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How itching ‘down there’ could be a sign of rare cancer – and other signs to watch for
IN Menopause Awareness Month, it’s great to see more celebrities talk about their experiences. It reminds women they are not alone if, and when, symptoms occur. Olivia WestSun columnist Dr...
Read moreDetailsCan’t resist potatoes, pasta or bread? Scientists finally discover why we love carbs so much
OUR love of chips, bread and cakes holds millions of us back from a slim waist and perfect health – and it dates back thousands of years, according to a...
Read moreDetailsMy beautiful babies were BOTH diagnosed with cancer after I spotted bloated tummy… I was told to have ‘one last cuddle’
HAVING one child with cancer would devastate the lives of any family but mum Claire Bicknell faces the horror of two diagnoses. Her daughters Kaiah, five, and two-year-old Maggie Mae...
Read moreDetailsBrain-swelling ‘sloth’ fever could be caught via SEX as cases detected in Europe for first time
DEBILITATING ‘sloth’ fever could be passed on via sex, experts fear, after the virus was detected in sperm. The little-known disease, officially called Oropouche virus, was found in Europe this...
Read moreDetailsI’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 moreDetails‘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 moreDetailsDoctors 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 moreDetailsMen’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 moreDetailsI 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 moreDetailsI 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...
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