Doctors in Australia described a man in his early 50s who showed signs of scurvy in a study published in BMJ Case Reports.
American neurologist Dr Richard Restak has advised all of us to become complete teetotallers from a specific age onwards.
A major crackdown will stop ‘rip off’ agencies charging the NHS £3billion a year for temporary workers. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ‘desperate hospitals’ have been forced to pay ‘eye-watering sums’ of up to £2,000 for a single nursing shift. He accused the firms of fuelling staff shortages by luring employees away from permanent NHS roles with the promise of more pay. They are then loaned back to the health service at inflated rates, leaving taxpayers out of pocket.
US health officials have already proposed getting rid of oral drugs containing the decongestant phenylephrine over concerns they are ‘not effective’ and a waste of Americans’ cash. If accepted, it could see popular over-the-counter tablets and pills discontinued the other side of the Atlantic. Health experts are calling for the same to happen in Britain, arguing that UK customers are being hoodwinked by the drug firms behind the ‘useless’ medicines – which include Sudafed, Lemsip and Beechams.
Caroline Mansi was on a woodland walk in springtime with her sister when she was suddenly overcome with dizziness and felt a huge rush of menstrual blood. ‘I had to lie down on the forest floor because I was so weak and faint,’ recalls Caroline, then 39, a primary school assistant headmistress in Enfield. It was ten minutes before she felt strong enough to get to her feet. They took the quickest route back to the car park, where Caroline dashed into the public loo. ‘Looking down, I was soaked in blood,’ she recalls. ‘I’d also passed an enormous clot, with a 10cm diameter, as well as my coil. I had to change all my clothes.’ Caroline went to A&E, where she had blood tests, but then went home after a long wait – frustrated after getting no answers or advice from the doctors.
A brutally frank TikTok from the UKs top social media doctor has demonstrated key differences between bleeding caused by haemorrhoids and deadly colon cancer. In the clip, NHS surgeon Dr Karan Rajan reacts to a startling video previous posted by Colon Cancer Amigo which has been viewed more than eight million times. In it, the TikTok creator, who was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer at 32, demonstrates with a red marker pen what his toilet tissue looked like after wiping when he had haemorrhoids. Also known as piles, millions are affected by these swollen blood vessels in the back passage that can bleed. While uncomfortable, they are generally considered benign.
Upmarket gym brand David Lloyd has been accused of posting ‘fake’ reviews of the clubs’ facilities online in order to cover up customers’ scathing testimonies that expose unsanitary conditions – including mice-infested changing rooms and restaurants ‘covered’ in flies. Scores of members of the fitness club, which charges up to £219 a month, have claimed that reviews describing facilities as ‘excellent’, ‘amazing’ and ‘fabulous’ are written by staff members.
Thankfully, there has been a significant shift in many doctors’ attitude towards hormone replacement therapy (HRT). It won’t come as a shock to most women reading this that, for far too many years, peri and post-menopausal women have had to fight for their right to access this medication.Finally, an increasing number of doctors are open to the idea that prescribing HRT can have real benefits for their patients – and undoubtedly for many women this has made a life-changing difference. Even though 13million women in the UK are going through the menopause , it is estimated that one in four have to visit their GP at least three times before getting appropriate treatment.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is warning ministers they face a ‘perfect storm’ of more staff leaving and fewer joining the profession, threatening patient care.
Accredited dietitian Kirby Sorenson tackles the top 10 myths about weight loss that could be holding you back, explaining why these ideas might actually be sabotaging your journey to better health.
According to Mayo Clinic experts, the number of push ups you can do is a good indicator of fitness levels. But can you achieve their recommended counts?
Researchers believe they’ve finally cracked the code on why so many young Australians are suddenly suffering heart problems.
A new analysis found that women in the eastern part of the world, such as Taiwan and India, are experiencing menopause earlier than others across the globe.
The seemingly innocuous, if uncomfortable, symptom is suffered by millions: a mouth ulcer. And when Sinead Marland noticed she had one, she thought little of it. It had stubbornly refused to disappear after three weeks – so the mother-of-two, saw her GP. It was nothing to worry about, she was told. The small, raised white lump on her tongue was irritating rather than painful. But reassured, Sinead, then 39, put it down to the stress of running around after her children. Two months later, Sinead visited her dentist for a check up. She had learnt to live with the uncomfortable ulcer but the dentist was concerned, and referred her to a specialist. A series of tests finally revealed the shocking truth: it was a mouth cancer .
Scientists have long known that those who regularly guzzle fizzy drinks, like Cola and Sprite, are more likely to suffer a host of heart and dental problems, compared to those who opt for water instead. But now an investigation has revealed the worst offenders: with some cans containing five times the amount of sugar and four times the calories than others. The unhealthiest of the bunch is Coca Cola Cherry, containing nearly three teaspoons of sugar and nearly the same calories as three chocolate chip cookies.
The first sign something was wrong came when Claire Turner, 43, tried to pass her daughter a croissant in the car. Ms Turner was sat in the front passenger seat as her husband Mark Turner, 49, drove the family during a weekend away in October last year. As she turned to pass the pastry over to 11-year-old Annabelle in the back seat, she felt a twinge in her right shoulder.
A Hampshire woman claims her teenage daughter has been left ‘scarred for life’ after spilling nail glue purchased from cut-price online store Shein on her legs. Rebecca Clarke, 47, was horrified when she heard her daughter Jasmine ‘screaming in pain’ while applying a set of fake nails. The administrator said she had purchased a set of acrylic stick-on nails and quick-drying nail glue from Shein for her 13 year-old daughter to use.
After appearing on screens to promote her new book ‘Bombshell’ yesterday, social media erupted, branding her glow-up ‘stunning’ and ‘bl***y amazing’. A common theme was a sense of disbelief that the This Morning star was, in fact, a year shy of he 50th birthday. ‘Did I just hear that right on @BritishBakeOff that @AlisonHammond is 49 – not a chance in hell, I thought she was in her late 30s, #mindblown’, one user wrote on X. ‘Can I just say, Alison, you look AMAZING,’ commented another.
There have been growing concerns about misleading statements on tirzepatide, available as Mounjaro’s, safety and risk of severe gastrointestinal injury. Now, the drug is attracting fresh attention after the death of a nurse in Scotland was today linked to the drug, recently approved on the NHS for weight loss. Susan McGowan (left), 58, from Lanarkshire, died from multiple organ failure, septic shock and pancreatitis after taking two low-dose injections of tirzepatide. Yet speaking to MailOnline, others have come forwards to share how the jab has wrecked their lives, with one patient no longer able to even consume sold foods. Meredith Hotchkiss (right), a nurse from Meridian, Idaho in the US, said she will now likely be tube fed for the rest of her life, after taking the injection for just a matter of weeks.
Speaking to MailOnline, infectious disease experts have urged health chiefs to stay ‘vigilant’ about new cases of the illness and isolate them – to prevent a large outbreak. Also known as ‘walking pneumonia ‘, the bacterial infection is currently spiking across the globe, mostly affecting children. In Japan nearly 6,000 cases have been reported so far this year – up more than 10-fold since last year. Meanwhile in the US, infections among toddlers have jumped seven-fold since March, and doubled among older children.
Remember, remember, the 5th of November. To most of us, this rhyme evokes visions of fireworks, bonfires and family fun. But it has been seared on my memory for an entirely different reason. It was on that day that I was diagnosed with a brain tumour, but the signs that something was wrong had been building over months. Left: Harry Howard in hospital. Top right: On his 18th birthday with dad John, mum Helen and brother Tom. Bottom right: Graduation day. Inset: Having fun as a seven-year-old.
Rates of the winter vomiting bug, which can also cause diarrhoea, are up almost a fifth in just a fortnight, figures show. It means cases for this time of year in England and Wales are more than double the levels seen pre-Covid. Health chiefs blamed the rise on the recent spell of cold weather and warned people not to work for at least 48 hours after symptoms end. Experts also said a variant dubbed ‘Kawasaki’, first spotted in Japan, now accounts for almost 70 per cent of all cases.
The clade 1b mutation, which experts have called ‘the most dangerous one so far’ kills one in ten of those infected and is believed to be behind a wave of miscarriages. It takes the total number of confirmed cases now in Britain to four. All are household contacts of the first case. Officials don’t yet know how the unidentified first patient became infected with the strain – though skin-to-skin contact is suspected. They had travelled back to the UK from a holiday in Africa on an overnight flight on October 21 before developing symptoms a day later. The latest patient is under specialist care at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London.
Horrific details have emerged from a London-based beauty parlour performing botched liposuction that’s said to have left several women ‘injured and disfigured’. One woman is reported to have been hospitalised after the instrument used during the procedure ‘hit’ one of her internal organs. Another former client recalled noticing ‘blood splattered up the walls’ when she visited the premises, as well as ‘swabs lying around that still had blood from the previous person’. Campaigners have warned these shocking findings expose an alarming loophole in UK law that they’ve long highlighted, which enables cowboy beauticians to perform surgery without medical qualifications.
Jeremy Clarkson shocked fans last month after revealing a heart scare left him ‘days away from death’. But new videos published on Instagram this week to promote his Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s Farm have sparked fresh concern over the 64-year-old’s health. The Grand Tour presenter, who was forced to have a stent fitted to relieve his chest pain, sported a visible beer belly. The dangers of carrying fat around the middle have long been well-evidenced and include putting you at higher risk of type 2 diabetes, liver disease and heart attacks.
A 48 year-old stonemason told he has weeks to live after developing an incurable lung disease linked to kitchen worktops is taking legal action against his former employers. Father-of-three Marek Marzec, who has lung disease silicosis, says the dust he inhaled while cutting trendy quartz kitchen worktops has left him ‘unable to breathe’ and ‘in terrible pain’. Mr Marzec, who is too ill to undergo a life-saving lung transplant, has accused the stone manufacturers where he worked for a decade of using ‘unsafe’ working conditions.
From her blue scrubs to her reassuring smile, the woman pictured in information posters in GP practices in Bradford certainly gave the impression she was a doctor. And the wording, ‘The Physician will see you now’, seemed to leave no room for doubt. But the poster was actually about physician associates. These are healthcare workers who have had just two years’ training – compared with a GP’s ten – and who are only allowed to diagnose and treat patients under supervision. Right: Emily Chesterton died weeks before her 30th birthday after a physician associate at her GP practice missed signs that she had a life-threatening blood clot.
Twenty years ago, just 16 per cent of adults in the UK had a tattoo. Today, it’s nearer 30 per cent as body art, once largely the preserve of sailors, bikers and rock stars, has become mainstream. Now everyone, from England football legend David Beckham to Princess Eugenie, has embraced inked skin. But while the vast majority of those with tattoos experience few – if any – significant side-effects, they are by no means risk-free. Well-documented adverse reactions range from photosensitivity (where tattooed skin becomes more sensitive to sunlight, causing itching, swelling and a stinging sensation) to allergic reactions.
Having not had a period for three months and after gaining a little weight around her middle, Julia Champion convinced herself that, at 53, she must be menopausal. ‘I wasn’t particularly happy about my bloated belly but decided I’d cut back on calories and do more exercise when I had time,’ says Julia, now 55, a publicist from Sydenham, South-East London. But then during a three-hour drive to Suffolk during the summer of 2022, Julia had to stop five times to go to the loo.
X-rated content creator Bonnie Blue says she goes at it for 11-hours & once bedded 158 men in two weeks. But experts say this amount of sex can leave you with serious health problems.
What’s the one simple thing that could transform your health? No, it’s not the Ozempic jab, or an obscure berry being touted as the latest ‘superfood’, or a new app for your phone.
Researchers have discovered that saying ‘I do’ appears to have a protective effect against depression, which affects around 16 per cent of adults in the UK.
Retailers will be forced to obtain a licence to sell vapes and tobacco and could face fines of up to £2,500 for breaching stricter rules.
Cases of the contagious infection dubbed a ‘potential public health threat’ have already been reported in New York. Known medically as trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII), the rare type of ringworm has previously been spotted across Southeast Asia and Europe, with doctors in France recording 13 cases nationwide in 2023 alone. But experts said the condition, which often causes painful rashes across the genitals, thighs and buttocks, was ‘very likely’ to have ‘already spread’ undetected in Britain. Lab tests to confirm cases of the ‘slow growing bug’ can take up to three weeks for results to come back, they warned.
Partial to a can of fizzy pop? The cautionary tale of 42 year-old Tom Bowey may make you think twice about your sugary drink habit. Dubbed ‘Dr Pepper Man’ by his friends, the father-of-two spent £30,000 on the drink over the last decade, guzzling nearly five litres (two and a quarter giant bottles) per day. The warehouse manager estimated that his habit set him back around £250 per month and, despite worrying about the impact on his wallet, failed to give up.
Thirty-one per cent of Year 6 pupils in Knowsley, Merseyside, are classed as obese – more than twice the levels logged in leafy areas such as Surrey and Richmond-upon-Thames. Nationally, the rate stands at over a fifth, a slight drop on last year but still higher than the figure recorded pre-pandemic. Waistlines rose among children in reception, with the proportion of youngsters deemed obese hitting one in ten. Health officials today labelled the figures ‘concerning’ and warned that the NHS ‘alone cannot solve’ Britain’s childhood obesity crisis.
Dawson’s Creek heartthrob told of his shock last night after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the age of just 47. The actor, who shares six children with his wife, Kimberly, said he has been ‘privately dealing with this diagnosis’ and thanks the support from his family. Despite the shock, the Mr Van Der Beek added that he felt there was ‘reason for optimism, and I’m feeling good.’ Young people with colorectal cancer appear to suffer slightly different symptoms than typical patients with the disease, according to a new study.
Seeing a bright light or having your life flash before your eyes have become cultural tropes to describe near-death experiences. But one US expert believes they really may be true. According to Dr Sam Parnia, an associate professor of medicine at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, patients frequently ‘start to relive every single moment of their lives’. Yet ‘what is really remarkable’ in this state, he claims, is that they relive them ‘not only from their own perspective but from the other person’s experience’ too. These phenomena, which have been recorded around the globe, are a source of fascination for medics and the public alike and are a general term for things people perceive as experiencing when clinically dead.
Stroke patients are dying or suffering life-long disabilities because people typically wait an hour and a half before dialling 999, the NHS has warned. Health bosses say tens of thousands more victims could be saved or make a fuller recovery if the public called for an ambulance at the first sign of symptoms. NHS England is today launching the first major update to its ‘Act FAST’ stroke awareness campaign since 2009. It encourages people to act immediately if anyone experiences one of the three common symptoms, including struggling to smile, struggling to raise an arm or slurring their words.
Elyse Ramsay will never forgot the moment her mother called her at midnight to deliver the awful news about her father Tim. Tim was a long-distance truck driver – or ‘truckie’ as they are known Down Under – and by all accounts a ‘typical Aussie bloke’. As her mum tried to explain what had happened, Elyse was numb with shock but the facts were clear: her dad had collapsed in the bathroom and could not be revived. ‘How could this possibly happen?’ she asked herself.
Experts say that lighting up can cause blocked arteries, which can over time trigger heart disease and strokes. But researchers in Korea have found it may take up 25 years for this risk to lower.
Videos about cheap supplements that cause fat to ‘drop off’ or lead to a ‘flat tummy in seven days’ have been viewed by millions on social media – and, predictably, celebs are in on the act.
Ginseng and zinc, may help to boost blood flow and lower the risk of developing erectile dysfunction, Bristol-based GP Dr Donald Grant says.
An Alzheimer’s treatment, lecanemab, was found to triple the risk of death within a year, compared with dementia sufferers not prescribed the drug.
For years I’ve suffered with a runny nose. It also makes my eyes water and I’m constantly coughing. I’ve been given nasal sprays but nothing works. What should I do? DR ELLIE replies…
Something strange is happening. Autism, a serious, neurodevelopmental condition, has gone from being relatively rare to being everywhere. Turn on the TV, open a newspaper or scroll social media and you’ll encounter more and more people talking about being diagnosed. What is behind this apparent epidemic? It’s baffling, because until a few years ago, I could count on one hand the number of patients I had seen in general mental health outpatient clinics with autism. Now, I see at least one a week. Many of these new patients come complaining of social awkwardness, perfectionism, obsessive traits and so on. However, having worked in learning disability services with people with profound autism, their complaints are nothing near what true autism, at least how it used to be termed, is like.
To the men reading this: do you talk about your most heartfelt concerns to your wife or girlfriend – but no one else? You might say, yes. Who else would you talk to about that personal sort of thing – not your mates in the pub, that’s for sure. And besides, aren’t wives and girlfriends renowned for having a sympathetic ear? The problem is, chaps, and I hate to be the one breaking it to you, but your significant other may feel differently about this arrangement.
Amy Carr, from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, suddenly collapsed in her bedroom after seeing a spider. But paramedics, who were called to her home, mistakenly told the former England football player the episode was triggered by her terror of seeing the eight-legged creature. It was only after the now 33-year-old blacked out again twice at the gym that she sought further medical attention. An MRI scan showed she had a golf-ball sized tumour on her brain.
Charlotte Simpson and Isabel McEgan did not know each other, but shared a love of spending time with their friends, their families and their dogs, as well as an ambition to become teachers. Sadly, however, what the teenagers also share is the shocking way they were let down by GPs who failed to spot they had the symptoms of a deadly cancer. It is a situation that is becoming all too common.
The move comes after reports of hard-up parents struggling to buy formula, with some skipping meals to afford it or watering it down, putting babies’ health at risk. All baby formula must contain the same nutritional composition by law, so cheaper options have all the nutrients babies need. Yet the markets watchdog has warned profit margins on formula milk sold in the UK were some of the highest in the food industry. Charity Sebby’s Corner, which supports struggling families in London and the South East, said it had seen a 42 per cent increase in requests for baby formula this year.
The NHS advises people to eat at least two portions of fish a week, yet a recent investigation revealed toxic metals, including mercury, could be lurking in cans of tinned tuna sold in the UK. However, it may be easier than you think to strike the balance between eating enough fish to reap the benefits and avoiding heavy metals.
Rates of the vomiting bug norovirus are up over 40 per cent in just a fortnight figures show, piling pressure on the health service before the season even gets into full swing. Covid, RSV and flu will also bite in the coming weeks, despite them currently circulating at low levels, health experts predict. Carolina Goncalves, superintendent pharmacist for Pharmica, said: ‘The risk of a “quadrupledemic” is quite real for some individuals. Concurrent outbreaks of Covid, flu, RSV and norovirus during the colder months can trigger back-to-back illness and may be exacerbated by seasonal factors, increased indoor gatherings and weak immune systems in some individuals.’
One Brit has already been sickened by a strain never seen in this country before. The mutation, dubbed clade 1b, was only caught after the unidentified patient travelled to the UK from a holiday in Africa on October 21, before developing symptoms a day later.Yesterday, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) bosses revealed they don’t know how the person caught the the strain but investigations are ‘underway’. They urged Brits not to panic and said the threat clade 1b poses to the public was ‘low’. Yet, experts told MailOnline today it was ‘inevitable’ the strain would spread through Europe and it was ‘very likely’ it had gone undetected in the UK for weeks.
Forget the curvy figure of an alluring hip-to-waist ratio, men and women alike are most fixated on a different part of the female derriere, at least one study suggests. Experts came to this conclusion after tracking the eye movements of volunteers who were flashed a series of feminine backsides from different angles. Data was then analysed to find out not only which areas of the buttocks drew the most attention, but how long people lingered on specific areas of a behind.
