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dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard
It was the end of GCSEs, and Amy Clark was celebrating with friends when she tumbled off a fence she had been sitting on and landed badly on her back. The 16-year-old from Bristol was fine at first, but over the next two years she suffered intermittent back pain, which she put down to the fall. After finishing school altogether, Amy decided it was time to get it checked out, booking an appointment with a back specialist, who referred her for a scan.
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msn.com | Meike Leonard
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1 week ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard
A major report has warned that a popular sunscreen does not work, potentially leaving consumers at risk of skin cancer. Consumer champion Which? safety tested 15 sun creams from Boots, Garnier and Nivea, as well as own-brand alternatives, and saw surprising results. While a £2.99 supermarket-own sun protectant passed the stringent testing process, a £28 branded favourite failed to reach industry standards.
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dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard
When she found herself desperately rushing to the loo, up to 10 times a day, Vicki Steyert knew something was wrong. The pharmacy store manager from Wigan, Manchester, had never experienced anything like it—and, even more alarmingly, started seeing blood in the toilet. But when the then-33-year-old went to her GP, tests came back all clear.
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dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard
A man who stayed awake for a shocking 264 hours has detailed the horrifying toll it took on his body and mind. In 1963, 17-year-old Randy Gardner made a pact to stay up for a record length of time with two friends, in a bid to win first prize at their local annual greater San Diego science fair. The teenagers were aiming to go 260 hours, or just under 11 days, without sleep in order to break the world record—as well as discover what the experiment would do to the human brain.
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1 week ago | 
msn.com | Meike Leonard
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard
It was a boiling hot summer’s day in June when Philip Dennis says he ‘took a funny turn’. The pensioner, 70, was working in his Solihull garden when the sun suddenly seemed to appear hazy. Philip remembers retreating into the garage for a screwdriver, and to escape the heat. ‘The next thing I can remember was being told to drink my cup of tea and eat a Mars bar, sitting in the conservatory,’ he says.
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dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard
Broken bones caused by osteoporosis cost British economy more than £142 million in Labour's first year in powerBy MEIKE LEONARD Published: 17:08 EDT, 14 June 2025 | Updated: 17:08 EDT, 14 June 2025 Broken bones caused by osteoporosis have cost the British economy more than £142 million in Labour’s first year in power, according to new research. A further 660,000 work days were estimated to have been lost due to sickness absence.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard
Many people will admit to having peered into the fridge in the dead of night, hunting for a snack. But those who do so regularly may be suffering from a little-known eating disorder with potentially serious health risks, research has shown. Called night eating syndrome, it’s believed to affect between 1 and 4.6 per cent of people.
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