15 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I experienced dementia for three minutes – I’ve never been more scared
Sian was left with a whole new understanding of how dementia can make you feel (Picture: @kelliannephotographer) Fumbling with the buttons on my shirt, then with a pen as I attempted to write a simple shopping list, I felt useless and frightened. At the same time, there was a painful prickling sensation in my feet […]
14 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Hitler had a micropenis? I know the truth of living with Kallmann Syndrome
Neil knew something was wrong for years before he got a diagnosis (Picture: Neil Smith) When Neil Smith was in the boys showers at school, he knew he was different. While other classmates were clearly going through puberty, filling out and growing hair in their nether regions, he wasn’t. ‘I didn’t get the muscle or […]
11 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I woke up after my wedding and couldn’t see — I’m only 28 but I feel 90
Chelsea Shields and her husband Connor at their wedding (Picture: Chelsea Shields/SWNS) It was just five days after Chelsea Shields had the wedding of her dreams that things went wrong. ‘I woke up unable to see out of my right eye — it was complete darkness’ says the 28-year-old from Doncaster. ‘I was panicking. I […]
11 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Public toilet injectables, botulism, and necrosis — the ‘wild west’ of the ‘Botox boom’
The NHS is paying the price of botched Botox (Picture: Getty) When 36-year-old mum-of-three Kaylie Bailey paid a beautician £75 to get three ‘Botox’ injections, she never thought it would stop her breathing. Within days of the anti-wrinkle treatment, which was administered in a salon, she could barely see, so headed to Sunderland Royal Hospital. […]
10 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The insidious new way people are being bullied in workplaces across UK
Insidious acts of bullying at work are leaving employees with a ‘sustained feeling of discomfort, anxiousness or dread’ (Picture: Getty Images) Reports of workplace bullying are on the rise, with UK employees seeking therapy to deal with nightmare bosses and unsustainable work culture. A survey of almost 3,000 accredited therapists, shared exclusively with Metro, found […]
4 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I’ve survived deadly sepsis six times — one symptom always raises the alarm
Amani, 37, has survived sepsis six times (Picture: Cover Media) ‘I woke up one morning with what felt like a really badly sprained back,’remembers Amani, recalling her first encounter with sepsis in 2020. ‘I thought I’d somehow pulled a muscle, but I also felt quite delirious and unusually unwell.’ The 37-year-old, from Bristol, has since […]
2 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Doctors didn’t take me seriously – until my white male partner came with me
I want to be seen, heard and treated, explains Dahaba (Picture: Dahaba Ali Hussen) ‘Well, you’re not going to bleed to death, are you?’ the doctor in A&E said to me. I was dumbfounded. Earlier that day, doubled over in unimaginable pain, I had decided to finally attend A&E. This was a really difficult decision […]
2 Nov, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I’ve known how I’m going to die for 18 years – I feel like a ticking timebomb
Sarah Power was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease in her twenties (Picture: Supplied) When she was just 23, Sarah Power sat with her mum in a hospital room, waiting to hear whether she had tested positive for a disease that would drastically cut her life expectancy. ‘It was a really harrowing moment,’ Sarah, now 41, recalls. […]
Green Chef has launched a meal kit range that focuses on female wellbeing (Picture: Green Chef) Subscription meal kits are big business at the moment, and so is the menopause, so it’s no great surprise that the two worlds would eventually collide. The latest result is a special menu range from meal delivery box service […]
31 Oct, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Big claims, high prices, no regulation: The murky world of ADHD coaching
Anyone can call themselves an ADHD coach, as it’s not a protected title (Picture: Getty Images) Within just a few minutes of scrolling through ADHD coaches on social media, I come across a number of dubious – if not outright incorrect – assertions. ‘In five days, you’ll learn everything you need to rewire your brain,’ […]