Laura believes she has months left, rather than years (Picture: Laura Nixon / SWNS) When Laura Nixon went to an out of hours doctor in Janurary with a painful stomach the doctor told her she likely had a UTI. The 59-year-old was given antibiotics to treat her suspected urinary tract infection, and was then sent […]
I’ve battled with my weight and health due to multiple orthopaedic surgeries (Picture: Stephanie Ward) I was despondent when I read the news last month that the price of the weight loss drug, Mounjaro, could be increased by as much as 170%. Explaining the decision behind the hike, Eli Lilly – the company behind the […]
The mind-altering drug could be a ‘turning point’ in mental health treatment, a paper author said (Picture: Getty Images) A dose of LSD – that psychedelic drug hippie grandmothers took in the 60s – could help ease anxiety, a new study has found. LSD, also called acid, is a hallucinatory drug that makes us feel euphoric, […]
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Doctors recommend ‘two TikToks per toilet trip’ rule to reduce piles risk
It might be time to find a different pastime (Picture: Getty Images) If you often find yourself scrolling through your phone while sat on the loo, you may want to reconsider your choice of bathroom entertainment. A new study has revealed that those who take their phone to the toilet are 46% more likely to […]
Have you ever wondered what you see when you die? (Picture: Getty Images) Death happens to us all, so it’s only natural to want to know what you experience the moment your heart stops beating. Will you see a bright light or dead loved ones? Will you be confronted with everything you wish you’d done […]
31 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I had a very public mental breakdown – my friend’s persistence saved me
After the mania came the madness (Picture: Cal Speet) When the medical team collected me from my mother’s house in January 2015, I was wearing my dead grandfather’s tasselled cowboy jacket with my bare torso exposed, a shoelace as a headband, and there was a smear of crimson blood across my forehead. The blood was fake. The out-of-hours […]
She was three hours away at university in Manchester, I felt powerless to help her (Picture: Kate Spiers) ‘I feel like I’m dying.’ That’s the message I woke up to from my daughter, Sophia, one Wednesday morning in March 2023. Normally I would have put such a text down to ‘teenage dramatics’, but on this […]
29 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The summer I turned skinny – what happens now Mounjaro season is over?
Weight-loss injections have become a defining trend of Summer 2025(Picture: Getty Images) Back in spring, social media was flooded with ‘What I Eat On Ozempic’ vlogs and hacks to combat Mounjaro-induced nausea. By peak holiday season, feeds were filled with advice on getting pens through customs and how to bend the drug’s no-alcohol rule for […]
28 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Black market Mounjaro is on the rise ahead of 170% price hike — here’s how to spot fakes
An estimated 500,000 Brits pay for private Mounjaro prescriptions (Picture: Getty Images) Earlier this month, Mounjaro manufacturer Eli Lilly announced that private UK prescriptions of the weight loss drug would be increasing in price by 170%. As of September 1, a month’s supply of the highest dose of the weight loss drug will jump from […]
28 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
One symptom revealed the tumour that had been growing in my brain for 15 years
A flight home took a turn for Nicole (Picture: The Brain Tumour Charity/Nicole) When Nicole Cutler was flying from California to Massachusetts in May 2021, she felt her ears pop. But what followed wasn’t that relief that frequent fliers will be familiar with. Instead, it was silence — she’d suddenly lost her hearing. ‘When my […]