22 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Baby, 1, has deadly health issue so rare it doesn’t even have a name
Jack Thomas lives with an ultra-rare condition that has no name or no cure (Picture: Jam Press) A mother says that her baby has a health condition so rare that it doesn’t even have a name. Amanda Thomas, 35, from Glamorgan in Wales, is the mother to one-year-old Jack, who lives with a condition that […]
A dentist has explained why we wake up with weird tastes in our mouths (Picture: Getty Images) For many of us, the moment we first wake up in the morning isn’t pretty -from messy bed head to drool on our chin and a gross taste in our mouth. But why is it that we get […]
Five years on from his initial Covid diagnosis, Alex’s life is still severely impacted by the illness (Picture: Alex Sprackland) When Alex Sprackland caught Covid-19 in March 2020, he thought he’d be back to normal in no time. Yet, five years on, the 34-year-old still grapples with the severe, life-limiting effects of the infection. ‘I […]
Georgie Swallow was 26 when she was diagnosed with cancer (Picture: Caters) For around a year, my skin was so itchy I would scratch it until I bled – even then, I never managed to satisfy the feeling, and it would often keep me awake at night. It never crossed my mind that it could be […]
18 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
How long you should be able to stand on one leg, according to your age
It can be an indicator of how well you’re ageing (Picture: Getty Images) Unless you’re a budding yogi, it’s not often that you stand on one leg. After all, you’re not a flamingo. But this quick minute(ish) activity can actually reveal a lot about your physical health. It’s no secret that our bodies change as […]
16 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Champion athlete Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill on how a solid plan is ‘essential’ to surviving back-to-school chaos
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill has teamed up with Weetabix to help you get the most out of every day (Picture: Peter Powell for Weetabix) Autumn – it’s a busy time. The kids are going back to school and need new kits, and things are busier than ever at work. But with the summer holidays gone, and […]
Is it possible to come back to life? (Picture: Getty Images) Ray Catania was 20 when he died in a gas leak that filled his room and set fire to his parents’ home as he slept. ‘All night long, the gas was rising into my bedroom, and I was breathing it in,’ Ray, now 57, […]
14 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
‘Toe touchers’ are plaguing UK swimming pools — but some say it’s ‘standard’
If you don’t like your feet being touched, you might want to avoid certain serious swimmers (Picture: Getty Images) Relaxing into a breaststroke in the slow lane at my local pool, I noticed the swimmer behind me was getting impatient. For a minute, I thought I’d mistakenly plonked myself in a faster lane by accident, […]
I found out I had a 6cm tumour on my right kidney (Picture: Umesh Patel) The urologist looked me in the eye and uttered: ‘We’ve found something on your kidney that’s going to need treatment.’ My brain scrambled. ‘Is it cancer?’ I asked, already breaking down. I needed my wife, Ellen because I knew I couldn’t handle […]
I was left fighting for my life (Picture: Neave Glennon) I woke up to a bone-deep, unnatural ache pulling through my body. Sweat clung to me, yet I was shivering uncontrollably. This didn’t feel like the rhythmic ache of contractions. My body was failing me as I lay on my hospital bed, frozen, silently begging […]