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I’ve had pain in my right testicle for eight years – nothing has shown up in numerous tests
DR Zoe Williams, our resident specialist and NHS GP, shares her expert advice with our readers. Here she helps a reader who has been suffering from testicle pain for eight...
Read more‘Exhausted’ student nurse, 28, died after waiting for 12 hours in A&E after weekend of long hospital shifts
A STUDENT nurse died of sepsis after being left waiting in A&E for almost 12 hours, just days after she finished a weekend of long shifts at NHS hospitals, an...
Read moreDoctors battle to remove pint-sized GLASS JAR from man’s bum as they feared it would shatter and kill him
DOCTORS battled to remove a pint-sized glass jar stuck inside a man’s bum in a tricky procedure that could have killed him if it shattered. The unnamed man from Nizhny...
Read moreMen’s brains SHRINK by 8pm everyday – before resetting overnight, scientists discover
MEN’S brain shrink rise and fall in volume as hormones ebb and flow throughout the day, a study suggests. A study that scanned a 26-year-old’s brain 40 times over 30...
Read moreI couldn’t have sex because of rare condition, now I’m having baby at 41
A WOMAN battling a rare condition that stopped her having sex is now expecting her “miracle” baby after falling pregnant naturally at 41. Saffron Mullen, 41, struggled to have intercourse...
Read moreI thought I was just getting old – then I was left almost paralysed after my neck suddenly SNAPPED due to cancer
A DAD-OF-TWO was left in agony and nearly paralysed in a health scare he mistook for old age that turned out to be cancer. Simon Cummings, 53, was rushed to...
Read moreMillions at risk of ‘silent killer’ that triggers heart attack and stroke but don’t realise – are you?
ATRIAL fibrillation is three times more common than previously thought, scientists say. Experts initially believed the condition – which causes a rapid, irregular heartbeat and can trigger heart attacks and...
Read moreI’m suffering from joint pain – could I have trigger finger? Dr Zoe answers your health questions
MORE than ten million of us suffer from joint pain, with one in six experiencing stiffness, exhaustion, aches and mobility problems. Years of wear and tear mean that joint pain often...
Read moreMy dead son’s body parts were REMOVED by docs without permission & used for research – I face burying him for third time
A HEARTBROKEN mum will be forced to bury her son for a third time after discovering his body parts were held in a top NHS hospital for nearly thirty years...
Read moreMum, 37, collapsed unconscious days after family picnic left her with ‘excruciating pain worse than childbirth’
A FAMILY picnic nearly cost a mum her life after she collapsed unconscious days after being bitten by a horsefly. Natasha Judge was enjoying a picnic with her 14-year-old son...
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