All the updated news related to chronic illness

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Diabetic, 26, shares injection videos on social media to help others to ‘thrive’ with the ‘relentless’ condition

A 26-year-old professional living with “relentless and exhausting” type 1 diabetes, where an incorrect dose of insulin could kill her, wants to show others “you can still thrive” with the condition as she shares body positivity and its unfiltered ...

20 Oct 2023 at 13:55

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Student who faints ‘almost every time’ she leaves the house becomes TikTok star by sharing videos of herself collapsing

An American student with a condition that means she faints “almost every time” she leaves the house has attracted two million followers on TikTok and a girlfriend with the same illness by sharing videos of herself collapsing. Kimberly Rhoades, ...

31 Jan 2023 at 07:00

Health

Man debilitated by Lyme disease tick bite says he’s spent nearly £150k on private medical care to feel ‘four out of 10’

A man debilitated by a Lyme disease tick bite says he has had to spend nearly £150,000 on private medical care just to feel “four out of 10”. Steven Williams, 39, from Bridgend, South Wales, was living a “normal” active lifestyle, exercising ...

18 Jul 2025 at 06:30

Former fitness instructor ‘beyond excited’ to receive lupus therapy in UK first

Katie Tinkler was forced to give up her job as a fitness instructor because of debilitating pain and fatigue caused by severe lupus. The 50-year-old from Guildford in Surrey, who is married to Simon and has three children, Isabelle, 24, ...

08 Nov 2024 at 07:10

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‘At 25 I was bedbound and spoon-fed after catching the flu – I transformed my health and now help Strictly’s Amy Dowden’

A 25-year-old who became bedbound and required spoon-feeding after catching the flu has transformed her health and now helps celebrity clients, including a Strictly Come Dancing star. Abi Owens, now 38 and a qualified functional and ...

24 Jun 2025 at 06:30

Health & Wellbeing

Myleene Klass on turning pain into power: ‘You can so easily be destroyed by the fire’

It’s easy to assume celebrities live perfect lives and haven’t experienced the pain and hardship that ordinary people endure. But Myleene Klass has talked openly about the emotional anguish she felt after having four miscarriages, ...

29 Oct 2025 at 09:36

Health

Ultramarathon runner, 26, ‘grieves’ former self after arthritis diagnosis and now finding daily tasks ‘impossible’

A 26-year-old who went from running ultramarathons to having severe arthritis is “grieving” their former self as “simple tasks” have become “impossible”, and is now fundraising for stem cell treatment in the hope of reclaiming ...

17 Apr 2026 at 06:55

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