A MUM made the decision to “switch off” half of her 12-year-old daughter’s brain after feeling like she was being held at gunpoint. Little Shania Taylor was diagnosed with Rasmussen’s …
JULIE Thompson was horrified to learn about a so-called ‘white lung syndrome’ sweeping parts of China. But what she’d read about in the news turned into a real-life nightmare when …
IF YOUR little one chokes on a bite of food or knickknack they found on the floor, you might think you’d be alerted to it by coughing or sputtering sounds. …
WHOOPING cough can be easy to recognise — but some symptoms have nothing to do with coughing at all. Cases of the bacterial infection are on the rise in England …
A TERRIFIED mum has shared how her son’s “little cough” turned out to be the same pneumonia infection sweeping through China, the US and now the UK. William McCarren, 14, …
WATCHING screens can increase your child’s risk of mental health problems, a study shows. More time spent in front of TVs, video games and social media boosted the chances of …
A YOUNG girl who doesn’t eat, sleep, or feel any pain was even able to walk off getting hit by a car. Olivia Farnsworth has a genetic condition so unique …
A “REALLY worrying” rise in the number of people catching whooping cough in the UK has been reported by health officials. The virus, also known as pertussis, spreads incredibly easily, …
THERE has been a sharp increase in the use of vapes in recent years – with the numbers of young people using them rising rapidly. More than 40 per cent …
STREP A cases are on the rise in the UK and while it’s mild in most cases, parents should be wary that it can become life-threatening. And one mum knows …