Health

Adele Clay (right), 25, from Stockport, was taken to hospital after her heart rate dropped to a dangerous level as a result of hypothermia as a result of her anorexia. Her drastic weight loss had caused a reduction in her fat cells - the body's natural insulation method. Her mother, Yvonne (left, pictured together), 47, claims her condition became so bad that many hospitals had turned her down for being 'too unwell'. She made desperate pleas in a heart-breaking video before her daughter - who has suffered with eating disorders since she was 12 - was eventually offered a bed at a specialist clinic in London.

Rachel Cunningham, 12, from London, went to school complaining of a headache in February. She collapsed after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage and needed emergency surgery.

In the final part of DR MICHAEL MOSLEY'S eight week diet plan, he offers his top tips for long-term success and recipes for weekend dinners and brunches. including steak strips, pictured left, Moroccan meatballs, bottom right and egg muffins, top right.

Maureen Barnett, was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2003 and developed Alzheimer's three years ago. The family, from Somerset, said it as though 'a happy switch' is permanently on. Daughter Michelle Pattenden, pictured with her mother, said the 65-year-old was always friendly but now 'appreciates everything'. She said: 'It's wonderful. She goes for a walk and she points out beautiful flowers or trees.'

Melissa Mead, 29, from Penryn, Cornwall, gave birth to Arthur 'William' (right) earlier this week. But she says the joyous occasion was tinged with sadness that he will never get to meet his older brother. The family's first-born William (inset and left with Mrs Mead) died in 2014 aged just 12 months when a string of NHS failures led to his case of sepsis not being properly recognised. A report into his death criticised GPs, out-of-hours services and a 111 call handler who failed to spot the symptoms. But Mrs Mead launched a successful campaign to bring about changes to legislation in the hope of avoiding future deaths.

Mark Camamile, 33, from Nottingham, was rushed to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital after his lips turned blue and he collapsed. He awoke from a medically-induced coma to discover he had both legs and right hand amputated after contracting the blood poisoning infection septicaemia (right, with son Kealen and daughter Chloe, in hospital). He and awoke from a medically-induced coma. Mr Camamile's work colleagues raised £27,000 in just 5 days so he could be fitted with the life-changing tool (left, with mother Joy and wife Wendy). He said: I've been playing around with the hand and can't believe how well I've taken to it.'

Mark Bradley's kidney - given to him by his mother Evelyn in 1992 (pictured right together on the front of their local newspaper) - began to fail last year, causing him to have headaches and feel sick. The 54-year-old, from Carnforth, Lancashire, was put on the donor register and his family were tested in an attempt to find a new organ. Eventually his daughter Georgia (pictured together left), 31, was found to be match and donated her kidney to help him get better. Mr Bradley had his first transplant at the age of 30 after both his kidneys failed. He had been on dialysis for four months until his mother was able to donate one of her kidneys to him (inset, the family 24 years ago).

Many are questioning the ethics of the decision to offer the NIPT test to all pregnant women on the NHS, including Nicola Sparrow (bottom right), of Tadworth, Surrey, pictured with daughter Lily. Sarah Costerton, from Sutton, (pictured top right with her daughter Beth), and Beth Butler, from Corfe Mullen, Dorset, (main with her son Seth) are both also delighted they kept their babies.

Poppy Hughes, 22, from Liverpool, saw her weight rocket to 14 stone 8 lbs and a size 16 (left). But after a music producer told her she needed to lose weight for a music video she finally hit the gym. 'I always remember being asked to record a song,' she recalled. 'The producer said to me that if it was going to go to video, I needed to lose weight. His words struck a nerve with Poppy, who said: 'I obviously wasn't happy with the way I looked - I used to cry in the mirror every day and cry to my mum.' She eventually hit the gym (inset) and mastered the art of portion control to lose five stone in just over a year.

Rachel Kierstenson (pictured left during pregnancy), 37, from Hertford, was diagnosed with cancer after finding a lump in her right breast. She was given the all clear just months later but the damaging effects of chemotherapy (inset) meant her chances of having a family were slim. Doctors warned that even if she did fall pregnant, the cancer, which is triggered by a change in hormones, may return and put her life in danger. Despite the risks, Mrs Kierstenson and husband, Michael, 36, were desperate to have a baby and began trying to conceive naturally. Two years later the couple turned to IVF and after just one round, she became pregnant and gave birth to son, Logan (right).

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Most of us want to lose weight to feel confident, fit and - in our heart of hearts - to look great. But fast, effective weight loss will also have a massive impact on many other aspects of your health, too. The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet - a simple 800-calorie-a-day eating plan based on the Mediterranean diet - was originally devised to combat diabetes. But the health benefits of this diet go far beyond that. There is no doubt that achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is crucial to your long-term health, but if you can get there via the eight-week blood sugar diet, you will also be discovering a new, fantastically healthy and tasty way to eat.

Born in Magura, Bangladesh, local doctors have been left stunned as to what the cause of the baby boy's (right) ageing is - but they believe he has progeria. The condition - which affects just one in four million - often restricts children from having a normal life. But his parents are over the moon with the birth of their 'miracle' child (left) and can't hold back their happiness. And they remain positive he will grow up healthily despite most children with the condition not living past the age of 13. Father Biswajit Patro said: 'We can only thank God. There is no need to be unhappy about the appearance of my son.'

Though they've had their lives torn apart by breast cancer, these inspirational women are fighting fit to help prevent the disease in future. Modelling sportswear, the seven women (pictured) are hoping to raise awareness that doing 30 minutes of exercise a day cuts the risk of developing breast cancer by 20 per cent. Each tells her own tale of how the disease has affected her life to mark the launch of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. The sportswear range is designed by M&S; to promote the social media campaign #letsgetmoving. They have said 10 per cent of which will go to the charity Breast Cancer Now during October.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics have laid bare the parts of the country which are the happiest, most miserable, anxious and have the highest and lowest levels of life satisfaction. The Outer Hebrides came top of the happiness rankings, scoring 8.24 out of 10. While East Northamptonshire was bottom, scoring a lowly 7.01. Elsewhere the most anxious place was Hammersmith & Fulham in London and Corby residents reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction. The grim - or encouraging - details can even be checked out using a special interactive map.

Research has shown that eating 800 calories a day for eight weeks is the best way to lose weight quickly and dramatically reduce your risk of diabetes, writes DR MICHAEL MOSLEY. He adds: 'And my diet plan is backed by studies which show that if it is done properly, a rapid weight-loss diet can be a safe and effective way to cut dangerous belly fat and achieve your weight-loss goals. And it's really not difficult. Where's the hardship when you can tuck into 800 calories of deliciously comforting cauliflower cheese, quiche or coq au vin?' Pictured, a mushroom omelette (left), chicken wrapped in Parma ham (top right) and avocados with pre-baked tomatoes (bottom right).

Bircher muesli is a lighter alternative to porridge first thing, and is just as nutritious. Served cold, it's basically oats in milk and yoghurt with added fruit. You can make your own by soaking porridge oats in milk and yoghurt (roughly equal parts) overnight, then sprinkling over fresh fruit, seeds and nuts. But what about the ready-made versions - how do they compare? Here, dietitian Alison Clark gives her verdict and Good Health rates them.

When Vincent (left), one, and Zakkery (right), 10 months, from Barnsley, are exposed to light, their faces swell up and they develop a painful rash. The boys haven't been given a diagnosis, but doctors suspect they may have an ultra-rare condition called Erythropoietic Protoporphyria, which leaves the skin more sensitive to UV rays. Their parents can't let them leave the house without covering them up and placing them in a pram with a sunroof shade. During the summer, the family set-up a paddling pool (top right) in the living room to allow them to pretend they were outside - but the curtains remained shut.

Only 15 per cent of Australian women understand breast health. That was the damning verdict from the results of the first ever McGrath Breast Health Index, published on Tuesday. 'This is concerning,' said CEO Petra Buchanan (pictured right) explaining it meant that women were armed with 'incorrect information'

Three quarters of sufferers of alopecia areata reported significant hair regrowth when taking ruxolitinib, researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center, New York, found. Taken over a period of four months, the drug - known as a JAK inhibitor - had an average hair regrowth of 92 per cent (pictured before and after, left and right). Dr Julian Mackay-Wiggan, lead author of the study, said: 'This is encouraging news for patients who are coping with the physical and emotional effects of this disfiguring autoimmune disease.'

Amy Stinton, 30, from Portsmouth, had to rush her 14-month-old son Oliver to hospital after he came out in painful blisters on his feet, legs, (left) under his arms and around his mouth. After a blood test, the doctors said he had been infected with the herpes type 1 virus which can cause mouth sores, rashes and fever. Oliver has now recovered and is doing well but will have the virus - which is usually transmitted orally including through kissing - for the rest of his life. She said: 'If we had left it a day longer or Ollie was younger, it could have been a lot worse - he could have died.'

Identical twin brothers Zane and Zac Taylor have always relied on each other for everything. From taking their first steps to making friends, they have been inseparable. But now the five-year-old boys are united in a devastating new stage of their lives: they have both been diagnosed with cancer.

Callum Salkeld (left), 15, from Whitley Bay, had been suffering from constant headaches for a few months. But his worried parents, Alison, 35, and Chris, 37, took him to the GP, who suggested going for an eye test. At their local Specsavers in Cramlington, Northumberland, they were told by optometrist Ruth Moore (right) that he had swelling at the back of his eye and referred him to hospital. Just weeks later he was diagnosed with a 2cm tumour and a cyst that was causing pressure in his brain - as doctors said the combined effect of the two was causing his headaches. The next day, Callum was rushed into surgery and had a six hour operation (top inset) to remove the tumour and the cyst. He returned to school in mid-February but other than a scar (bottom inset) running along the back of his head and down his neck, he has made a full recovery.

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT AND NUDITY - Mother-of-two Aly Tate (pictured left and right) underwent a double mastectomy in 1997 after finding a number of lumps in her chest and later had silicone implants to reconstruct her breasts, but has since had 21 operations. Her tragic condition means she has now consigned herself to being single for the rest of her life because of her body (inset) and admits her children, Nick and Alex, are the only thing that have kept her going. Aly, from Sheffield, is now considering legal action against the NHS because of the trauma she has suffered, and is also warning other women against having the same treatment.

Since being uploaded to Facebook and YouTube, a heartwarming video of 80-year-old Ted McDermott singing Quando Quando Quando with his son Simon in the front seat of a car (left), has been watched by more than 60 million people worldwide and raised £125,000 for charity. If Ted - a former Redcoat at Butlins (left, inset) - could understand it, he would no doubt be delighted. But he is in the cruel grip of Alzheimer's, which for five years has slowly robbed him of his comprehension and dignity. Ted (pictured top right with his son and beloved wife Linda), has released his first single, a cover of Frank Sinatra's You Make Me Feel So Young (bottom right), after a Decca record company executive spotted the karaoke video online.

Gabrielle deFiebre was in the mall to buy hiking boots with her grandmother in 2009 when she felt a pain surge from her neck down her arms. An active final-year college student, she thought it was strange but assumed nothing of it. She carried on walking, sporadically stretching and bending in a bid to ease her muscles.

Nakita Wright (left on holiday with father Russell and right with mother Natasha) from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, suffered a freak case of surfer's myelopathy while on holiday with her family in the Algarve resort of Praia de Rocha. Her mother Natasha, 38, recalled: 'Her dad Russell was teaching her to lie down and jump up. All of a sudden, Nakita said, 'Mum, I can't move my legs!' She started crying and checking her feet and she struggled to walk.' Her parents were concerned, but at first thought her legs were just 'sleeping'. Mr Wright carried his daughter back to their beachside hotel.

Ben Wernham (left and bottom right with daughter Iris), 33, is paralysed from the neck down after the accident in Cyprus and has been in hospital ever since his flight back to the UK, during which he almost died of septic shock. His partner Ella Constable, their two-year-old daughter Iris and Ms Constable's seven-year-old daughter Olivia (top right) are desperate for him to come home to Gloucestershire but need to raise £80,000 to make adjustments to their home and hire a live-in carer. They have launched an online appeal and are urging the public to help.