11 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
‘I used fake AI pictures to get my 13-year-old daughter Mounjaro’
Emma put her daughter on Mounjaro as a last resort to manage her weight struggles. Though unconventional, she has no regrets(Picture: Getty Images) Asking her daughter Hayley* to look away while she’s injected is the hardest part of Emma’s week. There’s always a wince of pain and sometimes tears. But Emma* isn’t giving Hayley jabs […]
11 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Women as young as 17 are being told to ‘get pregnant’ to ease chronic pain
Emma was young when her doctor told her to have a baby for pain management purposes (Picture: Getty/supplied) ‘Have you ever thought about getting pregnant?’ Emma Prach froze. She was just 17, her hair streaked with purple from experimenting at school, and unsure if she even wanted kids. But according to the doctor, having a […]
Journalist Nicholas Fearn shared his problems with a bot to see if they could help him (Picture: Supplied) It’s the early hours of the morning, and I can’t fall asleep. My mind is racing with thoughts of the darkest kind. I have battled with mental health problems for most of my life, having been diagnosed […]
Matthew came back from death after 10 minutes without a heartbeat (Picture: SWNS) ‘I dropped dead. I had no pulse, no heartbeat. Nothing.’ Matthew Allick, 42, was clinically dead for 10 minutes before he came back to life. Now, he’s sharing what it’s like to recover from dying. ‘I don’t remember anything from when I […]
After more than six years of trying, we finally found success in IVF (Picture: Dr Strat P. Koutsoumanis) ‘Never say never.’ ‘It will happen.’ ‘My friends were infertile, but as soon as they went to have IVF, she fell pregnant naturally.’ On top of the growing fear that my partner and I may never become […]
Reading Jessie J’s news brings it all flooding back (Picture: Mauricio Santana/Getty Images) It is almost five years to the day since I heard those utterly unforgettable words on April 16, 2020: You have breast cancer. Sadly, I am far from alone. This morning, 37-year-old singer-songwriter and mother-of-one, Jessie J, revealed her own breast cancer […]
4 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
‘Top tier’ sleep hack calms your nervous system in seconds — and you might already do it
One TikTok sleep hack is helping countless people to doze off (Picture: Getty Images) Sleep can sometimes be a complicated beast, as according to the NHS, around one in every three Brits struggles with insomnia. But there is one unique trick doing the rounds on TikTok that’s allegedly helping countless people doze off– and it’s […]
2 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
‘After nearly dying, I reversed my biological age by over 30 years’
After being seriously ill, Dr Alka Patel decided to overhaul her life (Picture: Hax) Dr. Alka Patel is 53 – but going on 23. It may sound nonsensical but it really isn’t, she insists. A Longevity and Lifestyle Medicine Doctor based in London, Alka tells Metro that despite being in her fifties, 23 is her […]
1 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I have a rare disorder that makes me stink of rotting fish — it’s ruined my life
Carmen barely leaves the house because of the condition (Picture: William Lailey/SWNS) No matter how many times Carmen Davies showers, sprays perfume or brushes her teeth, she can’t mask the odour coming from her body. In 2023, the 29-year-old, was diagnosed with trimethylaminuria (TMAU), a rare condition believed to affect around 100 people in the […]
I immediately burst into tears (Picture: Charlotte Greaves) I was alone and lying in a hospital bed when a consultant came into the room. It was 2010 and I was 19. I had been experiencing bloody diarrhoea for three months. That’s when I was told something I’ll never forget: ‘Prepare for the worst because your […]