Rosie Hardwick, 35, from Aberdeen (pictured) wanted to get rid of the unsightly bulge sitting above her appendix scar. She had her first treatment in January and is confident the next will get rid of it all. Belinda Puaar, 52, was left with a 'mum tum' after giving birth to her son ten years ago and no amount of exercise seemed to get rid of it. She was happy with the results after just one session and doesn't think she'll need another round of the treatment. Margaret Sammon, 71, from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex was worried about her wobbly neck and even started growing her hair to try and hide it, she had three sessions between January and April 2014.

Sitting all day is 'the new smoking', according to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Now experts there have devised six exercises, including a sit stretch, a chest stretch and a chair twist, to help office workers get active. They have released the exercises after a survey revealed last week that four out of 10 office employees walk for less than 30 minutes a day, and a third are so tied to their desks they even put off going to the loo. Sammy Margo, a spokesperson for the CSP, said: 'Full-time workers spend a significant bulk of their week at work, or travelling to and from it. Finding ways to build in time to do at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity, five times a week, can be a challenge. Sitting is the new smoking and this issue needs to be taken seriously. Free facilities like outdoor gyms, or simply going for a brisk walk at lunchtime, can help people to be more active during the day. You could also consider getting off the tube a stop early or parking further away from work, walking meetings, standing desks and taking standing breaks are some ideas that can be implemented at work.'

Peering sleepily into a hand-mirror one morning, as I took a moment between meetings to refresh my mascara, I felt a jolt of panic. Around the pupil of my once green and gold eyes, there was a faint, but to me noticeable, murky brown ring, writes LEAH HARDY.

Emma Cunliffe, from Cheshire, has the BRCA gene and was terrified of contracting breast cancer. So she elected for the surgery ahead of her 31st birthday - the age at which both her mother (pictured) and grandmother were diagnosed with the disease. But she was devastated when doctors revealed they had found a 6cm-long tumour in her left breast - and had been been found any later, it would have been too late to treat it. Mrs Cunliffe said: 'I felt like a ticking time bomb waiting for cancer to strike, so as soon as I got the go-ahead to have a preventative op, I went for it. Now I know if I'd not had the operation, I would have been too late. I felt so lucky and like I had been saved' The shocking news meant she and her fiance Chris, 26, brought their wedding forward by 18 months and tied the knot in last November (left). Once she has had a family, she also plans to have her ovaries removed.

A British hospital is trialling a laser that bleeps like a parking sensor on a car when scalpels get to the edge of cancerous areas of the brain, letting surgeons know their margin for error. The device can read the differences in less than a second, and gives a warning sound if the surgeon is close to healthy tissue.

Corporal Anna Cross from Cambridge, who also works for the NHS as an intensive care nurse, was the first person in the world to be treated with the experimental drug MIL 77. But the 25-year-old credits the humble strawberry with helping her pull through. She joined the Army Reserves in 2013 as a staff nurse and volunteered to help care for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, arriving there last month. But she was evacuated back to the UK in an RAF plane on March 12 after becoming the third Briton to test positive for the virus. Today, she told a press conference at London's Royal Free Hospital that she had been treated by an 'absolutely incredible bunch of clinicians'. The 25-year-old said she cried when she found out she was free of the virus and attributed eating strawberries to help her through it.

Miles Skinner, nine months old, from Norwich was born with a huge bulging belly due to chylous ascites, a rare condition which stops the body breaking down fats, storing it as liquid instead (he is pictured, left, after his birth). Doctors discovered the illness when his mother, Stacey Skinner, 28, (pictured right with her son), went for her 28 scan. Doctors said he may not survive his own birth, and had to remove 400ml of liquid before carrying out a C-section. He spent 12 weeks in hospital after he was born, and doctors discovered he was allergic to cow protein. Luckily Miles pulled through, and is now enjoying time at home with his parents. Ms Skinner said: 'Seeing Miles on the scan was supposed to be a joyful moment but instead it was so horrendous that I couldn't help but cry. Doctors told me that if he was as ill as he looked he wouldn't survive the pregnancy. Luckily, over the weeks he was in hospital, and thanks to the care of the medics, the swelling went down. He still has a more rounded shaped belly than most normal babies but we're not worried - he'll grow into it.'

Christine Roberts, of Telford, was bullied as a schoolgirl (inset) for having a gay mother. Comfort eating saw her weight shoot up to 19 stone (left) but she has now lost eight stone (right) and says she is hoping her new look will help her find true love. 'Kids at school said I was gay because she was,' said 23-year-old Miss Roberts, who is now eight stone lighter. The bullying caused Miss Roberts to reach for the biscuits and by age 16, she was size 26.

In this incredible video of an ultrasound scan, the 14-week-old foetus appears to clap its hands together, as mum-to-be Jen Cardinal sings If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands. The parents can be heard laughing in the background as the doctor then rewinds the tape to make it look like that baby was clapping along to their singing. Under the post, Jen writes: 'At our 14 week ultrasound our baby was clapping, so I sang a song with our doctor as my husband filmed.'

Claire Dean, 43, from Castle Douglas, Scotland, was gardening in September 2014 when she felt herself being bitten on the hip (she is pictured,right, in her garden). She thought nothing of it, but developed flu-like symptoms days later. These worsened until she was in crippling pain. She was sent to hospital, and had to quit her job as a cleaner. After leaving hospital she woke up one day with a paralysed face and looked unrecognisable in the mirror (she is pictured, left, with daughter Alexandra, 21, while her face is paralysed). In hospital, tests revealed she had Lyme disease, a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. She was prescribed a course of antibiotics and has undergone physiotherapy to regain movement in her face.

Candice Campbell, 25 (pictured left and right with partner Geoffrey Burns), who had taken medicine to help her post-natal stomach pain, drifted off to sleep moments while eating the chocolate. Miss Campbell, mother to one-year-old son Harrison, then choked as she was sleeping beside her fiancé on the couple's sofa in Hull. Mr Burns, who had also fallen asleep, woke up to find his partner's lifeless body slumped onto his knee. Despite Mr Burns desperately giving CPR to Miss Campbell, she could not be saved. Senior coroner Professor Paul Marks recorded a verdict of accidental death and called it a 'tragic case'.

Rebecca Meldrum, 25, (right) from Aberdeenshire, shared her birth video of youngest daughter Florence, six months ago. She originally started making the videos as a private thing only to be seen by her and her husband, Lee. Gemma Vaughan, 25, (top left) and her sister, Emily, 21, (bottom left) have both share videos of their births online. Emily is currently pregnant with her second child and has asked Gemma to film the birth in August.

Owen Clarke, 12, from Leicester, managed to lose three stone in five months after becoming embarrassed by his 10st 8lbs (67kg) weight (left). At 5'1", his Body Mass Index (BMI) meant he was classed as obese. He said he would get so red and sweaty after a PE lesson he looked 'like a tomato' and couldn't enjoy playing football with his friends. He swapped chocolate and sausage rolls for low-fat yoghurts and carrot sticks and now plays football for an hour a day (he is pictured after losing the weight, centre and right). He inspired his mother, Michelle Hatfield, (inset), who didn't realise he was fat in the first place, to change what foods she bought her family. She swapped convenience foods for meals made from scratch. She said: 'I'd never looked at him and thought he was fat or overweight. He made me realise how irresponsible I'd been with the food I was buying'.

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Amy-Louise James, 25, from Northampton, had such severe eczema she had to change her bed sheets every day because of her weeping wounds. She also scratched so much that flakes of skin fell from her body - forcing her to apologise to strangers for being 'disgusting'. Now she has treated her eczema using Quaker's oats - bought from Tesco for £1.99. Miss James said spreading porridge over her body has improved her skin (right) and she is healthier than she has been in years. She said: 'People don't realise how serious eczema is, they think it's just red skin that's a bit itchy. I had to change my bed every day because there would be so much skin and my eczema wept so much. It was so painful.'