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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

Student blames ‘too much partying’ for her regular vomiting and only discovers the real reason after her bowel nearly perforates

A university student who put her vomiting and diarrhoea down to boy troubles and too much partying only discovered she had Crohn’s Disease after her bowel nearly perforated. As she prepared to begin her second year at the University of ...

13 Sept 2022 at 14:53

Health

Crohn’s saved my life: Teacher now “fitter than ever” after blood tests spot “silent killer” kidney disease

A young teacher-turned-runner who was diagnosed with a crippling bowel disease which left her rushing to the toilet “20 times a day” has said the condition saved her life after routine blood tests revealed a “silent killer” kidney ...

25 Aug 2022 at 08:49

Health

New dad hopes to treat his Crohn’s Disease and be pain-free with a pioneering treatment using stem cells donated by his baby son

A new dad who has battled Crohn’s Disease since he was 11 is fundraising for a pioneering treatment that he hopes will let him live a pain-free life by using stem cells donated by his baby son. Ryan Clarke, 29, who is unable to ...

23 Aug 2022 at 08:09

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Mum with stoma bag poses in bikinis on social media to raise awareness after being given a ‘second chance at life’

A mum who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease aged 13 and had to have her colon removed eleven years later as it became pre-cancerous, giving her a “second chance at life”, is now an influencer bearing all to show it is ...

31 Jul 2023 at 08:06

Giving Crohn’s drug early ‘cuts need for surgery and further treatment’

Starting people with Crohn’s disease on an advanced therapy soon after diagnosis could dramatically reduce the need for surgery, according to a study. Prescribing infliximab within two years of diagnosis would be ...

22 Feb 2024 at 11:30

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 & ...

24 Jan 2024 at 23:30

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 ...

10 Oct 2023 at 07:00

Strictly professional Amy Dowden: I’ve been dealt a difficult one

Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has said she does get “angry” and it will “take a while to accept” her cancer diagnosis at such a young age while also managing a chronic illness. The ...

28 Nov 2023 at 09:11

Health & Wellbeing

Strictly professional Amy Dowden on cancer diagnosis: ‘I’ve been dealt a difficult one’

28 Nov 2023 at 10:16

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 ...

03 Nov 2023 at 07:00

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