Stephanie was 37 when she was told she had a brain tumour (Picture: Jam Press/Brain Tumour Research) When 37-year-old Stephanie Hillard fell pregnant with her fourth child in 2013, she had no idea that as she prepared for the arrival of her newborn, she’d get the worst news of her life. She’d begun to struggle […]
20 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
I tried Tower Pilates, the ‘tougher’ version of reformer — but there’s a catch
I tried the new ‘tower pilates’ trend that’s far tougher than reformer (Picture: Alice Giddings) I stumble nervously into the immaculate lightwood and pleather studio, hoping my Tala leggings hide the fact that I’m a complete Pilates novice. I’m not here to join the cult of Reformer, of which its social media domination ought to […]
19 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
What the colour, texture and smell of your semen reveals about your health
Semen is made up of sugars, proteins, and even some vitamins and minerals (Picture: Getty/Metro) From fingernails to faeces, our bodies have a number of ways of telling us when something might be amiss. Semen, the fluid emitted from the male reproductive tract, is among these indicators, with changes to how it looks or smells […]
19 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
I rebuilt my relationship with my dad – then he was diagnosed with dementia
Chris is pleased that he has been able to make priceless memories with his dad (Picture: Supplied) Chris Snell’s dad David used to tell his son that if he ever got dementia he would hope for a quick death, as he had seen first-hand the devastation caused by the illness. His first wife Joyce had […]
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How many cups of tea you should really drink per day, according to a doctor
How many cups of tea do you drink per day? (Picture: Getty Images) At this point, I’ve stopped keeping track of how many cups of tea I consume in a day. I don’t need to count the mugs to know it’s too many – I’m addicted to the stuff and rely on it to get […]
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We were diagnosed with cancer on the same day — only one of us survived
‘It all happened in one day’ (Picture: Stevie Wise / Cancer Research UK) In summer 2023, Stevie Wise was given a devastating diagnosis — a suspected cyst in her breast, was actually cancer. But when she called her mum, Belinda, there was yet more shocking news. The 63-year-old had also gone to the hospital that […]
17 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
I didn’t sleep for eight days straight — this is what it did to me
Tommy Graves went eight days without sleep in 2012 (Picture: Kennedy News/@tommygsleep) A Londoner has revealed what happened when he went eight days straight without sleep, describing how he ‘left planet earth’ and ‘had no sense of what reality was’. Tommy Graves, from Bermondsey, was fundraising for a charity in 2021 when his stress spiralled […]
IVF was our only option (Picture: Jen Walpole) ‘Another embryo transfer has failed.’ Those words landed heavily between my husband and I. At the end of 2024, I found myself facing a reality I had been dreading since we began our IVF journey. I felt guilt that I might not be able to give our […]
Is dissociating the best word to use? (Credits: JDawnInk) At 6am on a Monday morning, assaulted by the big light in my bedroom and barely able to sit up, I texted my best friend: ‘I can’t face the commute, I’m literally dissociating right now.’ But was I though? The term ‘dissociating’ gets banded around a […]
16 Feb, 2026 | Admin | No Comments
Questions are being raised about how we die, and it could affect organ donation
Death may be far more drawn out than we ever thought possible (Picture: Getty Images) For most of us, we typically consider death to be the moment our heart stops beating. The end of our lives are marked by the continuous single beep of a heart monitor flatlining, or at least that’s how it works […]