Emily Stearn

A GRIEVING couple have called on parents not to feel pressured into letting friends and family kiss or cuddle newborns after their 19-day-old baby died from a common but preventable bacterial infec…

A FOOTBALL fan has told how he keeps his wedding ring finger pickled in a jar at home, after it was ripped off accidentally when he tried to jump over a fence to take a post-match wee. Shane Storr …

AS the number of Britons testing positive for Covid has risen by almost a third in a fortnight, a lesser-known symptom of the virus has also been spotted. Around 600 more patients are confirmed to …

IT can feel like everyone’s talking about weight loss jabs – the “miracle” injections trimming inches off waistlines and helping turn the tide on the obesity epidemic. Nearly four million Bri…

A MUM has told how her symptoms were dismissed as being all “in her head” before she was diagnosed with one of the world’s rarest forms of cancer. Nicola Crymble, from Annalong in…

IT may just be one hour, but the clocks going back on Sunday can have major health implications. Research has long suggested that while a whole extra hour in bed might sound lovely, it is not witho…

IT is a disturbing health trend that is baffling doctors around the globe: the well-documented rise in young people developing cancer. Research has repeatedly shown that cancers including bow…

NHS consultants will strike next month in two days of industrial action, designed to bring hospitals to a standstill. Thousands of senior doctors will walk out on November 25 and 26, with the medic…

DOZENS of fracture patients may be dying unnecessarily at a scandal-hit NHS trust, a shock investigation has found. Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is one of the largest providers of hip frac…

TOO many women don’t know the tell-tale signs of one of the deadliest cancers until it is too late, scientists have warned. Cases of womb cancer in the UK have doubled in women under 50 over …