Shaelyn Boostrom, 16, began suffering from headaches at age six, but didn't think anything of them until they transformed into painful migraines. By age 15, the migraines were painful and would cause her to vomit - in addition to leaving the left side of her body weak. A MRI found a tumor (inset) the size of a golf ball in her brain. Shaelyn was told that she could wait - or undergo a surgery to remove the tumor right away, even though it could leave her brain dead. The teenager bravely opted to have the procedure - and survived, with 16 staples and 20 stitches in the shape of a question mark. However, the teenager developed epilepsy after the operation - but medication is helping to manage the newfound condition. Shaelyn says the procedure gave her a second shot at life and that she feels 'like a whole new person.'

Shopper Rachel Shelvin, from Manchester, (bottom left) put a picture of the scales on Facebook (main image left) and urged people to write to B&M; to complain. She wrote: 'How lovely to see the phrase I said to my teenage/ young adult self that also led to me calling myself a ''fat , disgusting waste of oxygen'' often before self harming just because I had dinner.' The post (top right) has now has more than 5000 likes, has been shared 2000 times and caused outrage among those commenting (bottom right). Kate Doran wrote: 'Wow I can't believe they would put such a known pro-ana phrase on a set of scales! It's like the most irresponsible thing ever.' Eating disorder charity Beat slammed the product as 'irresponsible' and accused B&M; of 'thoughtless retailing'.

Ximena and Scarlett Hernandez-Torres (pictured left and right with their sister Catalina and mother Silvia Hernandez, 23) were born in May last year as part of a set of triplets in Corpus Christi, Texas. The likelihood of having conjoined twins as part of a set of triplets is around one in 50 millions, experts say. Not only that, but the way the little girls are connected to each other is a rarity too. They are joined at the pelvis, have separate legs and share a colon, as well as some organs such as the uterus and ovaries. Only six per cent of conjoined twins are connected this way. Now, doctors at Driscoll Children's Hospital are getting ready to separate them during a procedure that will last 12 to 18 hours.

Kirsty Keep, 23, of Maidstone, Kent, was diagnosed with lupus after suffering seizures and chronic pain. For the last seven years she has been receiving treatment for autoimmune condition lupus - including steroids and chemotherapy (left, in hospital, centre and right, on a good day). Last month, the agony became so unbearable miss Keep begged her mother Theresa to take her the Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas. But a specialist at Guy's Hospital this month said her symptoms, including chronic pain and seizures, could be due to a genetic skin and bone disorder such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Her mother Theresa is angry her daughter has received unnecessary and potentially harmful treatment. She said: 'I can't believe it. Kirsty has been receiving chemotherapy, steroids and all sorts of damaging stuff, which she might not have needed. I'm so angry.'

Roman and Hunter Williams, from County Durham, have finally been reunited after Roman was finally discharged from hospital after undergoing a life-saving heart transplant. They were born by Caesarean section and spent their first few days together (left) before Roman needed surgery on his heart (inset). He was born with a rare condition pulmonary atresia - causing a blockage in the blood flow from his heart to his lungs. It meant he needed a heart transplant shortly before Christmas. He is now home with his brother (right) and are enjoying each other's company again. Mother Zoe Pickering said: 'It is really nice to have him home. Hunter is so excited and keeps cuddling him and kissing him. He just wants to play with him all the time.'

Loose Women star Saira Khan has revealed how the adoption of her daughter Amara, now 5, was 'written in the stars'. The 45-year-old television star, who lives with husband Steve, son Zac and Amara in Oxford, says the family have been entirely honest with their daughter about her heritage. (Pictured from left: Saira Khan, with daughter Amara)

Once it was cancer, but now surveys show that dementia is our most feared disease. It refers to a set of symptoms, including loss of memory, confusion and difficulties with thinking, or language, caused by some sort of damage to the brain. Typically it starts after the age of 65 and the risk increases with age, with one in six 80-year-olds affected. The best that drugs currently available for it can do is slow the progression of the disease or temporarily alleviate the symptoms. Dr Naji Tabet assesses five people from age 28 to 68 for their risk.

The campaign, by the Diabetes Association of Thailand, aims to raise awareness to the little-known complications of type 2 diabetes, including poor wound healing, ulcers and gangrene. This occurs because high blood sugar levels damage the body's blood vessels and lower the immune system, meaning cuts don't heal as fast and raising the risk of infection. In the worst cases, infected wounds mean limbs have to be amputated. Pictured (left, right and inset), confectionery has been arranged to look like deep, infected holes in the body's arms, legs and feet.

Holly Brockwell, 30, from London (left, and right with boyfriend Zack), has appeared on This Morning to share her happiness as doctors finally agreed to sterilise her following a four-year battle to prove that she never wants children. The technology journalist had asked for the procedure every day since she was 26 but doctors refused because of her age, offering to give her boyfriend a vasectomy instead. After numerous attempts to get a referral from her GP, Holly learnt last week that she had finally been put on the list for the operation, which will take place in the next few months.

Celina Leroy, 24, from New York, always tried to hide the large red mark - but now she's embracing her difference and modelling without make-up. She spent $10,000 on 40 laser treatments and two operations to hide it since the age of one (inset), but now Celina is proud if the port wine stain. But now the model has decided to embrace her unique birthmark and has started posing for photoshoots without covering it with makeup. She's found that people have been supportive of her decision.

Sereena Scott, 32, from Kent, was devastated when a huge watermelon-sized lump on her stomach was diagnosed as ovarian cancer.
The sales assistant had gone from a size 12 to 18 overnight, causing her to look heavily pregnant. Doctors warned her cancer was aggressive and she became so ill that one of her lungs collapsed. Terrified her life was hanging in the balance (left), she feared her wedding to fiancé, Robert, 37, would never happen.
The pair had been engaged since 2005 but had been saving in order to have their dream wedding. Just days later, the couple tied the knot from Mrs Scott's hospital bed. To her utter astonishment, her health dramatically transformed after the wedding - and she is now in remission (right). Five months ago, the couple renewed their vows to symbolise the start of their future together.

The supermodel tells Daily Mail Online how she has been diagnosed with early stage ductal carcinoma in situ. But Dickinson, 61, says she is determined to beat the disease and will soon have surgery. Dickinson (left) revealed how a routine medical test earlier this month led to the discovery - and how she was given the diagnosis while shopping in Beverly Hills with her daughter Savi (right). She is now relying on the support of her family - daughter Savi, son Nathan Fields, and her fiance, Rocky Gerner (inset), who she will marry this summer. Despite the fear she felt when she was told she had cancer, she says she will now stand up for all women. 'Have regular breast examinations please. Girls past 30 it's very important,' she says.

Hollywood actress Robin Givens (pictured center left) has made a name for herself as the star of 1980s sitcom Head Of The Class, and as the ex-wife of boxer Mike Tyson and ex-girlfriend of Brad Pitt. But, two years ago, Robin suffered a devastating loss - when her younger sister Stephanie (pictured far left) was diagnosed with breast cancer and passed away, all in the course of one weekend. Having a close relative with breast cancer 'doubles a person's risk of developing the disease as well,' and so Robin appeared on CBS medical talk show to undergo mammogram (top right) and ultrasound (bottom right and inset) screenings - and receive her test results in front of the live studio audience. Robin told The Doctors that she had been afraid of what the results may be, but knew she needed to be screened for the sake of her two sons - and that she wanted to spread awareness of the disease in honor of her sister's memory.

Karen Crespo, 32, from Los Angeles, lost her arms and legs after meningitis ravaged her body in 2011 (left) but has gone on to become the first quadruple amputee model to walk down the runway at New York Fashion Week (right). She has dubbed herself the 'human mannequin' after replacing 40 per cent of her body with prosthetics (centre) and hopes to inspire other people who have suffered amputations though her modelling career and motivational speaking.

Jacob Barnes, of Norwalk, Ohio, stopped growing at the age of 12 - while all of his classmates began to go through puberty. At first he was not worried, assuming he was just a 'late bloomer,' but by age 17, he had stayed put at 5'2" and 146 pounds (pictured far left). It was then that he sought medical attention. A specialist sent him for an MRI scan, which found an aggressive tumor - called craniopharyngiona - on his pituitary gland. Dr Daniel Prevedello (pictured center left and far right), a neurologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, removed the tumor via a revolutionary endoscope procedure, entering the boy's skull through his nose. Shortly after the tumor was removed, Jacob began taking growth hormones and testosterone - and quickly shot up to 6'1" and gained 100 pounds in the span of a year. Now 21 years old, and enrolled in University of Findlay, Jacob (pictured now, far right) says he couldn't imagine going through college 'looking like a little kid'.

The Portland, Britain's only private maternity hospital and a place chosen by the Duchess of York, Victoria Beckham and Middle Eastern royals, is set to give the public a tantalising glimpse behind its doors. With its plush suites, an afternoon tea menu (pictured left and centre being served) to rival that at The Ritz and Dom Perignon available on request, the Portland sounds like a luxury five-star hotel. A new documentary reveals an institution that prides itself almost as much on its à la carte menu as its medicine, and where whole delivery suites are refurbished at vast expense for just a few days' stay. But a stay at the Portland does not come cheap - couples shell out at least £10,000, while the bill for one birth was a staggering £500,000.

Shaheen McQuade (left), 25, of North Lanarkshire, Fiona Paddon, 40, of Greenwich, south London (centre),and and Natalie Russell (right), 32, of Edinburgh, all lost their babies as a result of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection. GBS, a common bacteria found in the vagina and bowel of around a fifth of women, is normally harmless to carriers. But it can have fatal consequences if passed from mother to baby. If detected early enough, mothers can be treated with intravenous antibiotics during childbirth. But unlike other countries, such as the US, Canada and France, there is no routine screening during pregnancy for GBS - despite a test costing the NHS just £11. Worse still, women are not even routinely informed about the danger GBS poses. Now, these grieving mothers want current guidelines revised and have launched petitions calling on both Westminster and Holyrood to introduce national screening for the bacteria, garnering hundreds of thousands of signatures in support of their demands. Urging health chiefs to test all mothers-to-be for the bacteria, Mrs Paddon said: 'To be told your beautiful baby has to die is a pain you cannot imagine until you've experienced it. We know GBS exists, and we know the risks it poses to babies. Ignoring it by not screening isn't the answer.'

Luke Gorringe and Chrissie Daines, both 31, have been dealt a devastating double blow after both their children were diagnosed with the same genetic - and often fatal - disease last month. The couple, from Wilsden, West Yorkshire, say they are 'reeling' from the news that their son and daughter are unlikely to see adulthood due to Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome (AGS). The degenerative brain disease usually results in severe intellectual and physical problems. Doctors diagnosed seven-month-old Dollie on February 1. Then just weeks later, on February 29, her four-year-old brother Leighton was also diagnosed with a mild form of the disorder. Ms Danies said: 'AGS carriers don't tend to make it past childhood - and Dollie might not make it past five, as she has seizures every day. It's so sad because to look at them, you'd think they're just two, happy, healthy kids - and they're always smiling.'

Fitness guru and model Chontel Duncan (left and right), from Brisbane, Queensland, has given birth to a baby boy, Jeremiah (inset). The bronzed HIIT founder made headlines during her pregnancy due to her high intensity workouts, impressive set of abs and tiny baby bump (left). Mrs Duncan gave birth to Jeremiah on Friday and said he was 'healthy and happy' and 'extremely alert.' She also thanked everyone for their support and shared a number of adoring videos (right) and photos online.

Sugar not only causes rotten teeth and obesity, but can lead to repeat infections, liver and kidney problems and erectile dysfunction in men, this online tool created by healthcare provider Beneden shows. Previous research has found when children were given around 100g of sugar - the amount found in a litre bottle of fizzy drink - white blood cells, which are responsible for trapping and killing harmful pathogens in the body - were 40 per cent less effective (centre- a boy with an enlarged spleen due to a weakened immune system). And too much sugar leads to fat deposits being storied in the liver. In the worst case scenario, fat storage can lead to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (top right), which stops the organ functioning. It can also damage the heart (centre right) and blood vessels (bottom right), and cause thrush in women (left) as well as erectile dysfunction in men.

Many people toss avocado seeds - assuming they are inedible. However, New York City nutritionist Amy Shapiro told Daily Mail that the stone of the avocado is actually the most nutrient-dense part. The seed contains 70 per cent of the avocado's antioxidants - as well as high amounts of fiber. It can be prepared for consumption as a powder, which can be added to smoothies, juices and yogurt. To prepare an avocado, first remove the seed as you normally would (top left). Then, tap a sharp knife into the seed and twist. Rinse the seed, then place it in an oven pan and dehydrate at 120 degrees Celsius for two hours (top center). Once the seed is cooled, discard the dry outer skin (top right), cut the seed in half (bottom left) and dice it into small pieces (bottom center). Then pieces can then be blended into a fine powder (bottom right), and stored in the fridge