning was trimming a hedge in London eight years ago when he heard a radio phone-in about the traumatic and life-threatening effects of people living on kidney dialysis. He learned that for […]
13 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
The discreet device that’s ‘saving’ relationships — and it’s not a sex toy
Staying connected is important for couples (Picture: Getty Images) ‘The most exciting innovation in couples’ connection and intimacy. Small, but oh so powerful… The moment you turn it on, you’ll feel closer than ever.’ These words are describing a sleek, discreet device, but perhaps not the one you might expect. It’s taken from a new […]
12 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
I thought I was resistant to Mounjaro — but I had a rare 12kg tumour
Becki thought she was just overeating, but that wasn’t the case at all (Picture: Becki Ward/SWNS) Becki Ward had never felt comfortable with her weight so, like 1.6 million other adults in the UK, she began taking Mounjaro in October 2024. ‘At first it was working well, and supressing my appetite, but then I realised […]
12 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
Early bowel cancer symptoms all young people should look out for, as James Van Der Beek dies aged 48
Learn these key symptoms to make sure you recognise early signs (Picture: Getty Images) Beloved actor James Van Der Beek, died this week aged 48, following a two-year battle with bowel cancer. The father-of-six was first diagnosed with the condition — also known as colorectal cancer — in the latter half of 2023, having noticed […]