Ethan Ennals

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Ethan Ennals

Clair Evans believes her back pain began during her teens – but she has lived with the debilitating problem for so long that she struggles to remember a time when she wasn’t in agony. The 47-year-old from Doncaster says her lower back became extremely stiff, and often the pain would radiate down into her legs. She also found that certain movements triggered excruciating spasms. At the age of 21, when Clair was pregnant, her symptoms became impossible to ignore.

3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Ethan Ennals

Failing to regularly brush your teeth increases the risk of developing diabetes, experts claim. Research suggests that the condition – where the body struggles to regulate blood sugar levels – can be triggered by gum disease, which is thought to affect about four in ten of the population. Gum disease, also known as gingivitis or periodontitis, is caused by poor oral hygiene, usually due to a lack of tooth brushing.

3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Ethan Ennals

It is the biggest shake-up of obesity treatment in NHS history, it has been claimed. From later this month, GPs will be able to prescribe weight-loss jabs to thousands. These once-a-week injections – Wegovy and Mounjaro – can help patients shed up to a fifth of their body weight in only a year. Since Wegovy's arrival in 2021, these appetite-suppressing drugs have already transformed the diet industry.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Ethan Ennals

New once-a-month jab can eliminate distressing symptoms for patients with severe bowel diseases like Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis in only three monthsBy ETHAN ENNALS Published: 19:40 EDT, 24 May 2025 | Updated: 19:43 EDT, 24 May 2025 Patients with severe bowel disease are set to benefit from a new drug that can eliminate their distressing symptoms in only three months.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Ethan Ennals

The pain was paralysing and inescapable. As I lay, crumpled on the floor wearing one half-tied shoe, I realised that, once again, I wasn’t going to be able to make it into work. The agonising burning sensation was coming from the exact spot it had done for the past year-and-a-half: a line of muscle at the left side of my lower back – just above the hip bone. At all times, it felt as though it was being squeezed between two hot metal tongs. It intensified the more I tried to do.