It's a common ingredient used in industrial and household products like paint thinners, antifreeze, varnish and even photocopier fluid. But now, methanol is attracting fresh attention over its role in the deaths of six foreign tourists who had drunk shots allegedly laced with the substance while on holiday in Laos - including that of a young British lawyer. Here, we reveal how the toxin can wreak havoc on the body within just hours of taking it, leaving drinkers paralysed, unable to breathe and at risk of losing their sight.
A mother of a five year-old with aggressive brain cancer has told of how she confused the first warning signs of the disease with an episode of severe heat stroke. Holly Brown, 31, a stay-at-home mum from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, initially thought her daughter Olivia had spent too long in the sun when she began vomiting one morning in May. But the sickness didn't stop for the rest of that week. What's more, it came with a paralysing exhaustion. Eventually, in mid-June, Ms Brown took her little girl took her to A&E for further investigations. By this point, she appeared ' wobbly on her feet', and one of her eyes looked a little 'lopsided'. Concerned, medics embarked on a range of investigations, including detailed scans.
Viewers have now fixated their attention on Tulisa's hairline, arguing her locks 'aren't real' or 'natural'. Others accused the star of 'wearing a wig' given 'her hair just looks too perfect'.
Scientists at University College London (UCL) found those with poor mental health are more likely to seek out and read negative content online, and as a result, feel worse because of it.
Brits have been warned of the risk of methanol poisoning in Laos, where it is mixed into counterfeit booze to boost profits, but this isn't just a risk in the far-flung corners of the world. Cases have been reported in holiday hotspots that tens-of-thousands of Brits flock to every year such as Greece and Turkey, with some experts warning it is a rising problem. Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officially warns British tourists and expats about the risk of methanol poisoning via fake alcohol in Indonesia , Costa Rica, Vietnam, and now, Laos. Australia also, in addition to the above destinations, also warns that travellers to Thailand , Cambodia as well as British holiday favourite Turkey, should also be wary of the risks of methanol poisoning. Brits themselves have also been documented falling afoul of methanol poisoning in Greece. Methanol, sometimes called methyl alcohol, poisoning can be incredibly deadly, with fatality rates as high as 50 per cent in some incidents. The colourless liquid produces toxic chemicals that actively kill cells, leading to organ damage and in some cases death. Such a fate is believed to have befallen six tourists in Laos including Australian Holly Bowles (bottom inset) and Brit Simone White (left).
Rather than counting sheep, listening to relaxing music or even giving up and doom scrolling, you can simply try rolling your eyes. That's according to TikTok Wellness guru, Pretty Sick Heather.
Wrapping her arms around her ten-year-old daughter, Charlotte Fairall faced a heartbreaking task. She had to explain that nothing more could be done to treat Sophie's cancer.
Baby powder containing talc is no longer available at UK supermarkets; instead, you'll find products made with cornstarch, a white powder extracted from corn kernels. Many products now say 'talc-free' on the label. You can, however, still buy body powders containing talc online (at retailers such as Amazon), so if you are using powder and want to avoid a mineral-based product, read the ingredients carefully.
Researchers from Spain and New York City found that eating at least 45 percent of your daily calories after 5 pm hinders the body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels.
What exactly is making these colossal kids so much larger than their parents? A team of scientists may have come up with a surprisingly simple answer. Height is largely genetic, and although there is some debate on the exact proportion, the genes we inherit from our parents are thought to account for about 70 to 80 per cent of how tall we become. The remaining 30 to 20 per cent experts say is determined by our environment, or in real terms how much food, and of what quality, rest, lack of stress and access to good healthcare we have growing up. It should come as little surprise that celeb parents, whose wealth runs in to the multi-millions, can give their children access to all of this and of the highest standard. Now a team of experts, presenting research at the American Heart Association Conference in Chicago, have provided more evidence that children from richer families are typically taller than those from poorer ones. Taking data from 13,000 Hispanic/Latinos taking part in a long running study in the US the team found higher non-genetic height was a good indicator a person had grown up in a wealthier family.
It what could be one of the largest actions of its kind in British history, nearly 2,000 patients and the bereaved are expected to sign up to a class action against Johnson & Johnson.
The ex-Tory MP, who was in charge of the health service between 2018 and 2021, insisted he was not 'trying to say everything was perfect' as hospitals buckled.
Barbers today sounded the alarm over a concerning rise in young men catching ringworm from haircuts. Cases of the contagious skin fungus that can disfigure have jumped significantly in just a handful of months, they claim. Barbers believe this is due to more men opting for skin fade haircuts - when the sides are shaved short, and length is left on top - at 'cheap, dirty, unqualified' shops 'littering the high streets'. But the government today said it still had 'no plans to regulate the hairdressing sector'.
Brits spend about £500 million on supplements a year. But a Washington-based cancer dietitian warns taking unnecessary supplements can increase your risk of cancer.
Influencers have been sharing a unique home remedy to beat cold and flu season - placing on onion on different parts of the body to get over stubborn coughs.
A former fireman was left fighting for his life after what he thought was a 'bad cold' turned out to be a flesh-eating bug that 'chewed' through his buttocks 'like a shark'. Simon English, 55, spent three months in intensive care where he 'came close to dying', and eventually had to undergo a procedure to install a stoma to allow his wound to heal. 'I look like a shark's taken a bite out of my a**e,' said Mr English, a retired fireman from Beverley, Yorkshire. 'I ended up looking like I was about 70 years old after lying in bed for weeks. 'My nurse told me if I'd left it any longer before going to hospital, I wouldn't be here now.'
Users of weight-loss jab tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro, are complaining of the 'jaro jitters' as the weekly injections leave them feeling freezing cold.
The supermarket chain said two of its salads are not safe to eat and urged customers to return this product to the nearest store where a full refund will be given.
The Bafta winner, who last year split from actor Imogen Poots, was diagnosed with the condition aged 22, after he began experiencing worrying symptoms like 'losing weight, urinating more often and feeling very tired'. He has since referred to the illness as his 'mini-superpower', claiming it has given him 'extraordinary empathy' for 'anyone who has something that makes them a little bit different'. In an Instagram video published by NHS England - filmed for Diabetes Awareness Month - he revealed how he applies his continuous glucose monitor (CGM). 'It's easier to control my sugar levels, which means fewer hypos, less anxiety, and a healthier, happier life. I love mine,' he said.
Do you turn up to your GP's surgery with a shopping list of ailments or play down your problem when pressed? Chances are your doctor secretly wants to pen a prescription for a new patient.
Privately John Prescott he grappled with what is often wrongly considered to be a 'women's disease' - the eating disorder bulimia. The Labour peer struggled with the problem for 20 years.
Holly Bedford, from Torquay, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma - one of the most dangerous forms of skin cancer - in 2019 at the age of just 27. But after quickly having the cancerous mole removed, the early years practitioner was given the all clear by medics. In March, however, the now 32-year-old developed a persistent chesty cough. After failing to shift it with antibiotics, she visited the GP repeatedly, where she claims she was told it was due to a virus and then a pulled muscle. It was only after she reminded the GP on her fourth visit in August that a scan in 2020 showed she had an enlarged thymus gland - a small organ in the chest between the lungs that makes white blood cells - that she was referred for an X-ray. Medics discovered her cancer had returned and she was diagnosed with stage four melanoma, meaning it had spread to three other parts of her body - the neck, thorax and abdomen.
Neurologist Dr Baibing Chen, who is based in the US, says when it comes to his own health, he would never ignore two possible signs that a headache is more serious.
The study from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), warned that the 'current trajectory of cancer costs is unsustainable'.
Nearly 2,000 cancer patients, survivors and their families are expected to sign up to a class action against Johnson & Johnson. It would mark the first legal suit the company has faced on the issue in the UK and the biggest pharmaceutical group action in English and Welsh legal history. It follows thousands of similar claims in the US which have led Johnson & Johnson to pay out billions of dollars already in compensation. Lawyers for the UK claimants say the product was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos, something they allege the company knew and tried to suppress. But Johnson & Johnson has denied the allegations, instead claiming 'they defy logic, rewrite history and ignore the facts'.
Raelene Kennedy's 'world ended' on November 17, 2021: it was the day she sat on a footpath cradling the cold, lifeless body of her 23-year-old daughter Caitlin Gotze.
The N-Dubz star, 36, made her confession during last night's episode of I'm A Celebrity ...Get Me Out of Here as well as revealing she had been celibate for the past three tears.
A devastated mother has begged ministers to reclassify a risky party drug after the death of her 20 year-old daughter. A two year addiction left Sophie Russell incontinent and suffering agonising abdominal pains. An attempt at rehab sadly failed and the primary school assistant was tragically dead within a year.
Oropouche virus, nicknamed 'sloth fever', caused alarm earlier this year after spreading from its usual South American range with cases being reported as far afield as Europe and the US.
Joe Woollen, 41, a HGV driver from Medway, Kent, said he had not visited the dentist since the age of 13 due to his needle phobia. But his visit left him looking 'like the Elephant Man'.
Dr Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez, a Mexican neurologist who researches cognitive decline, says the clock-drawing test is an effective method of identifying dementia. Used by the NHS for decades, a skewed circle and incorrectly placed numbers on this clock could indicate early disease.
It is feared the dip, which costs £1.40, has been contaminated and 'may contain' the bacteria. The nasty bug usually causes a fever, sickness and diarrhoea.
With RSV activity continuing to rise above normal levels, Boots has become the first high street pharmacy chain to offer a vaccine alongside the cold and flu jabs.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced that an independent review will be undertaken within the NHS to scrutinise the roles of physician associates and anaesthesia associates following concerns over patient safety. The news comes in the wake of a number of high-profile errors committed by people in both roles, with new rules and regulations around their use expected.
Resting your neck over the basin can be enough to trigger a stroke, Dr Arun Naik, a neurosurgeon based in India , told his 52,000 followers on Instagram.
Experts from campaign group Action On Sugar studied the nutritional value of more than 600 popular products on supermarket shelves many of us may pick up in between meals. They found that sugary, calorie-laden snacks were 'inescapable' - for instance, almost a quarter of an adult's entire daily calorie allowance was packed into just two 40g biscuits. Three of the worst offending sweet treats were gluten free products, which many consumers opt for under the impression food without the protein is healthier. The campaigners said the findings are particularly concerning for child health, given that these types of snacks are often given to youngsters to tide them over in between meals. Nourhan Barakat, nutritionist at Action on Sugar based at Queen Mary 's said of the findings: 'A cake for dessert at school, a chocolate bar on the way home, and a few biscuits after dinner can push a child's sugar intake to triple the daily limit. 'If sugar in these snacks were reduced by 20 per cent, they would still be sweet, but with nearly 20 grams less sugar being consumed. 'It's time food companies prioritise children's health and cut sugar in everyday snacks.'
While everyone's last moments differ, palliative care nurse Julie McFadden, from Los Angeles, has revealed the most common regrets patients share on their death beds.
Older men admitted to being blasé about the potential damage to their wellbeing from drinking, blaming their habits on 'boredom' and retiring from work, according to UK Men's Sheds Association.
Researchers have begun using eye movements as a clue that someone may get Alzheimer's. Now, some are saying the ears might be an even better way to detect early signs of the disease.
Experts have warned for years that being stationary for too much of the day raises the risk of numerous health problems including weight gain and even an early grave.
A mother of-five has warned those seeking tattoos to check the credentials of their artist beforehand - after a botched job almost cost her part of her leg. Kirsty Griffiths paid £130 for a flower design on her right ankle while on holiday in Turkey last month. But within 48 hours, the 34 year-old had developed life-threatening cellulitis which had spread to her stomach and gallbladder. Cellulitis is a bacterial infection that affects the deep layers of the skin and can spread to other areas of the body. It requires urgent antibiotics and if untreated can infect multiple bodily areas, eventually leading to deadly sepsis .
While milk has been on the decline over recent decades with a range of non-dairy alternatives hitting the shelves, 'bovine colostrum' is being praised by a battalion of health aficionados.
Recently, an anonymous female celebrity spoke about why she turned to Ozempic. This inspired another public figure - this time a man - to share with us his reasons for going down the same path.
After Emily Coles suddenly collapsed at home, she had to put her life on hold while doctors investigated the cause. Emily now knows that her heart had stopped beating for ten seconds, but at the time she had no idea her life was at risk. Emily, 24, had been having coffee with her elder sister Lauren in September last year in her kitchen when she dropped to the ground.
An analysis of life expectancy across the continent found people born in the UK can now expect to live about 80.9 years on average, three years behind the likes of nations like Switzerland.
We're all eating too many calories and too much sugar, salt and saturated fat - but you don't need me to tell you that. However, the thing that has eluded scientists until recently is why. After all, sugar, salt and fat have been cheap and available for a long time - but it's only in the past few decades that obesity has soared. What happened? 'Bliss-point', 'sonic branding', 'vanishing caloric density', 'snackification', 'stomach share' and 'hyperpalatability' is what happened - these are just some of the terms that explain why food-related disease is fast overtaking tobacco as the leading cause of early death in this country and globally.
A normal healthy person's resting heart rate, sometimes shortened to RHR, is normally between 60 and 100 beats per minute , though extremely healthy athletes can get this down into the 40s.
Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.
Dr Gary Linkov, based in New York City , says that in order to prevent a patient's hairline from thinning he prescribes finasteride. The drug works by stopping the body converting testosterone into a compound that causes hair follicles to shrink and fall off, helping to slow hair loss. Donald Trump's doctor previously said that the President-elect had used the drug. Pictured above is someone's scalp before and after treatment
Bacteria, such as the food poisoning bug Salmonella, could be used to fight bowel cancer, thanks to a new finding by Cancer Research UK funded researchers in Glasgow and Birmingham.
But now experts have discovered that our fat tissue retains a 'memory' of obesity that persists even after we slim down , which could increase the chance of regaining the excess weight.
Data shows more than 12,500 people in theirs 50s suffered the potentially fatal condition in 2023/24. By comparison the figure stood at just over 8,000 in 2004/2005 - marking an increase of 55 per cent in two decades. The trend far outpaces the 28 per cent rise across all ages over the same period. Experts said the 'alarming' trends showed that the condition was not just a risk for the elderly, with the rise being fuelled by obesity, stress, poor diet and sedentary lifestyles.
The powerful compounds lurking in chocolate - particularly dark varieties - have now been found to boost cardiovascular health even after eating high-fat food.
Temperatures are set to plummet as low as -8C in the North East this week as a blast of Arctic air heading to the UK brings with it heavy frosts, ice and snow showers. Up to 20cm of snow could accumulate in the worst-affected areas, with the Pennines potentially seeing as much as 38cm. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the alert would be in place until Saturday 23 November. Officials warned the low temperatures would likely put a strain on the NHS and could increase the risks to patients including the elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
The worrying rise in young people with cancer has baffled doctors, with experts blaming a variety of factors from cheap junk food and soaring obesity levels to chemical pollutants.
Pavan Bhatt lost his grandmother Champagauri, 86, and uncle Dipak, 66, (left) in March last year after a an electrical fault within the Hotpoint machine sparked a devastating blaze inside their home. The 30-year-old was returning from work when a panicked neighbour called to say his home was on fire. Pavan raced back as quick as he could and found find the house ablaze, with emergency services already on the scene. Sadly his two family members, who both had disabilities, couldn't be saved. They were believed to have been asleep when the fire started and died from smoke inhalation. Pavan told The Sunday Times: 'When someone buys a tumble dryer, they're not buying it thinking, "I've just put a potential bomb in my house". His case isn't an isolated one. More than 5million dryers under Whirlpool's Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit labels had a design fault that caused at least 750 household fires between 2004 and 2015. It comes as another common feature of British homes has also been linked to deaths, deadly dust inhaled by trendy kitchen counter tops. One sufferer is father-of-three Marek Marzec (inset), who said the lung disease silicosis has left him 'unable to breathe' and 'in terrible pain'.
What is it about the male psyche that means men often become curmudgeons as they age? We all know a once perfectly pleasant man whose inner Victor Meldrew emerged as soon as he hit 50. The grumpy old man isn't a well-recognised trope for nothing. But could something else be going on? Could it actually be that they have a medical problem? For years we've assumed that misanthropic old men were just a fact of life. We put their moods down to missing their purpose in life or thinking the world is moving on too fast for their liking. But increasingly there's a view that they could be suffering from an hormonal imbalance called the andropause.
Working in A&E, I see many tragic cases - but one of the worst is diagnosing a young person with advanced and incurable bowel cancer. This used to be a rarity. Not now.
Eight UK hospitals will take place in the international trial to find the world's cancer 'super survivors' - people who should have had months to live but instead are alive five years later.
A few years ago I tripped and hit my shins on some stone steps. I've suffered with burning pains in the front of my shins whenever I kneel or put pressure on the area. What can I do to end the agony?
London-based GP Dr Sermed Mezher shared a quick one minute test could reveal how well you can read people's emotions - something many people with autism struggle with.
There are approximately 12,909 nurseries in England and 368 in Wales and MailOnline has today named and shamed all the nurseries that failed a food hygiene inspection in our interactive map. Damaged kitchens, no hot running water and insufficient cleaning were just some of the reasons businesses which care for young children and babies were marked as unsatisfactory.
Fuelled by a chronic recruitment crisis, health chiefs are being bounced into handing over an estimated £500 million a year to fill empty locum shifts with agency staff.
To me, sleep is sacred. My bed is a temple, not to be touched by clothes that I've worn into the outer world. Most nights, I'm in bed early and sleep heavily, without interruptions. Still, as a health reporter immersed in the world of wellness trends, I've been told that there are ways too get even more out of my eight hours by doing one simple thing: taping my mouth closed as a sleep at night. So for the month of October, I slept with an H-shaped piece of silicone tape over my mouth, aiming to reduce my mouth breathing at night. Proponents, mainly those in the naturopath and alternative medicine spaces, say that mouth taping has countless benefits.
They're the common cold remedies most of us have in our bathroom cabinets. But last week, over-the-counter products such as Lemsip, Sudafed and Beechams were at the centre of an unlikely controversy after the US Food and Drug Administration proposed removing some of the products from sale over mounting evidence that one of the main ingredients, a decongestant called phenylephrine, doesn't work when given orally. Professor Ron Eccles, former head of the Common Cold Centre at Cardiff University, said phenylephrine was an 'ineffective medicine' and products containing it should also be 'taken off the shelves' in the UK.
IsaPD has been shown to add a year of life for patients with an incurable form of blood cancer, myeloma, but in June it was decided that it was not value for money.
The majority of Britain's one million patients living with debilitating heart failure could be offered a controversial weight-loss jab from next month.
Sometimes you really are better off indulging in what you want rather than spending more on a 'healthy' dupe, according to leading nutrition experts. One product, touted by health gurus as a 'nutritious' alternative, often contains high levels of salt and fat. It also tends to be stuffed full of additives and ingredients that you wouldn't find in your kitchen. Another breakfast staple even contains the same amount of sugar as a strawberry jam doughnut. Here, two London-based nutritionists, Rhiannon Lambert (left) and Kim Pearson (inset) reveal to MailOnline the eight foods you might think are healthy - but are in fact anything but.
The robot surgery can slash the risk of severe incontinence. It is designed to avoid long-term damage to the urethra - the urine tube which runs through the prostate.
In the latest in our series on common ailments, we've joined forces with leading experts in this guide to beat gut trouble based on the scientific evidence.
Out of the 200 countries historically tracking their collective waistlines, only France saw its share of obese adults fall between 1990 and 2022. Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam and the African nation of Burkina Faso all logged jumps exceeding 1,000 per cent over the same time-frame, with the obesity epidemic now apparent in every corner of Earth. Obesity rates have doubled worldwide, including in Britain and the US, according to figures collected by the World Health Organization. More than a billion people globally are now deemed fat, with a BMI above 30.
Endometriosis, which affects one in ten women, develops when tissue that lines the womb grows in other parts of the body. It can cause bleeding, inflammation and can lead to infertility if left untreated.
He was one of the unsung heroes who escaped from the brink of death after being petrol-bombed while serving the British army in Iraq in 2005. Private Karl Hinett, 37, was just 18 when he was trapped inside a burning vehicle during an operation. A staggering 37 percent of the skin on his body was left damaged by extreme burns - leaving him with life-long, devastating injuries that required 20-years worth of operations to repair. Now, he has told MailOnline of his astonishing and unexpected recovery - which has culminated in an upcoming 500km race across the arctic in collaboration with military charity SSAFA .
Everyone experiences pain from time to time - but while for most of us the discomfort of an injury, for instance, will pass as it heals, many people can endure months or even years of it
Blood donation was once much more a part of normal life. Now millions regard it as an old-fashioned middle-aged suburban activity, which is somehow no longer necessary.
A 31 year-old mother of-two has warned slimmers against buying weight loss medication from non-medics, after a miniscule dose of a counterfit jab landed her in hospital with stomach pains 'worse than childbirth'. Nicole Wright, from North Ayrshire in Scotland, purchased the £120 injections from a local beauty salon at the end of August, in a bid to slim down for an upcoming holiday to Turkey. But within a day of injecting half of the lowest dose, she began vomiting and was unable to even drink water without throwing it back up.
Experts from the Gazi University in Turkey found exposure to blue light, like that typically shone out of screens and tablets lead to accelerated bone growth in rats triggering an early puberty in the rodents.
The nomination comes despite bizarre health claims made by Kennedy over the years, including a worm 'ate' part of his brain, chemicals are making children trans and vaccines cause autism. Experts fear his appointment, and the potential polices that could be implemented, could have consequences far beyond America's shores especially when it comes to vaccination rates. Here MailOnline details the outrageous health theories peddled by the 70-year-old ahead of his predicted takeover of America's core healthcare agencies - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health. Kennedy has taken a keen interest in drinking water over years, recently labelling for fluoride, a mineral that help prevent tooth decay, as 'neurotoxic' and calling for it to be removed from US supplies. However, his most bizarre claims have centred on atrazine a herbicide that is a known endocrine disruptor, a substance that can interfere with hormones. Kennedy has combined studies showing such chemicals can cause frogs to change sex with a completely unfounded concept that they could be turning children to question their gender. In an interview Kennedy said: 'I think a lot of the problems we see in kids, particularly boys, it's probably under-appreciated on that how much of that is coming from chemical exposures, including a lot of the sexual dysphoria that we're seeing.'
Raynaud's is a disorder that effects your blood circulation causing a temporary narrowing of the arteries that cause parts of the body to become painful, cold and even change colour.
The 47-year-old anti-aging multimillionaire, who takes more than a hundred daily supplements and has blood transfusions from his teenage son, has previously been focused on reversing his biological age. But in an Instagram post this week he told his 953,000 followers that he injected fat into his face to achieve a more youthful appearance. But it went horribly wrong.
Tim Spector warns we should not be 'fooled' by 'health halos' such as high fibre and even 'sourdough' on bread packaging. Choosing the right type of sourdough can prove to be a challenge with most supermarket breads containing chemicals including commercial yeasts, flavourings and emulsifiers which has been linked to gut problems - including bowel cancer .
Rates of the vomiting bug, which can also cause diarrhoea, are almost double the levels seen pre-Covid for this time of year in England, fresh figures show.
Medicare is lauded as one of the most robust in the world - yet ask any woman with chronic pain how they would rate their standard of care, and you would think they were living in a third-world country
Last week it was revealed that a Scottish nurse had died after just two weight-loss injections. Susan McGowan is believed to be the first person in the UK whose death is linked to Mounjaro, which is approved for use on the NHS. Here's everything you need to know about using weight-loss injections safely.
People are also more likely to struggle with flare ups when air quality is considered 'moderate' - typically seen in the likes of London and New York - the study suggested.
With smartphones constantly at our fingertips it's little surprise that many of us can lose track of time when sitting down on the toilet, however experts warn it can have serious consequences.
Raw footage shows one beautician crudely continuing to suck out fat from a client's cheek using a 'suction wand' - a long metal tube that pierces the skin - despite her clearly being in pain. Cameras also capture the practitioner admitting she only ever damaged just 'two nerves' and 'one artery' during the hundreds of other procedures she has done. All of the hard-hitting clips were secretly captured by an undercover reporter who had signed up for a one-day training course at Luxury Medical Aesthetics in Clapham, south west London. Experts today slammed the 'unbelievable' and 'disgusting' practices that were found in the ITV News probe. Doctors also warned Brits contemplating getting non-surgical procedures to choose carefully and only ever opt for experienced practitioners.
A 'game-changer' anti-smoking pill set to be rolled out on the NHS has been linked to more than 25,000 reports of side effects including seizures and suicidal thoughts.
Paige Coneley, 27, a full-time mum from Poole thought her daughter Iyla-Mae just had a regular vomiting bug. But just four days later on July 14, the tot woke up unable to move, talk or drink - she had lost the ability to do anything but cry. In a panic Ms Coneley dialed the NHS helpline 111 who direct her to take her daughter straight to A&E in Bournemouth where doctors took CT scans of her brain and noticed she was suffering seizures called 'posturing episodes'.
So-called accidental deaths are 42 per cent higher than they were two decades a go go, with these types of fatalities now the leading cause of preventable deaths in the under 40s.
Microplastics in the air we breathe, our food and water and many of the products around us are polluting our bloodstream and organs, with potentially serious health consequences.
Experts have voiced suspicions about high-risk procedures such as nose jobs and weight loss surgeries priced £6,000 less in Turkey than they would be in the UK. The use of old, riskier equipment, a lack of aftercare and scrimping on insurance that protects patients when something goes wrong may explain the shortfall in price, surgeons told MailOnline. This website has identified at least five Turkish clinics offering Brazilian Butt Lifts, gastric bands, nose jobs and breast augmentations that lure customers in with prices five times cheaper than they are in the UK. The findings come after the death of Janet Savage, 54, who suffered fatal injuries on the operating table in a Turkish clinic while undergoing a gastric sleeve weight loss procedure.
The British Medical Association is the latest body to criticise Chancellor Rachel Reeves' £25 billion tax raid on employers' National Insurance contributions.
When Ellie Wilcock was hit by sharp pains in her abdomen and sudden bouts of fatigue in 2022, she blamed it on a urinary tract infection. But the actual cause was a cancer that kills almost 17,000 Brits each year. The then 25-year-old from Peterborough, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer - the most serious kind of the disease. Now in a TikTok video , seen over 400,000 times, she has warned of the four early warning signs she suffered before her diagnosis.
Donald Trump is set to launch one of the biggest crackdowns on unhealthy eating in American history - despite being the biggest fast food lover to ever be elected president.
Roy Pollitt didn't know his wife, Susan, 77, was being treated by a physician associate, a relatively new role that only requires two years of medical training and originally designed to support doctors. Physician associates, also called PAs, have been mired in controversy, being labelled cut-price medics and substitutes for doctors as they're cheaper to hire. PAs are not qualified to diagnose patients, prescribe drugs or order scans, and are meant to be constantly monitored by a doctor.Yet as a concerning number of cases suggest, hospitals are using PAs to cover for a lack of doctors in wards. Mr Pollit said he firmly believed his wife would still be here today had she not been seen by a PA. 'She would have lived if the NHS had not used cheap labour ,' he told the BBC. A coroner, at an inquest into her death held earlier this year, said Mrs Pollitt's death highlighted a lack of a national framework covering PAs' training, supervision and competency.
The Cooper Test is a DIY tool that can be used to measure your general level of fitness. All you need is a distance-tracking app and a pair of trainers.
Early studies show a drug can effectively 'switch on' particular cells within the nervous system that play an important role in maintaining energy balance and sugar control.
Melinda Martinez, 43, believes a 'blurry figure' in haunting photos taken by the police shows her child's spirit. Her daughter Isabelle Gonzalez, 16, died in a car crash after she went out with three friends, drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. She got into a car with her friends and Brandon Gomez Hunsperger, 22, who was drunk driving. The car spun out of control and crashed into a tree, in San Jose, California .
At the age of 23, Jane* was an introverted, almost painfully shy young woman. 'I was a well-behaved child and teenager, with good academic grades,' she tells me.
It comes after an investigation found as many as one in 10 NHS trusts have guidelines for the controversial condition, also dubbed the 'male menopause' or andropause.
The jabs - medical-grade gels that sit beneath skin - are supposedly age-defying procedures to smooth lines and restore volume in the face. But getting them in the lateral cheek arches - or cheek bones -can 'distort your features', one American cosmetic expert said. According to Missouri-based aesthetic physician associate Molly Bailey, this because the area doesn't tend to lose much volume as we age, unlike the apples of our cheeks. Filler here, known medically as the zygomatic arch, therefore becomes 'more visible', with even making the face 'look wider' and 'more masculine'.
An experiment by a scientist who goes by Devon Science on TikTok , exposes just how much bacteria bacteria is lurking in the machines, which is sprayed all over freshly washed hands.
William Horley was just 17 when he suffered an accidental overdose of tramadol in 2018. The teen, who had been accepted into the army, bought the prescription drug for £60 from another boy who found them on the dark web - part of the internet not visible to normal search engines. On a night out with friends, after finishing their shifts at a seafood restaurant, he took the tablets while drinking and had a fatal reaction. Now, Kim Webster from Herne Bay in Kent, is on a mission to save young lives and discourage drug use by telling her tragic tale schoolchildren across the country.
Wes Streeting will tell health leaders there 'will be no more rewards for failure' as he sets out a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performance
Dylan Riley, 31, [pictured] thought nothing of the minor cut on his knee sustained in a game of frisbee golf. But mere weeks later, he was in the hospital with toxic shock syndrome and needed multiple amputations as his limbs turned black due to lack of oxygen.
Romy, a 22-year-old who suffered clinical depression , eating disorders and anorexia after experiencing childhood abuse, began advocating for her right to die upon turning 18
An Israeli review of the latest scientific literature found babies with a genetic predisposition to autism exposed to four common air pollutants were more likely to develop the condition. It's thought that when breathed in during early childhood or in the womb these microscopic pollutants can get into the bloodstream. There, they can bypass the protective layers of the brain, causing inflammation, changing the way nerves function and develop. It comes as autism rates have exploded worldwide in recent years. Analysis shows diagnoses of the disorder have risen nearly 800 per cent in Britain over the last few decades, with rates nearly tripling in the US . Dr Haitham Amal, head of the department of Laboratory of Neuromics, Cell Signaling, and Translational Medicine at Hebrew University of Jerusalem , who led the new study, said they were trying to understand what might be contributing to this rise. His lab has mainly focused on nitric oxide (NO), a gas released when fossil fuel gets burned in cars.
Under plans unveiled last night people diagnosed with a terminal illness who have been told they have less than six months to live would be allowed to go through the process of ending their own life.
