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‘Why I stopped taking my bipolar medication’
Amanda Nicol, 41 was diagnosed with bipolar 20 years ago - here, the author of new book House of Bread tells of her devastating stay in an acute mental illness ward and explains why she stopped taking medication and took a different path to recovery
‘Mental illness ruined my childhood’
Talia Loeb shares her journey of being a child with a mental illness in primary school
The caffeine-free diaries: Week 3
On her third week of being caffeine-free, Healthista writer Chloe Nichols tried fruity water, novel herb teas and a site dedicated to all things caffeine
Eleven women shave their heads for friend with breast cancer
After Gerdi McKenna was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, in February 11 of her friends got together to shave their heads in her honour
Brave breast cancer survivor loses 100+ friends on Facebook after posting topless post-surgery photos
Brave breast cancer survivor Beth Whaanga from Queensland, Australia, was unfriended on Facebook by over 100 people after she uploaded a photo of herself topless to show the world what cancer had done to her body. Posting on her Facebook page, she said ‘the aim of the photo shoot was to make women and men […]
Will I regret not having kids?
A woman's chances of going through life without having children have almost doubled in the last three decades, new figures from the office of national statistics has found. Here Healthista editor Anna Magee wonders if her decision not to have children is the right one
