DR PHILIPPA KAYE: Why are so many patients left for DECADES on heartburn tablets that raise the risk of brittle bones? Heartburn is a horrible problem. It’s a bit like back pain – if you are lucky enough not to suffer with it, then it can seem trivial. But when it hits you, oh boy […]
A nurse who contracted COVID-19 last year is finally home, months after he was admitted to hospital with complications related to the illness that left him paralyzed. Last summer, Desmon Silva, 23, was working on the frontlines of the pandemic at a hospital in Tampa, Florida when he became infected with the virus. On July […]
Lying in bed, Elise Colquitt realised she needed to get up and use the bathroom. But when she tried to move her legs out of the bed, she just couldn’t do it. Elise was unable to lift her arms or move her legs, and quickly realised she couldn’t shout loud enough for help from her […]
The car stopped at the traffic lights and the girl in the passenger seat looked over. I caught her glance as I pushed my bike with its broken chain slowly up the steep hill in the pouring rain towards the train station, dressed only in shorts and a T-shirt, soaked to the skin. And rather […]
Debbie Horton, 26, is desperately seeking breast reduction surgery, after her 42I breasts caused her spine to collapse and left her needing to use a wheelchair. The sales advisor, of Nuneaton, has spent the past four years in extreme pain due to spinal problems including spinal degeneration disc disease, fibromyalgia, prolapsed discs spondylitis and kyphosis […]
A new study shows that when compared with patients without intermediate left main coronary artery disease, those with intermediate left main disease have greater risk of cardiovascular events. The findings of the ISCHEMIA trial sub study were presented during the SCAI 2020 Scientific Sessions Virtual Conference as featured clinical research. The presence of left main […]
Mother claims she has been left with ‘over-inflated Barbie lips’ and a ‘piggy snout’ after five ‘botched’ surgeries – and must now return to the SAME surgeon to fix them WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Ellen Gonzalez first had lip fillers in 2004 She knew straight away they were ‘too big’ and regretted the procedure She had two […]
