All news by author: Helena Vesty

Tom Davies was fit and healthy before he went on a 10-day break to Tenerife in April 2022. But he was left bed-bound after he was struck down with a mystery illness

Cardiovascular disease is responsible for nearly 18 million deaths globally every year - but there are some unlikely symptoms on your feet that could be a warning sign

Professor Amit Patel was the first person in the UK to be qualified in stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy, and intensive care medicine - but he died on a hospital ward

Emma Barker was on honeymoon in Thailand when she discovered the sign, but kept the news a secret from her new husband before waiting weeks to see a GP

In 2020, almost a thousand people across the north west died as a result of a fall at home. The greatest proportion of those were over the age of 75, where 730 people died as a result

Sir Duncan Nichol was the chief executive of NHS England – the most senior position in the entire British healthcare system – from 1989 to 1994, during which time Allitt murdered four babies

Hay fever symptoms include sore eyes, an itchy throat and a snotty nose -which could be debilitating long into late summer for some of the UK's 17 million sufferers

Adele Kinch and Steven Yates claim they were refused travel in two cabs because they had their guide dog, Zebedee, accompanying them on a day out to visit Steven's mother last Tuesday

Stefan Kiszko was wrongfully convicted or murdering 11-year-old Lesley Molseed in 1976 and Peter ross is so touched by his story that he visits his grave every week

Gemma Crossley, from Golborne, Manchester, was alarmed to discover her symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome were actually signs of bowel cancer

Steve Biggin, 51, had "out of body experiences" and then a thunderclap headache which he put down to drinking too much coffee until he went to hospital and received a devastating diagnosis

Motor Neurone Disease affects up to 5,000 adults in the UK and has a number of common symptoms which might be easily dismissed by some Brits

Grandfather of three Wayne Cairns, 64, had been fishing with his wife when a man shoved him into the Shropshire Union Canal in Chester, sparking a police investigation

It is bladder cancer awareness month in May and there are many symptoms to look out for in the common illness which has seen 10,000 Brits diagnosed every year

Terrified Keely Elliott, whose one-year-old son Kario is battling a rare heart condition, fears she may have to wait five years before she finds council accommodation

Anwita Patil was 11 when she took the test with Mensa, the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world - she received a score of 162 while Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking were believed to have IQs of 160

Mum-of-one Katie Froggatt thought she had a summer cold in 2021 after suffering from a blocked up nose, but it turned out to be cancer and despite surgery it has spread

Ashley Woehrie went for her first smear test at 25 and it led to a heartbreaking cancer diagnosis, leaving her fearing her son Evan would grow up without his mum