Sheeraz Henderson had just arrived in France on holiday when she noticed her foot was swollen. She’d travelled on the Eurostar, ‘so I wondered if it was from not moving around enough’, she says. But the foot swelling didn’t go […]
So much attention is focused on weight gain and obesity as a driver of ill health. But unexplained weight loss – or an inability to get up to a healthy weight – can also be a symptom of various conditions.
A lingering cough can strike for all sorts of reasons, from a run-of-the-mill virus to something more serious – even your age and sex can play a part. A chronic cough is ‘defined as a cough that lasts more than
Ask Sam King if taking Ozempic was worth it in her quest to lose weight and she’ll smile. Sam, who started to gain weight in her 20s, at her heaviest, three years ago, weighed 19 stone, or 121kg. ‘I tried
The question is one that’s puzzling many of the world’s leading medical experts: just why are so many young people falling victim to bowel cancer? Long considered primarily a disease of older age, bowel cancer is now being diagnosed in
Val Smith was on a river cruise in France when she woke in the early hours feeling incredible itchiness on her arms, torso and legs. ‘I was in agony,’ recalls the former family support worker who lives in Holbury, Hampshire.
Should you strip leftover turkey from the carcass or store it as it is? Is it better to put left-overs in the fridge immediately, or wait until they are stone cold? It’s knowing the answers to such questions, say experts,
Catrina Slavin was driving to work earlier this year when out of the blue she was struck by what she feared was a heart attack. ‘I was sweating, my heart was pounding – then it seemed to slow, then start again,’
To see him now, you’d be hard pressed to imagine what Harvey Deaton has been through. He’s fit and healthy and enjoys spending his time between the UK and his holiday home in Spain. He’s lucky to be doing any
Do you struggle to get out of bed without an alarm clock, then feel tired all day? You might assume this familiar-sounding scenario is caused by poor sleep, yet for some people it can be a sign of idiopathic hypersomnia
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