New gadget to zap agonising ‘cluster’ headaches using an electric current to the neck is now available on the NHS in a boost for thousands of sufferers GammaCore is a device that delivers an electric current to block pain signals Cluster headaches are a relatively rare condition but device can prevent them Between one and … Read more
After ‘four hours’ sleep and a long 5am walk’, the lucky punter sitting on THAT viral £500,000 accumulator has opted to take a partial cash-out – meaning he has scooped £250,000 from his incredible £5 bet. Paul Dean’s mammoth five-fold accumulator went viral on Wednesday after Bob Olinger clinched victory in the Ballymore Novices Hurdle … Read more
After ‘four hours’ sleep and a long 5am walk’, the lucky punter sitting on THAT viral £500,000 accumulator has opted to take a partial cash-out – meaning he has scooped £250,000 from his incredible £5 bet. Paul Dean’s mammoth five-fold accumulator went viral on Wednesday after Bob Olinger clinched victory in the Ballymore Novices Hurdle … Read more
A woman who thought she was suffering from severe period pain was left stunned when doctors told her she was in labour – with a baby that was a week overdue. Holly Henton, 23, from Market Harborough, Leicestershire, had been having regular menstrual cycles when she started experiencing stronger than usual cramps while closing up the … Read more
At times the pain was so bad that it kept actress and TV presenter Terri Dwyer awake at night. Hers isn’t the kind of pain you might associate with night-time waking — backache, for instance, or a creaky hip — but bunions. At times even a sheet over her foot was an unbearable weight. Despite … Read more
Stranded. Ashamed. Vulnerable. Like you’re going crazy. This is how it feels to hear your debilitating symptoms dismissed as ‘attention-seeking behaviour’, according to 41-year-old Alison O’Neil. In spring 2014, the local government worker developed a numbness in her feet. ‘One day I was walking around the office without my left shoe on and I didn’t … Read more
A woman with a 1 in 156 million allergy is left unable to shower daily due extreme pain when water touches her skin. Rachael Fetter, 23, was diagnosed with Aquagenic Urticaria – an allergy to water – in July 2019 after she began developing painful hives every time she washed her hands, took a shower or … Read more
A cream made from cough medicine could be an unlikely new remedy for agonising face pain suffered by thousands of people in the UK. The rub-on cream contains a drug called ambroxol, which has been used for decades in cough syrups to break up mucus in the lungs. But now scientists have discovered it also … Read more
HISTORY MISSING By Richard van Emden (Pen & Sword £20, 292 pp) Francis Mond was born into a world of riches and privilege. Yet he died on May 15, 1918, aged only 23, when his RAF plane was shot from the skies and plummeted into no man’s land in Northern France. Both Mond’s body and … Read more
A woman who became a widow at 33 when her childhood sweetheart passed away from cancer has revealed how she battled her overwhelming grief which saw her struggle to get out of bed for six months and resent her friends for having children. Katie, 33, of London, lost Adam on New Year’s Day in 2019 … Read more