68 h. ago Dad critically ill in Turkey after scooter accident on holiday

Doctors have told John's family to fly to Turkey from the UK to 'say their goodbyes'

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3 d. ago The truth about vitamin pills: should midlife women start taking supplements – and if so, which ones?

The market for supplements is booming and it can be difficult to know which are actually any use. Dietitians give the lowdown on those you should take and those you can ditchI used to proudly eschew health supplements. Doctors always told me that if you eat a healthy diet, you’d only be flushing money down the loo. Studies showed that people who popped multivitamins didn’t live any longer, with some even dying a little younger – a 4% higher mortality risk according to one just last year. But now I’m unequivocally post youth, my supplement intake has crept up to four a day: vitamin D (by NHS decree), magnesium (for sleep, muscle relaxing, brain and stress; pretty sure it’s helping), lion’s mane mushroom (cognition; no idea if it’s working), biotin (hair health; ditto) and I’m considering crowbarring more in if I can afford them. Am I a total sucker, though? Do women really need to start taking supplements when they hit middle age?“There are plenty of reasons why we might need supplem...

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3 d. ago Doctors brushed off my puffy, red 'moon face' and told me it was normal... in fact it was the first sign of a hidden tumour

When new mother Katelyn Bonacasa suffered from a bumpy red rash post pregnancy she did not think much of it.

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5 d. ago 'The doctor told me it was a boy. I cried for days': Middle class mothers with  'gender disappointment' will baffle anyone who has longed for a healthy baby

One mother all too familiar with gender disappointment is Chloe, from South London, who runs a parenting blog and has four sons.

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6 d. ago WW1 doctor once told 'go home' to be first woman honoured with statue on Royal Mile

Dr Elsie Inglis was a suffragist and surgeon who defied official rejection

Society

6 d. ago Dani Dyer admits she hasn't left her bedroom since Strictly injury

Dani Dyer has given heartbreaking insight into the aftermath of her depature from Strictly Come Dancing after suffering a foot injury. 

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7 d. ago Anyone taking omeprazole told 'you've been warned' in doctor's alert

Omeprazole is often used to treat acid reflux, heartburn and stomach ulcers

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7 d. ago 'I was driving to Sainsbury's when doctors called and turned my world upside down'

Beth was on her way to Sainsbury's when doctors told her what was happening

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1 week ago When I was 19 when I went to the doctor in crippling pain, he told me to get pregnant... and thousands of women have similar stories to me

Tiffany Summerfield, (pictured) from Cardiff, was diagnosed with endometriosis when she was just 19 years old. She has since been told by doctors that she needs to think about her fertility

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1 week ago Donald Trump is 'a threat to child health' over mad MMR vaccine misinformation

A top doctor has told the Mirror that Donald Trump's new comments on the MMR vaccine are 'putting the lives of children at risk' - and echo the fraudulent claims of Andrew Wakefield

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1 week ago My GP told me I had sciatica, but my agonising back pain was actually caused by a grapefruit

For two years, a young woman was repeatedly told by doctors that her lower back pain was caused by sciatia-but it was deadly cancer.

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2 w. ago NHS announces 'Jess's Rule' after woman doctors told had Long Covid dies of cancer

‘Jess’s Rule’ will be rolled out in memory of Jessica Brady who died of cancer aged 27 after twenty appointments at her GP surgery failed to diagnose her condition

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2 w. ago 'Infertile' woman, 47, orders £1 pregnancy test from Temu and gets surprise of her life

Michelle Cisco-Pinheiro was told by doctors it would be 'impossible' for her to have children after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 18 as well as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS

Economics

2 w. ago Mum told she was 'fine' for 10 years diagnosed with aggressive cancer

Doctors had told Tameika her symptoms were anxiety

Science

3 w. ago Comedian MICHELLE BRASIER: My brother and father died of cancer

When I went for genetic testing and the doctor told me 'suspected Lynch syndrome' - a genetic condition affecting DNA that makes cancer a significant likelihood - I felt a kind of sick motivation.

Events

3 w. ago Bodybuilder almost dies after botched surgery as doctor told him to make 'final goodbye'

Jackson Peos has a new lease of life after he was saved thanks to the kindness of complete strangers following a botched surgery where he lost three litres of blood

Events

3 w. ago 'Doctors told my elderly dad he just had haemorrhoids TWICE – now he's dead'

Doctors twice dismissed James Beasley's symptoms as haemorrhoids - he was later diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer, which 'completely floored' his daughter

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4 w. ago 'Doctors told me my dizziness was vertigo but the truth was much more scary'

The tumour has caused her many symptoms such as balance problems, hearing loss and even tinnitus - but the doctors thought it was something else

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