3 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I thought my bronzed skin was because of fake tan — the reality was far more sinister
Debra was in for a nasty shock (Picture: Kennedy News and Pictures) When mum-of-two Debra MacCuaig noticed her skin was itching, she didn’t think much of it. Then, when she developed a bronzed complexion, she put it down to herfake tan habit. Doctors diagnosed the 38-year-old with pancreatic cancer — the same disease which Debra’s […]
For more than a decade, I never used the word ‘disabled’ about myself (Picture: Hannah Shewan Stevens) ‘Why are you using that?’ A stranger said, pointing to my cane. ‘I’m disabled and sometimes need mobility support,’ I replied. That should have been the end of the conversation, instead, they scoffed, gave me a disgusted look […]
3 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Hour by hour, here’s what happens to your body the day after a terrible night’s sleep
Quality sleep is vital for health (Picture: Getty Images) After a sleepless night, you’ll feel slow, sluggish, and wish you were back in bed – but until you finally get there, your body is working overtime to keep you going. The impact of a single night without shut-eye pale in comparison to chronic insomnia, which […]
1 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Shocking photo shows teen’s blackened and shrivelled lung after vaping for three years
LeeRay was horrified by what doctors found (Picture: Kennedy News and Media) LeeRay King was just 14 when he first picked up a vape. The teenager quickly became addicted, going through ‘four disposables in a week’. He confesses to vaping ‘all day, every day.’ One night, LeeRay woke in agony and was rushed to hospital, […]
1 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Everything that happens to your body if you’re constantly waking up in the dark
The dark can disrupt a lot of our bodily functions (Picture: Getty Images) There’s no challenge quite as insurmountable as dragging yourself out of your warm bed in the pitch black to squish onto a train and head to work. Your body feels like it’s yet to wake up, and you can only hope you […]
It took over a year of seeking help to get a diagnosis (Picture: Liv Williamson) As the IV was fitted, I saw the agony leave my husband Nigel’s face for the first time. Finally, after a year of seeking medical help, I thought maybe we were getting somewhere. But the next day, we were told […]
30 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Therapists are begging you not to say these 4 phrases to your toxic parents
Therapy speak can do more harm than good at home (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Alright, show of hands – who here is in therapy because of their parents? If you didn’t raise your hand and haven’t ever thought of your parents’ behaviour as toxic, then congrats. But if you’re waving your arm in the air wildly […]
That moment, battered by the elements and yet more alive than ever, captured everything The Mothership was about (Picture: Felicity Ashely) The sky was a deep, angry grey as rain hammered down. We were somewhere mid-Atlantic, thousands of miles from land. My knuckles were white on the oars as I rowed, clinging to the last […]
29 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Doctors said our toddler had tonsillitis — she needed emergency brain surgery
Harper’s parents knew something was seriously wrong (Picture: Jam Press/@hope.4.harper) In July this year, two-year-old Harper Gibson’s parents noticed that the toddler was a little more tired than usual and could tell that their little girl wasn’t ‘quite herself’. ‘It was tiny things that, at first, didn’t seem like much,’ her father, George, explains. ‘We […]
Mum Destiny Smith had never imagined that a family dinner gathering at Thanksgiving would mark the moment her two year-old daughter would begin a frightening journey that would leave doctors unsure whether she would survive. Friends and relatives had been happily hugging and kissing the toddler in the days beforehand, a habit Destiny had always […]