I think we can all agree there is a lot of uncertainty at the moment. Like many people, I watched Boris Johnson announce his action plan for getting out of lockdown last week with a puzzled look on my face. This confusion turned to frustration when the following day he shared a document, which stated
For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China’s great Lunar New Year migration broke across the nation. Some carried with them the new virus that has since claimed
NHS patients are being left to go BLIND because of year-long delays in getting appointments for glaucoma and other vision-robbing conditions, damning report warns Probe finds lengthy delays at NHS eye services caused by severe lack of staff Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch predicts 22 people a month go blind Investigation launched after mother-of-three went blind
A woman from Tennessee says a simple pedicure left her with a nasty bacterial infection in her left foot – and expensive medical bills to clear it up. Chelsea Lloyd, from Murfreesboro, says that just four hours after getting the gels on her toenails, a rash broke out on her foot. Two days later the
When my 41-year-old husband died of lymphoma, I was left a 36-year-old widowed mother of four: a 3-year-old son and 17-year-old triplets, my stepchildren. (We had full custody of one and partial custody of of the other two). After my husband’s death, my life was in shambles — financially and emotionally. To make matters worse,
She joined a gym and began to work out five days a week, and swapped her unhealthy food habits for home-made meals. Tiffany shrunk down to a healthy 9st 11lb, but her weight loss left her with excess skin. In February 2019 she decided to get the sagging skin removed through a tummy tuck. Unfortunately
Thousands of facial palsy patients are being left disfigured for life because doctors failed to spot it in time Bell’s palsy strikes around 25,000 people a year in the UK, nearly 70 every day Marcus Horton who served as an Army marksman in Wales, got condition in 2017 Sufferers must be treated with tablets within 72
Hope for children left paralysed by mysterious condition which prompted a Government investigation as pioneering surgery is proven to restore muscle function Nerve grafts could be used to bring children’s paralysed muscles back to life It is being tried in patients with acute flaccid myelitis/paralysis, which is rising At least 28 Britons and 168 Americans
ME & MY OPERATION: Surgery for arthritis has left me the strongest I’ve been in my life Nick Weston, 45, a project manager from Manchester, recently broke his wrist The doctor put it in a brace and said it would heal in circa six weeks, which it did However, it then broke again and caused
Toddler battling a rare brain condition is left with ‘devil horns’ after an operation to drain fluid from his head caused his skull to CAVE IN Clyne Solano, 22 months old, was born with the rare condition hydranencephaly It means his brain is underdeveloped and his enlarged skull is filled with fluid Surgeons operated to
Maria Natale, 52, says a dermatologist told her it will take up to a year for the second-degree burns on her stomach and back to heal — and she will be left with permanent scarring. (iStock) A Long Island mom went for a routine laser treatment to remove sunspots — and ended up with dozens
Man has his arm amputated after sushi dish leads to flesh-rotting ulcers A 71-year-old South Korean man developed large blisters and a fever as a result of a bacterial infection caught from eating raw seafood in a sushi dish. 25 days after eating the meal, the man had to have his left hand and forearm
Woman, 29, has dangling, overgrown lumps of scar tissue sliced off her ears by Dr Pimple Popper after piercings left her disfigured Amber, from Los Angeles, had large keloid scars on both of her earlobes She had to wear headbands to contain the skin, which hung down from her head Dr Sandra Lee, aka Dr
Prince Charles clearly lives by The Bachelor franchise rules: no eating on camera. And he did just that on his recent MasterChef guest appearance. MasterChef and royal family fans were on the edge of their respective seats waiting with bated breath for Prince Charles’ appearance on the Australian version of the show. But when it
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications , Ali N. Zaidi and W. Aaron Kay from Columbus Ohio Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA and the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Heart Center,
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