Health
Nearly 9 in 10 young people would tell friends & family they are ‘fine’ even if struggling with mental health problem
New research released by the mental health anti-stigma campaign, Time to Change, reveals that when asked, nearly nine in ten (88%) 16-24-year-olds would tell friends and family they are ‘fine’, even if struggling with a mental health problem, such as depression or anxiety. When asked why, responses suggest young people doubt whether those around them really want to hear the honest answer. The top concerns were: I don’t want to burden people (59%) Just because people ask how you are, doesn’t mean...
Mum paralysed in car crash walks again thanks to Iron Man robotics
Emotional footage shows Monique Kelley, 28, taking steps using an exoskeleton as part of a clinical trial
Child Leukemia survivor set to graduate as paediatric nurse
Katy Payne, 20 wanted to give back and help the children who are suffering the same trauma she did as a child
One family’s journey to teacher their deaf daughter to speak & listen
When Susan Rosenthal and her husband James' daughter Aimee’s was diagnosed deaf the family’s journey began to teach her to speak and listen, this is their story... When our baby daughter Aimee failed her newborn hearing screening test and we thought nothing of it. It was only at the follow up appointment six weeks later when we learned that she had a bilateral moderate to severe hearing loss that we felt that our word had crumbled. Since Aimee was such a...
After cancer treatment I was told I could never walk…but look at me now!
Following his bone marrow transplant for Leukaemia Duncan suffered an infection in his spine which resulted in total paralysis from the waist down (something that is unheard of in itself) - his neurologist told him she was unsure if I would ever walk again – however through his treatment of reflexology he got his feeling back and now can walk again, this is his story... At the end of 2012 I noticed I had been getting very tired easily and had bouts of nausea...
I’m running a 1000 miles for charity
Mark Church is running 1000 miles for charity this it his story... October marks the start of my bid to run 1000 miles for charity, involving two iconic London cricket grounds: the Kia Oval and Lords. I’m doing it as a fundraiser in memory of my dad, Tony, who died last year. Dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer out of the blue. He died six months later on 21 May 2017, leaving us shocked and reeling from the sheer speed...
In 30 years demands for food on Earth will push planet to limit…because people will be too fat
By 2050 humankind will struggle to feed a population of roughly nine billion people without missing targets to curb climate change and save the rainforests, a report said.
Men seeking Ex Real Madrid & Manchester United player Ronaldo’s physique more likely to be depressed or hit the bottle
They are also at four times more risk of using illegal supplements - and anabolic steroids
Woman who lost over seven stone says smoking Cannabis helped her shed the pounds
Ayan Ikra claimed that puffing on two joints a day allowed her to reach her target weight of 11 and a half stone in just over two years