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According to Jodi lowe, her daughter Luca began screaming and inadvertently rubbed the product across her eyes before she could intervene. Jodi bundled her daughter into the shower to try and rinse away the chemicals-but when Luca's screaming worsened, she rushed her to hospital. Shocking photos show Luca's red, swollen eyes covered in painful blisters and scabs which broke out days after exposure to the detergent.

The Mediterranean diet has long been hailed as one of the healthiest diets in the world. Emphasizing lean fish, leafy green vegetables and healthy fats like avocado and olive oil, the diet has ancient roots dating back to Greece and Italy, which are now hailed as 'Blue Zones.' These nations are lauded as longevity hotspots with low rates of chronic diseases and significant amounts of people living well into their 90s. Though the Mediterranean diet has been hailed the 'healthiest' diet year after year, an unlikely nation in Africa may be after the title.

The implantable contraceptive, known as Adam, is a water-soluble hydrogel that is injected into the sperm ducts to prevent pregnancy.The Virginia-based company behind the product, Contraline, says this approach offers a reversible alternative to existing methods such as condoms and vasectomies.Contraline have released details of its study, revealing the gel can successfully block the release of sperm for two years, with no sperm detected in the semen of the two participants who have reached this point in the trial.

A devastated family have told of the extreme shock of learning their 'sporty' 15 year-old has inoperable, aggressive brain cancer - despite the only warning sign striking hours before his diagnosis.Grade four gliomas are the fasted-growing type and only around five to 10 per cent of sufferers survive longer than five years after their diagnosis.

Walking into the family home at 8pm one night after work, Mark Ross found his three kids - then aged 11, nine and seven - ready for bed but his wife, Hannah, 43, was nowhere to be seen. Concerned, he went upstairs and found her in bed, too tired to move. Hannah mumbled that she was fine, just shattered. As a mum of three, working as a lawyer four days a week, this was perhaps understandable. But then the same thing happened the next night, and the next.

In an Instagram post, the TV presenter, 49, said she had recently had 'keyhole heart surgery' at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. But the former Big Brother host only received her diagnosis last year and had 'been pottering around' since birth 'blissfully unaware' she had the condition. A hole in the heart, known medically as atrial septal defect (ASD), is a hole in the atrial septum - the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart, the atria. It's a type of congenital heart disease, meaning it is a condition people are born with.

More than 17,500 people are diagnosed with melanoma every year, making it the UK's fifth most common cancer - and cases are expected to rise in 2025. But it's not just the size and shape of a mole that could indicate deadly skin cancer, according to a top expert. He added it is vital to take melanoma scares seriously as it can quickly spread to internal organs, when the chances of survival are greatly reduced.

A retired dad-of-two was unaware a rare cancer found only in men aged over 50 was attacking his organs. He was forced to undergo surgery to remove several internal organs to save his life. 'When the biopsy came back, I couldn't believe it,' said his daughter Zoe, a winemaker. 'It was a bit like, how can anyone survive this? It felt like it had gone from nothing to something huge very quickly.

The TV presenter, 40, said she was diagnosed after living a lavish lifestyle as part of a travel documentary. She shares her diagnosis with figures like Henry VIII and Queen Victoria. And she's not alone, data suggests 1.5million people in the UK also have the condition, with the number growing each year.

James Lee Williams, better known as The Vivienne, died of a cardiac arrest linked to the party drug and powerful painkiller in January being found dead at their home. Their family have said they are now left with with unanswerable questions in the wake of James's tragic death.

Dr David Cavan, consultant endocrinologist at University Hospitals Dorset, says many are in the dark about the shocking amount of sugar contained in a popular breakfast go-to. In fact, he says, some variants could have as much sugar as a can of soda - a whopping nine teaspoons. Fruit smoothies - though widely believed to be a 'healthy' beverage - are packed with sugar, Dr Cavan explained. 'Any fruit, when turned into a smoothie, becomes a very sweet drink, albeit with some fibre in it,' he said. 'In terms of sugar content, smoothies are on a par with Coke.'

Out of curiosity she plugged her collection of symptoms into the artificial intelligence chatbot, Chat GPT. To her surprise, it told her she had a deadly cancer that wasn't diagnosed for a year. Now, she faces six rounds of gruelling chemotherapy. ' 'It's really important to listen to our bodies,' she said. 'Sometimes we tend to lose our connection with our inner self.

Nearly 34,000 individuals aged 40 and over were studied to see if treating hypertension had an impact on cognitive impairment over four years. Those who took blood pressure pills, lost weight and cut down on salt and alcohol were found to have a significantly lower chance of going on to suffer cognitive decline. Masud Husain, professor of neurology at the University of Oxford, called the study as a 'landmark' in dementia research.

The nutrient, available a supplement for mere pennies a pill, was linked to both reducing the odds of developing the cancer and improving the outcomes among patients that did. Hungarian authors of the new study warned that Europeans, especially those living in cities, were at increased risk of having a deficiency.

Here MailOnline details Francis's health history, from the lung problems in his youth that left him more vulnerable to pneumonia to his mobility issues and mental health struggles. Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires in 1936, was the first Latin American to hold the title.

The number of children diagnosed with ADHD has surged, with diagnoses for boys doubling since 2000, and tripling for girls over the same period. These pills, the same used by Second World War pilots and long-distance truckers to keep them awake during long nights, were first viewed as a temporary fix.

Just one per cent of dentists surveyed said they were looking for work on the NHS, meaning only about 240 were available to fill the 3,000 needed across the country. Dentists are in a long-running dispute with the Government over the amount they earn from the NHS for carrying out procedures on patients, which they insist is inadequate. As a result, many have been choosing to focus on private patients instead.

The worrying stats show a stark divide between NHS trusts across the country, with heart attack and stroke victims in the South West forced to wait seven minutes longer than the national average. Analysis of latest NHS data found one in 10 patients in March were also waiting over an hour and 16 minutes for paramedics to arrive at so-called 'category two calls'. Nationally, the figure stood at 28 minutes and 34 seconds. The health service target for such emergencies is 30 minutes. Ambulances in the South West also took longer than all other areas to deal with the most life-threatening emergency calls, such as when a patient's heart has stopped.

A fitness fanatic has warned of the dangers of exercise after she was struck down with a life-threatening condition triggered by a karate class. Doctors performed tests and diagnosed her with deadly rhabdomyolysis. The condition develops when damage to the muscle causes the fibres to break down and release toxic substances which build-up in the bloodstream and kidneys. This can quickly lead to kidney failure, as well as dangerous heart rhythms that can prove deadly.

A daily weight loss pill that works like breakthrough fat jab Ozempic could be available in the UK as early as next year.People taking the new wonder drug orforglipron lost an average of 16lbs in nine months in a groundbreaking final stage trial.All participants were initially obese and had type-2 diabetes but some saw such significant falls in their blood sugar that their disease went into remission.Manufacturer Lilly said the once-a-day pill - the first of its kind - could be launched 'at scale' worldwide and 'without supply constraints', if approved by regulators.

A 42-year-old woman detailed how she was given the airline-style care packages during a two-day long ordeal where she was cared for on a bed in an NHS hospital corridor. 'I got given a brown paper bag with a letter in apologising and it had inside a bottle of water, an eye mask - because obviously they can't turn the corridor lights off - ear-plugs to block out the noise, a little toothbrush, a little comb and hygiene products, and I just thought… is this how it is now?, she said.

A 16 year-old who almost died of a life-threatening lung infection has warned youngsters to avoid vapes at all costs, after doctors said her 18-month habit triggered her disease. 'They would make my throat burn and I got sick within a week,' she said. 'It felt like there was a 50lb weight on the left side of my chest. 'I was in so much pain, it was like I wanted to breathe but I couldn't take a full breath in.'

Doctors across the UK and other nations have warned about the dangers of several wellness trends - prompting concerns about risk of heat stroke, injury and other dangerous conditions. In some cases, there have even been fatalities after using the popular treatments. These are the most up and happening practices which experts have cautioned to tackle with safety - and the benefits they claim to offer...

Caty Abitz, from Madison, Wisconsin in the US, will now have to undergo checks every three years and has urged other young people to follow her example. Her warning comes amid a mysterious and global rise in cases of the disease among young people with scientists currently unable to determine the cause.

The water, taken from a sacred well and flown back to the UK earlier this year, contained a drug-resistant strain of the deadly water-borne disease, according to reports. The well, known as Bermel Giorgis, is near Ethiopia's northwestern border with Sudan and is famed for its sacred or holy water. It is revered for its supposed ability to cure illness and exorcise demons. But researchers affiliated with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said four people who returned to the UK between January and mid-February and later drank the water required hospital treatment for cholera, leaving one in intensive care.

While the scenario and the virus were completely fictitious, scientists warn the threat of 'zombie viruses' emerging from permafrost thawing due to climate change is very real. Experts have found these so-called 'Methuselah microbes' can remain dormant in the soil and the bodies of frozen animals, like mammoths, for tens of thousands of years. If such a disease emerged from the ice our bodies wouldn't have any natural defences to fight off an infection, much like Covid when it first emerged.

The actor's history of serious health problems are particularly relevant following a Saturday Night Live skit that mocked the 31-year-old's British actress's teeth and accent. Some 1.25million people in the UK suffer the same condition, which can be deadly if untreated.

In a series of astonishing videos, Brooke Eby, from Maryland in the US, has shared the reality of living in a body that no longer functions as it used to. The healthy business development manager was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - the most common form of motor neurone disease - in 2022, three years after experiencing her first warning signs. The condition is incurable and gradually stops patients being able to move, talk and even eat. ALS claimed the life of Sandra Bullock's partner Bryan Randall in 2023 and the acclaimed scientist Stephen Hawking famously suffered from it.

Synnovis, a lab service provider for almost 200 GP surgeries and six hospitals in London , is failing to deliver accurate results 'on a daily basis', medics say. Dozens of emails sent by the firm, whose NHS contract is worth £2 billion, show it has repeatedly apologised to GPs since 2021 for issues with blood tests for conditions including diabetes and malaria. Doctors claim it is now 'an everyday concern' for them, with the problem 'nothing short of a national scandal'. According to the BBC, who carried out the probe, issues with incorrect blood test results were also leading to unnecessary hospital referrals and wasted appointments.

Bisma Lalji, from California, was diagnosed with the disease in February 2023 with scans revealing her breast cancer had spread to the bones in her upper body. A sudden bout of agonising pain in her spine was her only symptom prior to diagnosis.

I have yearned for rivers, cemeteries, starlit fields, often returning from my walks feeling changed: some places seemed to intensify my emotions, while others calmed me. And having previously written a book about the health benefits of walking, it struck me that where I walked might also affect me, subtly influencing my thoughts and mood.

When Carla Sobrini's daughter Emilia failed her newborn hearing test, she had no idea that a virus she'd unknowingly caught from her older child during pregnancy was to blame.

Amanda Gruendell was desperate to have a baby and had tried everything from surrogacy to adoption. But nothing worked out until she made the lifechanging decision to undergo a uterus transplant...

The needle-free injection, given for up to two years, is custom-built for people to stop their melanoma returning - which experts believe will herald a new era in fighting the disease. It works by boosting the immune system's response helping it to 'attack' cancer cells to prevent them from coming back. It marks an expansion of NHS England's cancer vaccine launch pad programme, which has already allowed hundreds of patients to receive a bowel cancer vaccine in the last year. The health service now plans to provide up to 10,000 patients in England with personalised cancer treatments by 2030 through this scheme.

A 'new generation' treatment may help patients shed up to 10 per cent of their body weight in just three months - faster than blockbuster jabs like Ozempic. Diet pills have a chequered history and only one is approved for NHS use in the UK - Xenical - which is not hugely popular because of its mode of operation. The drug stops fat being absorbed, so that it passes straight through the body. However, this process can give rise to unpleasant stomach or bowel issues like diarrhoea, which studies suggest have caused people to stop taking it. Yet, slimmers trying a new weight-loss pill called Sirona - so far available only as a trial on the NHS - are yet to report any major adverse side effects.

When he was invited to be part of a groundbreaking trial, backed by Cancer Research UK, of a treatment that spares colorectal cancer patients from this invasive procedure, he jumped at the chance. Rather than surgery, researchers at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester have been offering some rectal cancer patients daily high-dose radiotherapy alongside a twice-daily chemotherapy tablet, called capecitabine. Experts believe the five-week treatment has proved so effective it could be widely used in the NHS by the end of next year.