Category Archive : Health

Victoria was in so much pain, she thought something was seriously wrong (Picture: Kennedy News and Media) If you saw her in the street, you’d think Victoria Abotorabi was just a hard-working, happy mum. A successful recruitment consultant from Leeds — you’d never be able to tell that Victoria was in so much pain she […]

It’s officially winter uglies season (Picture: Getty Images) It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but apparently my face didn’t get the memo. That arctic chill in the air is wreaking havoc on my skin, leaving me looking paler than ever (impressive as I was already giving Casper a run for […]

Jane never thought she’d lose all four of her limbs (Picture: Kennedy News) When Jane Haley took a course of antibiotics for her strep throat in June, she quickly started feeling back to her normal self. The 41-year-old had no idea that, just two months later on August 24, she would be rushed to hospital […]

Four-year-old Raffi displayed a strange symptom at nursery (Picture: SWNS) Raffi Starkowitz’s parents describe their little be as ‘cheeky, funny, and kind.’ Like lots of four-year-olds, he loves playing with his trains and cars, and kicking balls around. But in March 2025, Raffi began walking differently. ‘We thought his walking unsteadily was strange, but nothing […]

The AI sanitary pad is here (Picture: Metro/Getty) While early forms of period products involved things like homemade cloths, today there’s an array of fixes that cavewomen and Victorian ladies would’ve marvelled at, from period pants to moon cups. Now, though, women have been offered a new solution: the AI sanitary pad. Joii is the […]

Summer Robert has natural O-cup boobs (Picture: Supplied/Metro) When Summer Robert was seven, she had to borrow a b-cup bra from her friend’s mum because she was bursting out of her school polo shirt. ‘I was so small, I was just a walking boob throughout the whole of school,’ she tells Metro. ‘I definitely looked […]

I didn’t like who I was becoming, but I was too deep in to walk away, says Matt (Picture: Matt Hall) Sitting alone in a cold, grey gym changing room, I stared at myself in the mirror. My face was gaunt, lips cracked, and I was starving and exhausted. Worst of all, it was my […]

I googled my symptoms and the first thing that came up was Stephen Hawking – that was when the dread truly settled in (Picture: Debbie Whitehouse) I looked down at the whirring hair dryer in my hand, perplexed.  I was a hairdresser – I spent my days styling and cutting hair, but suddenly my right […]

Two separate studies saw significant benefits to ejaculating multiple times (Picture: Getty) If you’re deep in the midst of No-Nut November, you may want to reconsider – if not for your sanity, but to reduce your risk of prostate cancer. Research actually shows that ejaculating as much as once every day can really limit the […]

Staci was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers in October 2024 (Picture: Staci Marklin / SWNS) After 47-year-old Staci Marklin gave birth in 2022, she started to experience memory loss. Initially, she put this down to her pregnancy and post-partum ‘mum brain,’ but when she started to struggle with her speech and mix up words, she […]