Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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Baby Anna suffers from an ultra-rare, one in 200,000 condition which makes her skin regenerate at 10 times the normal rate. As a result of the issue, Anna's skin is cracked, hard and flaky, with white diamond patterns, something that almost cost her her life. Now, Anna's mother Jennie Riley…
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Back in 1796, Edward Jenner took blister material from someone infected with cowpox, and used that material to protect someone from getting the deadly disease smallpox. Testing out his theory on several children including his own 11-month-old son (who survived), this was the first example of an arm-to-arm inoculation, and…
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When people undergo plastic surgery for cosmetic reasons, they usually have the intention of somehow "improving" their appearance. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out that way. Jennifer, a 40-year-old woman from Fort Lauderdale in Florida, recently underwent a rhinoplasty in order to change the shape of her nose. It had…
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A postman who lost both his feet just three months ago after his 'flu' turned out to be a deadly disease has opened up about his horrific ordeal and subsequent amputation in a recent interview. Ryan Nulty, who hails from Horsham in England, believed that he was just feeling under…
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A man in the UK has been declared 'free' of HIV in what is only the second ever case in history of the disease being successfully treated. The patient, whose identity has not been revealed, was diagnosed with the illness in 2003. Then, in 2012, he was discovered to have…
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Some of the biggest savings you can make often come from the smallest purchases. Making a small change to your day-to-day routine can end up making your paycheque go much further, as long as you put the time and effort in. After all, walking instead of taking the bus doesn't…
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The reality of being a celebrity is probably far less glamorous than we imagine when we fantasise about a life among the rich and famous of Hollywood. Sure, the trappings of fame sound nice in theory; the red carpet events, the chauffeur-driven cars, the endless riches, the exotic beach holidays.…
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Picture the scene. After a night of drinking, flirting and romance, you head to a dark flat and bedroom to seal the deal, but as you unbuckle your jeans and reach for a condom, you realise that the memo's not quite been sent downstairs. Erectile dysfunction is part and parcel…
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In an age where health is made to be more of a concern than it ever was before, just about everyone has tried some sort of fad diet at one time or another. Unfortunately, while they might help people shed the pounds rather quickly, they often come with some not-so-pleasant…
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A group of friends who formed an unbreakable bond over their shared stoma bag experience met up to pull off an incredible underwear shoot that flies in the face of expectation. Sarah Anderson, 25, Beth Gallagher, 24, and Lydia Andrew, 23, connected on Instagram after all suffering from inflammatory bowel…
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An Instagram blogger has provoked controversy on social media by sharing a photo of her face and legs smeared in period blood. Instagram blogger Demetra Nyx has gone through some extremely heavy periods over years, and is often left bed-ridden as a result. Because of this, the Californian native has…
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A plus-sized woman who endured a lifetime of bullying because of her weight now earns money by eating on webcam. Kenna Blake, who hails from Boston, has managed to make a career as a fetish model catering to 'feeders' - people with a sexual fetish for watching women gorge themselves, who…
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A cosmetic surgery addict has opened up about how they spent over $17,000 on various procedures to "look like a Barbie doll." Patrick Mast, who identifies as gender-neutral and hails from Frankfurt in Germany, is a masochist who enjoys the pain they experience when going under the knife, and had…
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A blogger who would cake her face in layers of make-up every day has embraced body positivity by sharing a series of selfies on Instagram in which she displays her cystic acne to her many followers. Office worker Kara Eden, who hails from the city of Manchester in the north…
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In 2015, after complaining for years about terrible headaches, Clair Bennett collapsed and suffered a near-fatal brain infection. It turned out that she'd developed encephalitis, a serious brain inflammation, and as a result, her memory has been left ravaged. Now, doctors say that the computer analyst's brain was 'wiped' as a…
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For most people, pregnancy is pretty simple. Those nine months may come with a roller coaster of emotions, but in medical terms, it's pretty straight forward - the egg is fertilized, the fetus grows, and roughly 280 days later, a baby is born. For some families, however, pregnancy is far from simple. Now,…
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You may have tuned in to see Sean Milliken when he starred in an episode of the reality series My 600lb life in 2016, weighing a stunning 900lbs at the time. Now, his father has confirmed that he has passed away after suffering complications from an infection at the age…
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Alex Busby, a 51-year-old tailor, suffers from painful freezing extremities, and in cold temperatures, the blood vessels in her fingers have previously 'erupted.' Alex had always thought that her cold hand and feet were simply down to poor circulation, but in December 2018, when painful ulcers sprang up all over her…
