10 h. ago A moment that changed me: I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 41 – and had to find a new look

My beloved Converse All Stars had always been part of my identity. But when they became painful and impractical, it transformed my relationship with clothesStyle and comfort have always been of equal priority for me. I got my first pair of Converse All Stars at the mall in Indiana in the 1980s. They were teal and yellow – I would fold the lip of the hi-top over to show off the lemony interior. For my wedding, I wore low-top leather Converse with my white dress. I’ve walked across cities from Rome to Mumbai, Chicago to Oslo – all while wearing Converse, or Fly London boots – looking for vintage one-offs and secondhand gems, clothes made to last.In 2021, aged 41, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a degenerative disease that resulted in symptoms including difficulty moving, especially walking. Dystonia is a common symptom for those of us with young onset Parkinson’s; it involves the involuntary and painful twisting of parts of the body. In my case, dystonia occurs in my back, hands, fe...

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7 d. ago Heart failure warning as people told not to ignore surprisingly common symptom

The distress caused by poor hearing increases the risk of heart failure, a study has found

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8 d. ago 'Common' symptom that 'won't go away' after 3 weeks could signal cancer

A radiation oncologist has warned that if this common ailment persists for more than three weeks, it could be an early sign of a rare form of cancer.

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2 w. ago One surprising bowel cancer symptom can be easily overlooked as common feeling

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

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2 w. ago John Oliver laments Trump officials for emojis sent in group chat about airstrikes

‘Look, those clearly aren’t the right emojis to send after a bombing because the right emojis are no emojis,’ said Oliver

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Trump and reality: from promoting alternative facts to erasing truths | Editorial

The decision to put documents on the assassination of John F Kennedy into the public domain comes alongside a ‘digital book burning’ of dataWhat does the public need to know? The Trump White House boasts of being the most transparent administration in history – though commentators have suggested that the inadvertent leak of military plans to a journalist may have happened because senior figures were using messaging apps such as Signal to avoid oversight. Last week, it released thousands of pages of documents on John F Kennedy’s assassination. Donald Trump has declared that Kennedy’s family and the American people “deserve transparency and truth”.Strikingly, this stated commitment to sharing information comes as his administration defunds data collection and erases existing troves of knowledge from government websites. The main drivers appear to be the desire to remove “woke” content and global heating data, and the slashing of federal spending. Information resources are both the tar...

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2 w. ago Chris Stark fights back tears as he admits ignoring common cancer symptom made him 'feel like an idiot' on This Morning

The Capital FM presenter, 38, appeared on the ITV daytime show on Thursday, hosted by Cat Deeley, 48, and Ben Shephard, 50.

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3 w. ago US spies issued warning WEEKS AGO about Signal messaging app security fears and potential leaks

America's National Security Agency warned against mis-use of the Signal app last month - weeks before US President Donald Trump's top people sparked the notorious 'chatgate' attack plans scandal

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3 w. ago 'I fear I could die any moment after common symptom turned out to be brain aneurysm'

Amber Ford, 31, from Scotland, was a 'healthy' individual before she became unwell in 2018, and now faces a grappling decision as she lives in fear of when she could die

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