Heidi Loughlin, 32, from Portishead, near Bristol, delayed life-saving cancer treatment in the hope of giving her unborn baby a fighting chance. The Met Police officer was three months' pregnant when she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive inflammatory breast cancer earlier this year. She was offered an abortion by doctors who told her she should start life-saving treatment immediately, which would have been harmful to her unborn baby. However, she chose to delay the treatment until December 11, when her daughter was born by C-Section. Ally Louise Smith was born weighing just 2lb 5oz (left), but died at just eight days old. Now, in a heartbreaking blog post, Mrs Loughlin, who is also mother to Noah, two, (inset) and Tait, one (right and inset) announced that doctors believe the cancer may have spread to her lungs. She said: 'I can almost see myself swimming in the wake of a ship wreck. I feel exhausted and feel that I'm fighting an impossible battle as wave after wave forces me back.'

Chantelle Harris, 29, from Bedworth, Warwickshire, says she will feel 'amazing' on her big day after a breast augmentation boosted her cup size from a C to an E following her slim-down. At her heaviest, the cosmetics supplier weighed 21st (inset) and after failing every diet, she decided she needed a £6,000 gastric band to beat the bulge. One month later, Chantelle, left after her transformation, met her now fiancé, Marlon Powell, 30, who proposed last year. But she refused to walk down the aisle without paying a further £6,000 on the implants to complete her transformation.

Kirby Sheen, 24, was testing a battery in the device when it blew up, splitting her eyelid in two (inset). The mother-of-two (left before the accident) needed surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary. She says she could be scarred for life following Wednesday's incident. She said she will never use an e-cigarette again and wanted to warn others of the potential dangers. 'All I can remember is a puff of smoke and a bang, I knew something had hit me because I had blood pouring from my face,' she said.

Alana Clark, 51, from Bristol, was unable to speak or walk after a severe stroke at 36. But now she has been crowned winner in a world championship bodybuilding competition after taking the competitive fitness world by storm. The mother-of-two dedicates her training to her late son, Tom, who died four years ago in a car crash aged 19, and she says she sees his face whenever she's on stage.

I should make clear I'm not unfamiliar with the hypnotherapist's chair, having already sat in two in the last eight years. So would this time be any different? I visited Max Kirsten's Knightsbridge clinic in December 2015 (main), desperate to stop my social smoking habit once and for all. He has already got Adele and Ewan McGregor (left) to quit. So if Max (top right) couldn't help me, who could?...

The interactive chart which calculates the likelihood of someone's cause of death based on their age, gender and ethnicity, has been created by UCLA statistician Nathan Yau. It shows how the age you are today can affect what you are most likely to die of at various stages in your life. While a baby born today is most likely to die in the first few years of life from a congenital problem, a man who is 30 today who dies at the age of 80 is most likely to be killed by a circulatory problem - such as a heart attack or stroke - or by cancer, the chart reveals.

Joanna Moorhead had breast cancer last year, and had a lumpectomy. She was in complete denial about her diagnosis - and that's how she liked it. She liked the fact that her daughters didn't worry about her being ill, because she refused to make a big deal out of having cancer.

Chad Dean, 42, from Hagerstown, Maryland, risked permanently damaging the junction between his stomach and intestines after surgery by skipping his prescribed medication. Luckily, Chad, who weighed 701lbs (left), was able to continue his weight loss journey after his surgeon Dr. Younan Nowzaradan treated the swelling. Chad got down to 441lbs (right) after losing 260lbs in one year and saved his relationship with his family (inset).

Kathleen Mitchell (right, and inset), 61, gave birth to her daughter Karli (left), 43, the same year a major study was published about the effects of alcohol during pregnancy. Now an adult, Karli lives with her parents, is disabled, and has the mental age of a first grader. She loves Hello Kitty, and sleeps with a night light, and works one afternoon a week. Kathleen was filled with guilt when she learned her alcohol use had caused Karli's problems - though doctors didn't make the connection until Karli was 16. The Maryland mother is now the vice president of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, a nonprofit that raises awareness about the risks

Lee Hall, 44, from South Shields, served for 12 years as a sapper with the Royal Engineers and in the Royal Logistics Corps and spent three years in Cyprus. He was devastated to be told the stage four melanoma had spread to his lungs, liver and spine following treatment to remove the deadly tumour. Doctors say the deadliest form of skin cancer is likely to have been triggered by his time serving. The Army has confirmed Mr Hall's melanoma was 'attributable to service' - but added that sun cream is now 'either issued or readily available' to all service personnel. He said: 'Soldiers are going out to these hot countries and doing a job, risking being killed every day by gunfire and the like, but they do not realise they are also risking being killed every day in other ways - by the sun,'

EXCLUSIVE: Many of us spend much of our hard-earned cash buying green powders and exotic grains in a bid to be healthy. But some foods we may already have in our fridge or larder are kinder on the wallet than these fashionable alternatives, one expert has claimed. Nichola Whitehead, a registered dietitian based in Leeds, says we should be celebrating everyday 'superfoods'. For example, sardines, which cost 48p per 100g are less than half the price of salmon, which cost £1.10 per 100g (top left). Yet they contain the same levels of omega-3, which protects the heart against disease, but three times as much vitamin B12, essential for energy. And broccoli, at 15p per 100g, is cheaper than kale, which costs 25p per 100g, yet contains more vitamin C and vitamin K, essential for heart function (top right). Similarly, wheatgrass can be swapped for spinach (bottom left) and almonds for brazil nuts (bottom right). Ms Whitehead said: She said: 'There's no legal definition for what a superfood is, so really any food that provides nutrients is a superfood. We should be celebrating more everyday items - ones that are easier to get hold of or simply are cheaper.'

Jennifer Lawrence (left) revealed her anxieties started in her school days, describing herself as a 'weirdo'. She described how a 'light went out' until she took up acting. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift (middle) put her anxieties down to an un-named ex-boyfriend. Introducing her song, 'Out of the Woods,' she said she constantly harboured fears that the relationship would not last. Emma Stone (right) said she suffered panic attacks during childhood and often visited the school nurse. She also attributed acting to helping her through, stating 'You can't afford to think about a million other things, you have to think about the task at hand'.

Isabella Mendoza, 22, from Exeter, has designed and shot 26 images of different phobias, ranging from the common to the downright bizarre. They include coulrophobia - the fear of clowns (top right) and arachibutyrophobia - the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth (top left). The photography graduate has also depicted taphephobia - the fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries (bottom middle), vaccinophobia - being scared of vaccinations (bottom left) and frigophobia, where people are frightened by cold things (top centre). During her research, Miss Mendoza discovered that some people are terrified of urinating, a phobia called known as urophobia (bottom right). This ranges in severity from those not able to urinate in public to cases where people try to hold in their own waste. Commenting on her images, which have now been turned into a book, Miss Mendoza said: 'I wanted to show a light-hearted way into the world of phobias, by using my skills in prop building and special effects makeup - as well as my photography - without stripping the term "phobia" of its seriousness.'

Jess Fairclough, 18, from West Derby, Liverpool, wrote the heartfelt list of what she really cared about after discovering that her rare soft tissue cancer had spread to her bone marrow. Being with family and friends came top of her list, followed by writing in her diary, reading, listening and photography. Since her death in November, her friends have launched a fundraising drive for cancer charity CLIC Sargent in her memory.

EXCLUSIVE: Antonia Mitchell, from London, was living in Australia when her daughter, Shoshana, was stillborn. On Wednesday March 4 last year she felt her daughter stop moving in her womb. After being rushed to hospital, doctors confirmed her worst fears; there was no heartbeat. They operated early the next day, and Shoshana arrived - 'tiny, perfect and dead', in her mother's words (left, and her name written in sand, inset). Mrs Mitchell and her husband Simon (pictured) decided to have photographs taken of their daughter, which they share here with pride. Mrs Mitchell describes the pain as 'true heartbreak' but feels lucky she had a child she loved so much. Now, she is sharing her story in order to urge others to talk more openly about stillbirth. She said: 'I wish people would ask about stillbirth instead of pretending that my loss did not happen, pretending that my pain is not there or that my joy over having a child (even if she did not get to live) is not real.' Figures released today show 7,200 babies are stillborn every day worldwide.

The actress and dancer, 32, took part in new ITV show Sugar Free Farm with five other celebrities - and was hit with debilitating withdrawal symptoms as she quit the sweet stuff. But she persevered with the experiment which saw the famous faces turn their back on the modern food industry for two weeks to work for healthy food, under the watchful eye of nutritionist Angelique Panagos. Since taking part in the show, the former Brookside actress, from Liverpool, has gone on to lose one-and-a-half stone and says it has revolutionised the way she cooks for herself and her family.

Dion Parratt, 18, of Kettering, Northamptonshire (right), says she now suffers from dangerously low blood pressure and a 'severe heart problem' which means her pulse drops suddenly, causing her to pass out. She must wear a heart monitor and wires connected to an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine (left), which will alert doctors if there are any problems with her heart. She claims drinking up to five energy drinks a day are the cause of her health issues. Ms Parratt shared a Facebook post (inset) in a bid to warn others of the dangers of energy drinks. She said: 'This is what happens when you spend your childhood drinking energy drinks. I'm now stuck with wires and a massive box attached to me for 24 hours. Before you drink cheap energy drinks think again about what you're doing to your body.'