Ruby Shallom, 16, from Berkshire started to suffer from stomach spasms just weeks after having the HPV jab. But in May she woke up with no feelings in her legs.
Since the clip of the Benex Extraction System, which was developed in Switzerland, was posted on Facebook last month, it has amassed more than 120,000 views.
London-based Nutritionist Rob Hobson says Brussels sprouts contain vitamin C, K, folate and iron. While they also have high levels of other compounds known to protect against cancer.
Health bosses have written to all trusts instructing them to postpone 'most' non-urgent procedures until the 16th of January. This includes some heart surgeries.
The discovery by researchers at Johns Hopkins University adds to evidence that rheumatoid arthritis is linked with dental health, a theory that has been suspected for a long time.
Figures analysed by the Nuffield Trust show NHS hospitals were on average 95 per cent occupied last winter – the highest on record - and this year is set to be even worse.
Ruby Shallom, 16, from Bracknell, Berkshire started to suffer from stomach spasms and dizziness just weeks after having the HPV jab. But in May she woke up with no feelings in her legs.
Melinda Messenger was slammed by Dr Chris Steele on This Morning on Wednesday as she revealed why she won't be giving her daughter Evie, 13, the HPV vaccine.
Jenny Taft from Walsall recognised the early warning signs of sepsis in her two-year-old son Freddie after reading the Mail's campaign and he was swiftly and effectively treated with antibiotics. She had read he case of William Mead, a 12-month-old who was featured on the front page of the Mail in January. So when her own son Freddie fell ill just three months later she recognised the hallmark signs of sepsis – an illness known as the ‘silent killer’.
Tens of millions of patients still cannot see a GP out of hours despite a major drive for longer opening times, with fewer than a fifth of UK surgeries offering evening and weekend appointments.
Scientists at Oxford University have calculated there will be 144,000 fewer cases of obesity among adults and children alike if the levy on sugar-laden soft drinks achieves its goals.
The majority of men and women over 60 in the U.S. are sexually active, most at least two to three times per month (more often than many younger adults). They also rate sex as an important part of life.
Using the Pill has long been believed to decrease desire, but scientific evidence has been scarce, until this new study by scientists from the University of Kentucky and Indiana University.
Michael Slager, 41, has pleaded no contest to charges of aggravated arson in the August 2015 attack targeting his girlfriend, Judy Malinowski, 33, who remains hospitalized.
Hetan Petal, 40, a businessman from from Surrey, managed to shed three stone in five months, hone his abs and half his body fat.
Brianna Brewer, from Ohio, was two weeks old when her parents first noticed a tiny bruise-like mark appear on her upper lip (left). Doctors diagnosed it as a hemangioma - a collections of blood vessels that gather underneath the skin to form a reddish-purple lump. Within seven months, the small mark swelled to the size of a kiwi and was larger than Brianna's nose. Fearing her daughter would be bullied, her mother, Hollianna Lockhart, 26, and father, Robert Brewer, 28, (right) desperately looked for a surgeon to perform intricate surgery to reduce the mass.
A new survey has found that young Australian women have the worst dental hygiene when compared with any other age group. Almost half of respondents said they only brushed once per day.
A beauty blogger has shared a video in which she mends a broken nail with a dry teabag, pair of scissors, nail file and clear nail varnish.
The annual report, compiled by the United Health Foundation, ranks each state based on data from the US Census Bureau, American Medical Association, and the CDC.
Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona analyzed federal data on dieters from January 2005 to April 2016. They found people lost up to 9 pounds more on a low-carb diet than on a low-fat diet in half a year.
A third of cases are believed to be due to a lack of the protein, nSR100, which is important for normal brain development, researchers from the University of Toronto, found.
In an unprecedented finding, scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have found that the type 2 diabetes drug metformin controls the growth of breast, prostate and pancreas cancers.
Formerly conjoined twins Jadon and Anias McDonald have transferred to a new hospital to begin rehabilitation nine weeks after being separated. The twins were separated in a 20-hour procedure at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx on October 13 and 14. They left the New York City hospital that had been their home since February, transferring to Blythedale Children's Hospital in suburban Westchester.
Part of the brain responsible for decision-making and planning - the frontal cortex - is activated during a run, a study by the University of Arizona found.
A team of researchers from the University of Nevada, University of California, San Francisco, found young sufferers of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia are nearly four times more likely to have the virus.
Early maternal support has been found to help a baby to deal with stress. But a viral infection can cause a woman to be less affectionate, experts from the Medical University of Vienna say.
Pat and Al Dawson, both from Edinburgh, had knee pains in sync with each other. Tests found Al had osteosarcoma - a rare form of bone cancer that eventually took his life just two years later.
Americans with a higher income are twice as likely to feel in good health than people on lower salaries, according to data compiled by the Brooking's Institution.
The Food Standards Agency has released list of freezer tips for Christmas. They say you can freeze meals if they contain previously frozen ingredients.
Tyraah Bell-Lama (right), from Reading, was just eight months old when she was taken to the doctor with a white glow behind her eye. Doctors thought it may be responsible for her poor vision and immediately referred her to hospital. Blood tests and scans were taken before they revealed on Christmas Eve two years ago that she had retinoblastoma. Just a few weeks later she began six rounds of chemotherapy to battle the disease - which proved to be a success, and now (left, with mother Jade Bell, 27) the two-year-old is thriving.
Nutritionist Rob Hobson says you can eat your way to a better mood. He suggests eating raw cacao - the purest form of chocolate - as it's a rich source of magnesium, which can ease PMS.
Ultrasounds are already used to check that the baby is developing properly. But a new study by the University of Sheffield suggests that MRI scans should become routine practice.
The board members of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority meeting in London decided clinics should be free to apply for permission to carry out the treatments (stock image).
Pacing back and forth from the yellow line at the platform edge and putting a bag on the ground are two tell-tale signs, researchers from the University of Quebec, Canada, found.
As many as one in 20 women suffering partial deafness could blame their painkiller use, a study by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in the US found.
Dietitian Helen Bond reveals her top 20 tips to stop IBS-related symptoms during the party season - including avoiding the mini quiches and mince pies at the office Christmas party.
They spent two-and-a-half years glued to one another, conjoined at the sternum. But over time, life was becoming an insurmountable struggle for Eva and Erika Sandoval. The girls, from Antelope, California - who shared a digestive system, a uterus, a liver, a bladder, a pelvis, and a third leg with a seven-toed foot (top right)- suffered countless infections, and Erika was becoming dangerously weak. Last Tuesday, in one of the riskiest separation operations ever performed (bottom right), the twin girls were successfully separated. And on Monday afternoon, six days after their 18-hour operation, the pair were reunited for the first time. A touching video released by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford on Wednesday shows the girls' parents carefully carrying one over to the other, while nurses lift the numerous wires and cords with them. Finally lying on a bed together (left), they silently stare at each other. It was a staggering moment of triumph for the entire family after years of fears over the risks surrounding their procedure.
Today, stickers impregnated with active skincare ingredients are an increasingly popular way to ensure that vitamins and minerals are absorbed into the skin.
Researchers at Tufts University analyzed government data on almost 7,000 girls aged 14 to 18 years old. The 38% with body insecurities were far more likely to have tried alcohol.
Every new mother will be warned to look for signs of sepsis in their baby in an all-out war on the illness. From today, the NHS will distribute a million leaflets in casualty departments across Britain.
Sepsis is a devastating condition which kills too many babies every year. The problem of sepsis is now every bit as urgent as meningitis, writes JEREMY HUNT as he launches new campaign.
Fewer children are smoking or drinking alcohol than at any time in the past two decades, NHS figures reveal. One in six – 17 per cent – of those aged eight to 15 said they had tried alcohol.
According to the team at the University of Minnesota, it’s the first time this has been done without the use of a brain implant and could one day be used to help people who are paralyzed.
Where you live determines how you die, according to a new study that lays bare the most common causes of death county-by-county across the United States. The data, collected by the University of Washington in Seattle, offers an unprecedented detailed insight into the differing healthcare needs of each region and shows how it has changed since 1980. Cancer kills more people in Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado than anywhere else (as shown top left) while heart disease – the nation’s biggest killer overall – claims most lives in West Virginia and Kentucky, as evidenced by the map pictured top right.
Experts at Duke University in North Carolina, suspect that a key reason married people tend to do better following a stroke is simply because they have someone to look after them.
Researchers from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, found people with albuminuria in their urine were significantly more likely to develop cognitive impairment than people who did not have it in their urine.
Australians are taking a hormone found in the placenta and urine of pregnant women to lose weight. Elizabeth Maher tried it and found she lost weight quickly before piling it back on
Encouraging children to use gestures can boost their creativity, reveals a new study. Experts found gesturing allows children to explore the properties of items, which can trigger ideas for creative uses.
Pensioner Ken Marwood, 82, was visiting a friend in Darlington when he fell in the garden, hitting his head on the hard ground, at about 10.30am yesterday. His wife phoned for an ambulance as her husband, who has diabetes, who was bleeding from the nose and vomiting blood on the cold pavement (left). Despite a number of desperate phone calls to emergency services, Mr Marwood (inset) waited nearly four hours before paramedics arrived (right).
British children are also unaware of their size and four in ten who are either overweight or obese think they are 'about right', according to the findings of a major new NHS survey.
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine, New York, found that even before cancer is diagnosed breakaway cancer cells head off to infiltrate other bodily organs.
Moaza Al Matrooshi, 24, from London, had her ovary tissue removed before she underwent chemotherapy to battle a blood disorder she was born with, which is known to damage the organs.
Researchers from Warwick University and Imperial College London found giving overweight adults Modafinil, generally used to treat narcolepsy, helps to reduce impulsive behaviour.
Leah Boxall, 34, (right), cannot turn her head without dislocating her neck and is partially paralysed (left). She suffers from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a condition that has left her spine and neck too weak to support her head and her brain is now slipping into her spinal column crushing her brain stem. Her daughter Caitlyn, 12, (inset), is now her primary carer at their home in Southampton.
When an explosion at 36-year-old Maria Ines Candido da Silva's workplace in Russas, north east Brazil caused her severe burns, doctors dressed her wounds with the skin of a Tilapia fish.
German scientists said the breakthrough could lead to victims being diagnosed before they reach an advanced stage - when treatments and lifestyle changes are less likely to be effective.
The youngster had been on dialysis since birth because of a rare kidney anomaly and a malformation of her blood vessels, a statement by the Molinette hospital in Turin, Italy said.
Oxford University scientist Charles Michel says he's perfected cheese and crackers. He says the trick is to have six layers and cater for all five tastes, including umami.
Matt Greenwood (left), 21, an engineering student at the University of Oxford, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in his hip, which had spread to his lungs earlier this year. He was in the process of completing his bucket list after friends raised more than £60,000 for him to travel around the world. He had hoped to visit Disneyland in Paris, as well as seeing Rome and Athens in their full glory. While challenges he set out to reach included driving a racing car, going on a hot air balloon ride and completing a sky-dive. But the engineering student, who had his right leg amputated (right) during his battle, passed away on Sunday.
Dr Chris Steele slammed Melinda Messenger on This Morning on Wednesday as she revealed why she won't be giving her daughter Evie, 13, the HPV vaccine.
Recent research has revealed the traditional Christmas dinner contains close to 6,000 calories - but nutritionist Dr Michelle Braude says it's not all bad for you.
Harvard researchers, who monitored nearly 25,000 teenagers aged 14 to 18 for two years, found 20 per cent of participants used their gadgets for more than five hours on an average school day.
Jayne Sefton, 26, of New Brighton, Merseyside, was pregnant when she found out her twins had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. It is known to be fatal in 90 per cent of cases if left untreated.
Gemma Garfirth, 21, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, slept through a week of festivities three years ago - missing family gatherings, present-opening, and even Christmas dinner. The student suffers from the incurable sleep disorder - Kleine-Levin Syndrome. It often sees her fall into a trance - known as a 'sleep episode' - and nod off for an entire week and has played havoc on her life over the past five years. Around 1,000 people worldwide are affected and it is known to cause extreme exhaustion, paranoia and hysterical behaviour.
It is just four months since former Marine sergeant John Peck received a double arm transplant. But he is already showing incredible progress. Peck lost all four limbs after standing on a homemade bomb in Afghanistan in 2010. Now, the 31-year-old has reached a milestone he never thought possible: he has two fully functioning arms - and is gaining control of his right elbow. In a video posted to his Facebook page on Tuesday, Peck shared a short exercise with his physiotherapist, sliding a block forwards and backwards across a table. For most, it would be simple. For John, it marks a moment of triumph. He beams at the camera as his physiotherapist straps the wheeled block onto his arm. Viewers then watch as Peck visibly strains to push it away from him, and back to his chest, over and over again. Finally, after reaching his total, he says, 'cool!'
Sales of low-alcohol wines have increased by 350 per cent at M&S; - and experts believe it's because we're all becoming more health conscious. A nutritionist said they could help reduce risk of cancers.
People who are happier in middle age are likely to live longer, experts have found. Over-50s who consistently enjoy life have a 24 per cent reduced risk of dying in the next seven years.
Research by scientists at Royal Holloway University has found certain pathogens have adapted to cause less-severe disease and fewer deaths in women.
The Wellcome Trust, the world's second biggest charitable foundation revealed one of its team earned the significant amount. This is believed to be Danny Truell, chief investment officer.
Diet composition around the time of pregnancy may influence whether offspring become obese, according to a new study using animal models at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).
Findings published in the British Medical Journal show that three fifths of participants were unable to smell the distinct odour in their urine after consuming the vegetable.
Jennie Yoo (left), 27, from Bangkok, Thailand, suffered from discomfort in her two front teeth towards the end of last year. However, she assumed she would just need a filling. But her concerned dentist could not diagnose her problem and sent to a specialist in Seoul, South Korea. X-rays revealed she had cancer, which was causing a tumour in the left side of her jaw. Despite six rounds of chemotherapy (inset), it has continued to grow and has now disfigured her face (right) completely, twisting her nose and left eye.
WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, describes the sebaceous cyst as 'third eye blind' and cuts into it, squeezing out a thick goo.
Brian Gomez, 28, from California, has been in a wheelchair since he broke his neck five years ago. But he became one of the world's first patients to have the experimental device in June this year.
People given artificial sweeteners should have lost weight by avoiding the sugar packed into fizzy drinks. But they simply made up the difference in calories at lunch, a study in Singapore found.
Not eating every alternate day can actually halt the progression of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre found.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, 60, developed the tumour in his childhood and suffered with it for 47 years before it was removed by surgeons in his native Nepal.
Jill Williamson has been ‘potty-training’ Ryker since birth and swears she knows, from his movements, exactly when he needs to ‘go’ and usually — usually — gets him to the toilet on time.
The game actually got people off the sofa and out and about as they tried to 'capture' Pokemon characters but the excitement levels don't last, according to a new Harvard University study.
Alzheimer's may be as manageable as HIV within a decade, Professor Bart De Strooper, pictured, who is the head of a major new dementia institute predicted last night.
Zoe Roscoe, (left) 23, from Bolton, was diagnosed with a brain AVM - a tangle of abnormal blood vessels which can bleed and expand - in 2013. It caused her to suffer stroke-like symptoms, and after a scan, she was told the mass on her brain was a 'ticking time bomb' (inset). She underwent radiosurgery (right) - which gives a high dose of radiation to a very small precise area - and the mass was removed. But it left her with severe weakness on her left side and now she's more prone to fall over and lose her balance, with strangers assuming she's drunk.
Researchers from Tel-Aviv University used a motorised glove and a virtual reality headset to carry out the unusual experiment.
What if you could have fun over Christmas without putting on half a stone? Experts say you can - and they've shared pre-Christmas detox tips you can try.
A new data analysis of USDA statistics by Pew Research shows Americans are swapping out beef for lean meat like chicken, and shunning sugar. But portion sizes have swelled.
More than 2,000 US counties witnessed increases of 200 percent or more in deaths related to substance abuse and mental disorders since 1980 according to the University of Washington.
There are body-wide consequences to taking a shot below the belt. Vlogger Simon Whistler, who is based in Prague, Czech Republic, explains the biology in a new YouTube video.
Luke Maguire and Louise McKever of Ashington Northumberland, claim they have made more than 55 hospital visits since their 10-month-old son Bobby's jab left him racked by convulsions.
Tia Llewellyn (inset and main), from Milford Haven, Wales, was given just a five per cent chance of survival by doctors. They revealed she had a rare childhood cancer and she was placed in an induced coma to undergo dialysis when her kidneys began to fail. But after contracting a chest infection and septicaemia, the schoolgirl passed away on Friday night. Her mother, Sarah Jane Howlin, turned off the adrenaline after doctors said there was nothing more they could do to keep her alive.
The rate of youngsters at risk for obesity fell during the study, from almost 15 percent in 2010 to 12 percent overall in 2014, researchers from the CDC reported Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics.
The National Institutes of Health found teens' illicit drug use hasn't been so low since 1976, smoking has dropped from 10% to 1% in 20 years, and drinking has plummeted.
A Portsmouth University study sheds light on the evolutionary purposes of orgasms, revealing the feelings act as positive reinforcement between partners and can, in turn, motivate our behavior.
Kristen Tripson, 34, from Vero Beach, Florida, announced the birth of her daughter Lillie Belle on October 23 on her Instagram page, a little over a year after she lost her husband Sam.
Victoria Miller (left), 30, from Rochdale, Lancashire, started suffering from them after contracting meningitis (riight in hospital) - a common after effect. It has forced her to leave her job as a legal assistant, as the pain often left her bedridden for days at a time. She had tried around 35 different drugs to relieve the pain, but nothing proved to work. But in January this year, she was given a series of Botox injections in her head as a last-ditch attempt to cure her. After having five rounds of the treatment - 200 injections in total - she says it has been 'life-saving' and has helped her get back on track.
Elizabeth Wigmore, 18, from South Wales, has suffered from psoriasis - which caused her intense pain and bleeding - for four years. She now takes methotrexate each week to keep her symptoms at bay.
New Zealand nail artist Jessie Mills has created edible nails made out of chocolate - the latest beauty nail craze to sweep the web. But not everyone is a fan, with some saying the nails are 'unhygienic.'
Amal Graafstra from Seattle, Washington has chips implanted in his body that allow him to open doors and activate his smart gun with a wave of his hand.
Last week it emerged that a fly bite put Lord Allen Bathurst, 55, a friend of Prince Charles, in hospital with sepsis and multiple organ failure. Doctors have revealed this could happen to anyone.
Nathan Jack, 29, (left with fiancée Natalie Wharton, 31) from Newcastle, has suffered from the disorder since having a brain tumour as a teenager. Cluster headaches, which are believed to affect around one in 1,000 people worldwide, cause excruciating pain on one side of the head. But over the past three years, his condition has deteriorated to the point where he now suffers up to seven debilitating attacks each day. It has left him unable to work, drive and even has forced him to put his wedding on hold. Last week he posted a powerful clip of him punching himself in the head (right) as a result of the condition to raise awareness.
Some big brand fizzy vitamin tablets sold in pharmacies and supermarkets, like Boots and Waitrose, contain the same salt levels as two packets of crisps, it has been shown.
While Christmas is all about indulging in treats, some of us tend to go overboard. These presents are all guilt-free - even the Thomson & Scott Prosecco and Holland and Barrett's truffles.
Scientist Dr Seung-min Park has come up with a simple blood test that profiles the genes of lung-tumour cells that is fast with results in hours and 600 times cheaper.
A new review has found that trainer insoles are not effective in preventing over all injuries. The team from Trobe University in Melbourne Australia looked at past studies done on the inserts.
At 22, Tom Wilson had a job he loved as a trainee surveyor with a London property developer. Then, after a terrible accident at hockey practice last December, he never returned from hospital. Shortly after his death, his family was asked whether they wanted to donate his organs. 'It's a decision you never think you will have to make,' says Lisa. 'It was an extremely selfless thought in the darkest of hours.'
Simon Lamont-Brown from Kent suffered from cancer in both lungs, his lymph nodes and his vocal chords, and his treatment had stopped working. This all changed when he started taking nivolumab.
As a result of drug shortages in the UK patients are being harmed and even hospitalised, according to a survey of GPs and pharmacists for the parliamentary All-Party Pharmacy Group (APPG).
An analysis of federal data stretching from 2005 to 2014 by NYU Langone shows a 19 percent increase in the number of over-50-year-olds drinking excessive amounts of alcohol in one sitting.
The 54-year-old former musician reveals that he used to smoke 30 cigarettes a day, but gave them up in 2007 after 'something just switched and he stopped wanting them'.
At the beginning of their college careers, the mean weight of students surveyed in the Vermont study was 147 pounds. By the end of senior year, it had increased to about 157 pounds.
The 50-year-old Mexican-American actress claims not to like the gym, but puts her muscles to work doing yoga and everyday chores, she says. ‘I don’t have time to exercise. I am working,’ she said. The mother-of-one also focuses on her posture, claiming: ‘I just hold my body in a way that activates muscles all day long.’ To replicate her toned back, we recommend the alternating overhead squat, which targets the upper and lower back.
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