Around one in 100 of us live with epilepsy (Picture: Sean Gladwell/Moment/Getty) Emma Evens was just a child when she had her first seizure, but the 32-year-old admits it took her decades to come to terms with having a condition that few people truly understood. Not only did she have to get used to never […]
Thomas loved animals so we visited a different place each weekend (Picture: Louise Pearce) I was watching TV to relax, having cleaned the entire house from top to bottom, when my phone rang. It had just passed midnight on the first day of February half term in 2024. Hours earlier, I had come home from […]
We kissed on the train and within the hour, we were in his bed (Picture: Getty) When I discovered that Ollie* from work was interested in me, I couldn’t believe my luck. I had always thought he was out of my league – he was privately educated, athletic with a talent for ‘posh boy’ sports, […]
22 Mar, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
What is melanoma and how to spot skin cancer as Katherine Ryan reveals diagnosis
Katherine Ryan recently revealed her own skin cancer diagnosis. (Picture: Eamonn McCormack/WireImage) Comedian Katherine Ryan recently revealed a new skin cancer diagnosis after returning to the doctors for a second opinion on a mole she felt ‘uneasy’ about. Speaking on her podcast, Telling Everybody Everything, the comedian warned melanoma was ‘a deadly form of skin […]
21 Mar, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
TikTok’s latest toxic filter has been banned — but what caused people to use it?
TikTok may have banned the ‘chubby filter,’ but we’ve only scratched the surface of the problem (Picture: Getty Images) Filters have come a long way from the days when puppy dog ears trended—and that’s not always a good thing. Enter the ‘chubby filter,’ a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that thousands of TikTokers recently used […]
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A mole on my 24-year-old’s leg started bleeding – it was deadly melanoma
Marie (left) with daughter Natalie (right) (Picture: Marie Devereux) I’ll never forget the day my life changed forever. The day I lost my daughter. It was November 11, 2022. I was with Natalie, by her bedside in hospital, when she passed away from melanoma. She was only 28. My heart was, and still is, broken. […]
It seems it’s not just women who get cramps (Picture: Metro) We’ve heard of death grip syndrome and buried penises, but there’s a new phenomenon we need to add to our roster: sperm cramps. That’s right gents, it seems women aren’t the only ones who suffer with some cramps in their intimate area – although […]
20 Mar, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Fat bodies are deserving of love, not being mocked on Tiktok trends
It’s clear that many TikTok users view being in a bigger body as some kind of punchline (Picture: Derek Bremner) I opened TikTok this week and was in absolute shock. I’m used to seeing different trends going viral, but all I saw as I scrolled was video after video of users applying a ‘chubby filter’ […]
One of my life’s goals is to fight for people with epilepsy to be accepted (Picture: Hayley Allen) I didn’t really have any friends throughout school. Having epilepsy meant people were scared of me. They treated me like I was a ticking time bomb and at any moment, I could go off. The bullying was […]
Clare’s dad was diagnosed with epilepsy before she was born (Picture: Clare O’Reilly) ‘STOP. Don’t.’ I was five years old, and my mum Irene’s voice stopped me in my tracks. What was I doing that was so filled with jeopardy? Running towards my dad, desperate to help him. My dad, Mick, was having a tonic […]