A year ago, I started working out with a personal trainer (Picture: Ann Girling) Standing in front of the full length mirror at the gym, I flexed a bicep to admire my muscle definition, then snapped a photo on my phone. ‘Looking good!’ I said to myself. A year ago, I started working out with […]
15 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I lost half my weight on Ozempic — this is what happened to my body when I stopped
Ashley O’Driscoll admits she didn’t think Ozempic would work for her (Picture supplied/Barry Cronin) The first thing Ashley O’Driscoll does when she gets out of bed in the morning is head to the bathroom, stand on the scales and make a careful note of her weight in her phone. Throughout her day, the mum-of-one writes […]
15 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
This is how many times you should pee in a day, according to your age
Some people can easily go hours without a trip to the loo (Picture: Getty Images) Relieving yourself, taking a leak, spending a penny. Whatever you call it, urination is a near-universal experience, although the frequency of doing so can be far more individual. Some people wake up bursting multiple times a night, while others can […]
14 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Plastic surgeons share the common cosmetic procedure they’d never get
It’s the eighth most popular cosmetic surgery in the world (Picture: Getty Images) From labiaplasty and labia puffing, to pubic hair transplants, penile implants, and monsplasty, it seems there’s nothing we won’t do to our nether regions. But there’s one procedure that many plastic surgeons would never get done themselves: a BBL. In a recent […]
13 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The one phrase that will make your doctor realise there’s something seriously wrong
Unfortunately this mainly applies to just men (Picture: Getty Images/Maskot) ‘I feel fine but my wife made me come in.’ Those 10 little words are apparently a red flag for doctors, often indicating something may be seriously wrong with a patient’s health. Dr Sam Ghali shared on X: ‘I don’t care what anyone says, [this […]
13 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Coming seventh in a triathlon taught me more than becoming European champion
The commitment needed to be a professional athlete is above and beyond that of many jobs (Picture: Stephen Cox Photo/British Triathlon) Arms, legs and adrenaline pumping, I kept my eyes focussed on the finish line that was now within my grasp. It was a hot and windy day but the conditions had done little to […]
12 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
A friend asked a question about disability that stopped me in my tracks
Disability advocate Samantha Renke is a judge at the Scope Awards 2025 that are taking place this week ‘Things are getting better right? I mean for people like you?’ ‘By people like me,’ I reply. ‘Do you mean Disabled people?’ This is a conversation I feel like I, a physically Disabled woman, am constantly having […]
Amelia Wrighton was 19 when her mum died (Picture: Supplied) There were two phrases that Amelia Wrighton found unhelpful after her mum died by suicide. ‘Time is a great healer’ and ‘At least she’s not in pain any more…’ Both sentiments she could do without hearing. Then there were the insensitive, thoughtless comments, Amelia, 32, […]
11 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
My son didn’t respond to texts – I knew something terrible had happened
I was excited at the thought of seeing him (Picture: Sophie Pierce) The sun was out and the hedgerows were full of primroses as I drove to see my son, Felix, at university in March 2017. I was excited at the thought of seeing him. His teenage years had been fairly difficult: he’d developed epilepsy […]
10 May, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
We ran an ultramarathon together – but within months my friend was dead
I knew that my friend Simon (left) was in hospital with his family in Hong Kong (Picture: Jack Wyse) I was running with my friend Polly, dressed as a pair of boobs in aid of CoppaFeel – to raise awareness of the risks of undetected cancer in young people. We weren’t necessarily fundraising for anyone we knew, we had […]