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This woman hid her ’embarrassing’ secret health condition for a decade – now a skydive has boosted her confidence and she is telling the world

A woman is raising awareness for colitis after a daring skydive gave her the confidence to open up about the “embarrassing” condition she hid from almost all her friends and family for a decade. Nancy Ndure, 27, a wealth management trainee from ...

27 Sept 2022 at 08:40

Health

Expectant mum refuses to be beaten by disorder causing diarrhoea so chronic she needs the toilet 8 times before work and conquers Everest

An expectant mum who refuses to be beaten by a digestive disorder that causes chronic diarrhoea and can sometimes see her rush to the toilet eight times before she starts her working day has thrown caution to the wind and conquered Everest. ...

08 Aug 2022 at 08:40

Health

Superfit businesswoman’s career as triathlete ends when she is mown down and severely injured at a race but help for PTSD leads her to love

A superfit businesswoman whose career as a triathlete was abruptly ended when she was mown down at the end of a race leaving her severely injured and with PTSD told how a bizarre twist of fate saw her accident leading to love. Diagnosed ...

06 Jun 2022 at 09:20

Love & Relationships

Teenage friendship blossoms into love for couple who talk online for eight years only meeting after discovering they share an incurable health condition

Teenage friendship blossomed into love for a couple who spent eight years speaking as pals online before meeting for the first time after discovering they shared a painful and incurable health condition. When flight attendant Alisha ...

18 Feb 2022 at 08:25

New treatment available on NHS to ulcerative colitis sufferers in Scotland

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to make a new treatment available on the NHS for those with the chronic condition ulcerative colitis (UC). Almost 2,000 people in Scotland who suffer from the condition – which causes ...

09 May 2022 at 17:25

Health

Sister of man known as ‘Big Nick’ who died four days after bowel cancer diagnosis says ‘heaven has gained a rockstar’

The sister of a man who “took his last breath” just four days after being diagnosed with bowel cancer, and less than 24 hours after being informed it had spread, has said “heaven may not have gained an angel, but it has most ...

21 Sept 2023 at 07:00

Treatments that improve mood could help those with Crohn’s and colitis – study

Talking therapies could be “a valuable tool” for people with bowel disorders such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, researchers have suggested. Academics from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ...

24 Jan 2024 at 23:30

Health & Wellbeing

What is microscopic colitis and could you have it?

17,000 people are diagnosed with microscopic colitis each year in the UK, but charity Guts UK believes the real figure could be a lot higher, due to high rates of misdiagnosis and the complex way the condition is detected....

17 Apr 2023 at 09:34

Concern over undiagnosed cases of severe bowel condition

More must be done to stop people suffering unnecessarily due to a lack of awareness about a severe bowel condition, a charity has warned. Some 17,000 people are diagnosed with microscopic colitis each year in the UK but ...

17 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Health

Man, 26, left with ‘acid burn’ rashes and 30 toilet trips per day after food poisoning turns out to be incurable disease

A once healthy 26-year-old man has been left needing the toilet up to 30 times a day and covered in red rashes which feel like “chemical burns” on his face and body after what he thought was food poisoning turned out ...

10 Oct 2023 at 07:00

Health

Woman told she would die aged 20 as weight fell to five stone undergoes life-saving surgery after bowel disease diagnosis

A woman who dropped to just five stone and was told she would die “within a few months” at 20 years old following a bowel disease diagnosis is now urging people not to ignore symptoms such as blood in their stool ...

03 Nov 2023 at 07:00

Health

Young vet who dreaded getting a stoma bag at 25 says it has given her back her life

A young veterinary surgeon forced to have a stoma bag fitted at the age of just 25 because of an agonising bowel condition says the surgery she dreaded has given her back her life. Emma Huntley underwent the ...

06 Sept 2022 at 08:13

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