In a new episode of the transformation webseries Brand New Me, mom of two Krista Francis shares the story of her dramatic weight loss journey. “I’ve been morbidly obese since I was a teenager,” she says, adding that she had become dependent on food as a source of “emotional satisfaction.” Krista’s weight gain continued into […]
At just nine years old, Isabella developed a large spot under her eyebrow and little ‘bumps’ under the skin on her forehead. As she got older, the skin problems worsened and her self-esteem plummeted as other people would constantly comment on her appearance. Now 22, the social and website manager from Kent, has spent years […]
A 99-year-old Croatian woman gave the thumbs up on Thursday after she successfully beat the new coronavirus. Margareta Kranjcec, who lives in an old people’s home in the central city of Karlovac, was hospitalised in late October after testing positive for COVID-19 but released three weeks later. “It’s over, I feel fine now,” the Vecernji […]
THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 — If you’ve recovered from a COVID-19 infection, you can help as many as four other COVID-19 patients get better, simply by donating your plasma. Is it worth it? Just ask Melissa Sullivan. The 35-year-old COVID-19 survivor and self-confessed needle-phobe donated her plasma soon after she recovered, and she plans on […]
Lindsey Bishop, 40, first noticed a strange ‘tugging feeling’ in her right breast back in October 2016, when she was working out to lose weight after having her daughter, Ivy. The working mum, of Altrincham, Greater Manchester assumed the nagging pain was just due to a badly fitting sports bra. Lindsey, who also has an […]
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 […]
Four minutes of planking sounds extreme to most people (time goes much slower when you’re holding your body above the ground, right?), but Canadian athlete Dana Glowacka isn’t like most people—and her version of extreme planking lasts a little longer. Four hours, 19 minutes, and 55 seconds to be precise, which was long enough to […]
When Halie Tennant went on a spontaneous camping trip with her friend, she was hoping for an enjoyable night away. But that night, the 29-year-old, from Victoria, Australia, fell head first into the campfire while asleep. Her friend who had joined her on the trip woke up to a strange noise and was shocked to […]
For the past 15 years, Laura Teare-Jones, 30, has dealt with cyclical bouts of what she thought was depression. When it strikes, socialising with friends becomes very difficult, watching a moving advert on TV can trigger meltdowns, and she often experiences cluster migraines that leave her bedridden. Laura, of Deeside in Flintshire, north Wales has […]
In a first, a young COVID-19 patient in the U.S. has received a double-lung transplant after the coronavirus ravaged her lungs. The patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, spent six weeks in the intensive care unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago after developing severe COVID-19, according to a statement from Northwestern Medicine. She […]
