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My bloating turned out to be ovarian cancer – I was 30
Fiona Munro was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of only 30, after months of visiting her GP with bloating. She was told she had an infection, IBS, or an STI. Then, all of a sudden, was diagnosed with stage four cancer and 12 months to live before surprising her doctors by going into remission. As part of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Fi shares her story
‘I have no stomach’ – real life exclusive
February 28 is Rare Disease Day. Healthista's Vanessa's Chalmers hears how a dodgy Chinese left one lady with a stomach paralysed and on liquid food for life
What NOT to say to someone with cancer
As World Cancer Day approaches Fionna Holland, a Psychology Lecturer at the University of Derby, who did study on what to say - and not - to someone who has cancer explains more
‘I have misophonia’ – the baffling condition where the sound of a clicking pen can send sufferers into a rage
Does the sound of a clicking pen drive you into an inexplicable rage? Or does the noise someone makes when they're chewing send you into a fury? Then maybe you have misophonia. Healthista's Parisa Hashempour talks about her struggle with the condition and speaks to the experts about treatment...
Why are young fit people dying of cardiac arrest?
Why are young, healthy, often athletes, dying suddenly because the heart has stopped? During Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) Awareness Week, Vanessa Chalmers investigates how it can be prevented… Its 7am on Monday morning and I can hear my mother sobbing in the hallway. I knew immediately something was wrong. I came out to […]
How breast cancer saved me from workaholism
Sue Coyne used to live her life as though she were invincible. But after a battle with breast cancer she realised she needed to change the way she approached everything, especially work
