All news by author: Ella Walker

HOW many times have you scoffed at the phrase: “It’s the taking part that counts?”We’re told winning isn’t everything, but for many of us, t

DEALING with your child’s grazed knees, coughs and colds and sickness bugs can seem a doddle in comparison to mental health problems.Often condition

GETTING any amount of sleep can feel impossible when it’s this hot.Much of the UK is in the midst of a late summer heatwave, with scorching temperat

ABSOLUTELY nothing is improved by a bad night’s sleep - especially not the first day back to school after a summer of lie-ins and late nights.

CHRIS Evans has urged fans to get checked for skin cancer, after revealing his own diagnosis.The Virgin Radio host and TV presenter has shared how he

FEEL under pressure to make sure your fitness tracker ticks over the sacred 10,000 steps-a-day mark?Well, you can quit marching on the spot, trying to

CORDELIA Taylor has had a quarter of her brain removed but she is still with us, more than four years after being told the cancer she had would kill h

FIND yourself spending the first chunk of your holiday unable to relax and twitchily checking your phone?A survey by software firm Ceridian found that

A GROUNDBREAKING new AI tool could revolutionise breast cancer prognosis - saving thousands of lives and the NHS millions. A new study has found that

YOU might be great at topping up your mood-boosting sunshine vitamin D levels and eating lots of fruit and veg to nail vitamin C intake, but what abou

HAD enough of other people offloading their frustration on to you? Here’s how to avoid taking it on boardYou may know how to calm your own str

BETWEEN hot flushes, brain fog, vaginal dryness and night sweats, you would think women in perimenopause and menopause had enough to deal with.Now, th

A MUM has revealed the positive impact volunteering at a baby bank has had on her and urges others to do the same.Kate Moran, 33, has been busy raisin

YOU might be a dab hand helping out at your kids’ school fete or whipping up cakes for a bake sale, but have you ever thought about volunteering on

YOU might be off to Glastonbury this week, or have a summer of one-day festivals lined-up, or even a community fete where you’re running the tombola

THE chances are you usually reach for the coconut oil when you’re having stir fry for dinner.But did you know, this clever ingredient can give your

OPERATION give your man a health MOT! Whether it’s your dad, your partner or your son, now’s the time for a check-up.Men aren’t famed for rushi

WE all know we should be applying sunscreen liberally and regularly during the summer months - but the price of a bottle can see many of us eking out

THE great outdoors is glorious right now, but at this time of year it can be a place of dread for hay fever sufferers.Having a runny nose, incessant s

PROTECTING yourself from the sun isn’t as simple as slathering on one lot of sunscreen and then thinking you’re all set for a day catching rays.&n

BEING a tween girl is no easy thing – and neither is being a parent to one.From navigating angst, first loves and periods, to the ups and downs of b

TO Dame Deborah James, running was her “release”.In her Sun column, Things Cancer Made Me Say, the late campaigner and mum-of-two wrote in Februar

KAREN Hobbs was on holiday when she noticed a small amount of brown discharge in her knickers.Putting it down to the fact she’d back-to-backed her P

AFTER being told there was a ‘possibility’ she had womb cancer, Jackie, 50, went numb.She remembers feeling “completely overwhelmed,” and conf

IT’S time the embarrassment ended when we talk about vulvas and vaginas.“They are not dirty words, it’s our anatomy,” says 50-year-old Clare B