6 d. ago Surgeon reveals one simple daily exercise that could slash your risk of a heart attack: 'This could save your life'

It's long been known that regular exercise reduces the risk of major illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer.

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8 d. ago TOWIE star Billie Shepherd reveals biological age is 'older than her mum's' in Lyme disease update

The reality TV star appeared on This Morning to discuss her recent health battle

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8 d. ago Billie Shepherd was told her ‘biological age is 59’ amid Lyme disease illness

The 35-year-old and her sister Sam Faiers find out their ‘biological age’ in the ITV series Sam And Billie: Sister Act.

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2 w. ago ‘Status, hierarchy, cool – none of it matters’: Dinosaur Pile

Doctors were baffled as Matt Bigland bled internally and his body became unrecognisable. He’s now channelled the trauma into a headbanging new albumIn recent years, when asked how he was feeling, Matt Bigland’s default response was to shrug and say: “I’ve felt better.” Those three small words hardly graze the surface of the trauma the Dinosaur Pile-Up frontman has endured. He became ill in 2019 with what was initially diagnosed as Crohn’s disease, later corrected to ulcerative colitis. At one point, he suffered internal bleeding, and at another, he was covered in sores. His body changed in ways that made it unrecognisable, from rapid weight loss to what he calls “moon face” – when the face becomes puffy and round owing to fat redistribution and fluid retention – as a side-effect of receiving a huge dose of steroids when doctors were unsure how to proceed.In February 2021 he admitted himself to hospital. “I didn’t have any power – physically and spiritually – and that was horrible,” ...

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3 w. ago ‘It’s a horrible picture’: Gaza faces new threat from antibiotic

Fatal infections more likely due to malnutrition, injuries and lack of medical facilities under Israel’s blockadeGaza is facing a new threat as diseases resistant to antibiotics spread across the devastated territory, research has revealed.Medical supplies are desperately scarce and tens of thousands of people have been injured in the 22-month war, while many others have been weakened by malnutrition, so the high levels of drug-resistant bacteria will mean longer and more serious illnesses, a more rapid transmission of infectious diseases and more deaths, experts said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I was left seriously ill on holiday with deadly disease after touching a cat'

Alysha, 26, has warned other people of the dangers after the cat left her unconscious on an IV drip needing urgent care

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