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Preeclampsia is a particularly dreaded pregnancy complication that threatens the lives of mother and child. A correct diagnosis, however, is currently time-consuming and, in many cases, inaccurate. The Empa spin-off “MOMM Diagnostics” is developing a fast and precise test that provides diagnostic certainty and at the same time saves healthcare costs. Nausea, swollen hands or

Mother, 35, risks her life to save her baby by undergoing dangerous transplant surgery to donate a piece of her liver Firefighter Jonathan Roscoe is used to saving lives, but it’s his wife, Danielle, who has saved the life of their son Otis by donating part of her liver, after doctors warned he would die

Mother, 49, says she owes her life to her fake breasts ‘after her F-cup implants pushed a cancerous lump to the surface’ Litha Georgiades felt something in her left breast while showering in 2011 She received a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2012 and is still battling it today She is thankful she found the

Mother, 52, tells of her ‘years of hell’ after having a controversial vaginal mesh implant fitted inside her as she seeks surgery in the US to rid her of her ‘soul-destroying’ agony Ruth Burnham had the device fitted 13 years ago to treat a vaginal prolapse Nine years later, she developed agonising discomfort in her

Mother, 47, claims wearing hair bobbles on her wrist for 30 years has given her carpal tunnel syndrome Lisa McLennan, from British Columbia, has developed carpal tunnel syndrome A friend told her she had been warned to stop wearing elastic on her wrist The common nerve condition causes pain and numbness in the hands and

Pregnant mother’s heartbreak as she has to carry both of her twins to full-term – even though one died in the womb at 17 weeks Becki and Cees Van der Land were told one twin’s heart had stopped at 17 weeks The little girl had a genetic condition which stunted her growth The remaining twin, a

Each May, the United States celebrates Mother’s Day, and for good reason. According to surveys I’ve conducted, over 25% of Americans cite their mother as their number one hero. Fathers come in a distant second at 16%. Moms are indeed the mother of all heroes. More than 60 years ago, psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed his

Despite a change in the law last year, access to medical cannabis in the UK has been much slower than patients and parents had hoped, warns an expert in The BMJ today. David Nutt, professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, argues that still only a tiny number of children with severe juvenile epilepsy are

Toddler with rare chromosome condition proves doctors wrong as his mother reveals he can crawl – despite being told he would never be able to Ethan Bothe, one years old, has distal chromosome 18q deletion syndrome Parents Jennifer and Kyle Bothe were told their son would never be independent He has weak muscles, stunted growth,

Twins conceived at the same time as their sister are born FIVE YEARS later as couple who battled infertility finally get their miracle family Rachel Hinsbey conceived her five-year-old at the same time as her baby twins She became pregnant twice via IVF using the same batch of sperm and eggs Embryos from the first batch

Susan Lucci Opens a New Window. continues to thrive after having emergency heart surgery Opens a New Window. last fall to fix two blocked arteries and counts on all her loved ones for support — except for her mother. “You know, the truth is I didn’t tell her,” the 72-year-old soap opera legend told Us

Why is a German clinic using a dead British mother as a SUCCESS story? Woman who died of cancer and sparked fundraising campaign by Kate Winslet is listed as a testimonial by private doctors ‘who charge thousands of pounds for unproven treatment’ Gemma Nuttall, who died in October aged 29, is listed in the testimonials 

Grieving mother whose two-year-old daughter died of a rare lung cancer claims she was ‘fobbed off’ by SIX doctors who dismissed her daughter’s cough as asthma Megan Clarkson became unable to keep food down in November 2016 No doctors recommended she have an X-ray despite her fast breathing rate Scan finally revealed she had the cancer

Mother with HIV whose boyfriend ‘risked his life’ to start a family with her reveals he and their child are free of the infection Sasha Goodman, 30, contracted HIV from her mother and was diagnosed at five She was bullied throughout her school years and her mother died from AIDS Ms Goodman didn’t take her

Mother-of-two, 39, reveals she suffered a STROKE ‘after pushing so hard during childbirth she tore an ARTERY in her neck’ Angharad Pulford never once thought her headaches were a sign of a stroke Just weeks after giving birth, she collapsed at home and was taken to hospital  Doctors found she had had a stroke –

Mother, 34, who was left ‘slowly dying’ by her ‘toxic’ C-cup breast implants has them removed after four years of agony Andrea King, of Chicago, had two breast enlargements to boost her confidence   She became severely ill and doctors even wondered if she had HIV, she claims  After deciding her implants were making her ill,

Mother, 32, escapes death after she caught a potentially killer bug Mother, 32, narrowly escapes death after doctors TWICE failed to spot she had caught a dangerous stomach bug which had triggered the silent killer sepsis Rosie Summers unknowingly caught Clostridium difficile while in hospital The bug led to sepsis – a violent and deadly

An American photographer has taken an amazing series of images of her friend, a mother who is suffering from Post-Natal Depression. Danielle Fantis took the photos of mother-of-two Kathy DiVincenzo, who then shared just two to her Facebook to prove a point. In one image, DiVincenzo is in her daughter’s room, with her daughter sitting

Mother gives birth to conjoined twins who share a heart and liver – but doctors say they won’t separate the girls because one would die Jennifer Pamela Martinez, 27, had not heard of the condition before it happened Her babies, Maria Jose and Maria Fernandez, are being kept alive in hospital Ms Martinez, from Honduras,

‘Death would have been kinder’: Daughters’ fury over how their mother, 91, was ‘ill-treated’ at Bupa home The family of Sarah Ann Matthews, 91 said she received ‘dreadful’ treatment They claim she sustained burns and blisters at the home in Toxteth, Liverpool Ms Matthews died at the home in 2010 having suffered from Alzheimer’s disease