Category Archive : Health

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 […]

Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71 (Picture: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) Following the announcement that Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71, the world is reeling from her loss. Her Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek collaborators Macaulay Culkin and Eugene and Dan Levy have so far led tributes, describing […]

Try this workout at home, the gym, or even in your local park (Credits: Getty Images) Steve Chaney, 37, from Frodsham, always struggled with his weight. Growing up in the 90s and 00s, before Jamie Oliver changed school dinners forever, he says there ‘wasn’t as much awareness or education about healthy eating’, and that school […]

The Moments That Count campaign highlights challenges facing advanced breast cancer patients, including support, awareness and treatment gaps (Picture: Kristina Varaksina) Moments That Count is a disease awareness campaign initiated, created, developed and fully funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd. This article was created and funded by Novartis. Patients living with incurable advanced breast cancer are the focus of a […]

TikTok creator Ashley Stratton got her first tattoos at 18. Now 24, she says she is on a self-love journey, blacking out the early tattoos she’s ‘outgrown’ to ‘reclaim autonomy and create a sense of closure.’ Metro spoke with Ashley about tattoo regret, which is currently a huge trending topic on social media. From why […]

When was your last check-up? (Picture: Getty Images) At-home tests like holding a plank and standing on one leg are a good way to get an idea of fitness levels compared to the rest of the population. In terms of overall health though, there are five things everybody needs to know about themselves. According to […]

The recent boom in weight loss jabs has been near-impossible for most people to miss. From celebrity endorsements to long NHS waiting lists for them, GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have totally reshaped treatments. But what happens when people stop taking them is a question many only confront after the weight has already […]

Age shouldn’t define your potential (Picture: Getty Images) Running is a popular way for people at any stage of life to stay fit. In fact, Fauja Singh was 100 years old when he became the oldest person to ever run a marathon, having only picked up the sport at the age of 89. That said, […]

Doctors have warned against ‘period scooping’ (Picture: Getty) Are you a scooper? This is the question being posed to women on TikTok right now, after the topic of ‘period scooping’ went viral. It all started when a woman from the US claimed her gynaecologist had offered to ‘scoop out’ her period, so she wouldn’t have […]

Jess and her nan have used TikTok to help nearly 2million people understand dementia (Picture: Little Jess & Nan) Dorothy Jean was in her care home, lying on her bed surrounded by cushions and blankets, when she asked her granddaughter Jessica Anne an earth-shattering question: ‘Are you here to clean my room?’ The 28-year-old’s heart […]