2 h. ago 'I paid on my credit card to keep my unhealthy secret from my wife'

Mark Fettes, 44, said his life has now been transformed after he gave up his unhealthy habits

Society

61 h. ago After 50 years I have finally given up smoking... and it's transformed my life in the most surprising way: ALEXANDRA SHULMAN

It's only in the past few months that I have regained an acute sense of smell. And the world is suddenly a very different and at times a rather overwhelming place.

Politics

3 d. ago Woman loses 4st 4lb in just a few months without giving up ice cream

Brianna Alexander, 35, said she had been 'stress eating a lot' before making one simple change that transformed her life and relationship with food

Politics

3 d. ago Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan audiobook review – love and conflict in Sri Lanka

The civil war transforms a young trainee doctor’s life as she copes with her feelings for a Tamil Tiger in last year’s Women’s prizewinning novelBrotherless Night opens with 16-year-old Sashi Kulenthiren, who hopes to be a doctor like her eldest brother, making tea when the kettle slips out of her hand, causing her to pour boiling water on herself. When a neighbour, K, hears her screams, he rushes over to help, cracking raw eggs over the scalds to soothe the pain. “So I began as K’s patient though he ended as mine,” Sashi reflects.Set in 1980s Sri Lanka, VV Ganeshananthan’s coming-of-age novel – which won the 2024 Women’s prize for fiction – is an epic and hard-hitting tale of family and survival as it documents life during the civil war between Tamil separatists and the Sinhalese majority that lasted three decades. Before fighting breaks out, Sashi’s most pressing problem is whether she will pass her exams at school. But soon violence and kidnapping become the norm, communities are...

Events

4 d. ago NHS makes major change to cervical cancer screenings for younger women

The change, set to take effect next month in England, follows recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee

Politics

4 d. ago Lanarkshire tanning salon team complete challenge in memory of beloved colleague

The staff from Tanz Tanning took part in the 10 mile Pink Ribbon Walk to help Breast Cancer Now fund their world-class research and life-changing care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

Politics

4 d. ago Major change to cervical cancer screening as women 'spared appointments they don’t need'

Cervical cancer screenings will be less common for women aged 25 to 49 if they are shown to be low risk - low risk individuals will be able to wait five years between smear tests

Politics

6 d. ago I hid from the world when cancer changed my body until dancing transformed my life

Despite radiotherapy, appointments, exhaustion and pain, Rachael Anderson never missed a training session

Politics

7 d. ago I was enjoying a midnight swim. Then my girlfriend kissed me – and the nightmare began

Seventeen years ago Nathan Dunne was locked out of his body, or at least that’s how it felt. He talks about his battle with depersonalisation disorder – and his sudden fear of waterOn a cold winter’s night, in a “fit of spontaneity”, Nathan Dunne and his girlfriend went for a midnight swim on Hampstead Heath in London. They had been living together for a few months and, although it was dark and chilly, they “had a summer feeling in that first flush of the relationship”, Dunne says. They shed their clothes and waded into the shallows. After diving into the icy water, Dunne’s girlfriend put her lips to his cheek, and as they pulled apart, his life changed beyond all recognition. “It was like being struck. Like something came down,” he says, slicing the air with his hand. “The flip of a switch.”Dunne’s transformation sounds like a fairytale in reverse: one kiss, and his life turned into a nightmare. Seventeen years have passed since that night, and he still mostly explains the change i...

Politics

9 d. ago Many cancer patients unable to go on holiday because of rules

A cancer charity has called on the Government to change the system

Science

9 d. ago Bristol's Joe Batley: I didn't think cancer would change my life

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY ALEX BYWATER: When you've beaten cancer at 21, been made redundant and bounced back to be a Premiership star, perspective tends to come your way.

Politics

1 week ago Daughter of alleged terrorist says 'America changed me' as family face deportation

Habiba Soliman penned a glowing essay about how her life was transformed when she moved to the US from Kuwait with her family two years ago - but then her father allegedly launched a deadly anti-Semitic terror attack

Events

1 week ago Common food 90% of Brits don't eat enough of 'lowers risk of deadly cancer'

A dietitian says making one key change to your diet could slash cancer risk

Events

2 w. ago New AI test could end ‘postcode lottery’ for ‘game changer’ prostate cancer drug

The test, developed by Artera, uses AI to pick up features invisible to the human eye on images of tumour samples.

Events

2 w. ago ‘I’ve gotten my life back’: London, Ont., neurosurgeon transforming the way Ontarians deal with back pain

‘I’ve gotten my life back’: London, Ont., neurosurgeon transforming the way Ontarians deal with back pain  CTV News

Economics

2 w. ago 'I was left devastated when I found out what my unexplainable pain actually was'

After experiencing unexplained abdominal pain for months, Emma received a shocking diagnosis aged 39 during a visit to A&E - something she says resulted in her life taking an 'unexpected and transformative turn'

Politics

2 w. ago Doctors shocked at extreme new aesthetics craze that sends cancer risk soaring

A dangerous new trend that sees people using a freezing cold device to mark their skin and change hair colour raises your cancer risk, warns doctors.

Events

2 w. ago 'My Quasimodo boobs were so big I couldn't eat – now my life is transformed'

One woman said her life was completely changed after she reduced her breasts by almost five cup sizes – as before she struggled to work, walk and even eat a normal meal

Politics

2 w. ago Doctors sound alarm over link between cancer explosion and crisis Trump calls a hoax

A growing global crisis that President Donald Trump has long branded a hoax could be fueling growing rates and deaths from breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers in 17 Middle Eastern countries.

Events

2 w. ago Global heating may be fuelling rise in deadly cancers among women

Study authors warn women are ‘physiologically more vulnerable’ to climate-related health risks

Events