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A world's first vaccine for deadly ovarian cancer currently being developed in the UK could eradicate the deadly disease, researchers say. Scientists at the University of Oxford are creating OvarianVax, a jab that teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. They hope the vaccine could be given to women as preventative, to stop them from ever developing the disease - which kills two thirds of patients within a year of their diagnosis.

Driving back from a hockey match earlier this year, fitness coach Faith Harrison was suddenly struck by strange tingly sensations in her arms that were so severe she had to pull off the road. As she brought the car to a halt in a layby her condition quickly took a turn for the worse.

Footage shared on TikTok and Instagram by Dutch athlete @flips.by_Siard shows the agonising moment his back 'folded' as he hit the trampoline sooner than anticipated. But the athlete, who boasts thousands of followers, miraculously did not permanently injure his spinal cord. Instead, he escaped with just a vertabrae fracture - which often heal naturally - and in a shock to fans has already bounced back training again. In a separate Instagram video from a US neurosurgeon, known only as Dr Z, the medic warned such injuries could result in ruptured blood vessels or even total paralysis.

Vapes are billed by the NHS as a way to wean people off tobacco products but experts are concerned about rising use among Brits who have never smoked. Now a study, published in the prestigious journal Lancet Public Health, suggests the numbers of such people have risen to one million this year, rising seven-fold since 2021. The estimate, calculated by experts from University College London, is more than double the 400,000 such 'never smoker' vapers the Office for National Statistics found in the whole of the UK in 2023 . Now a study, published in the prestigious journal Lancet Public Health, suggests the numbers of such people have risen to one million this year, rising seven-fold since 2021

An Oxford family was forced to give a dying baby CPR in a desperate bid to save her life because an ambulance took ove 30 minutes to arrive, an inquest will hear. Wyllow-Raine Swinburn, just three-days-old, was pronounced dead five minutes after arriving at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital in the early hours of September 30 last year. Her mother, Amelia Pill, had called an ambulance after noticing that her daughter was 'stone cold'. But it took seven minutes for an operator to connect the call to the ambulance service, and a further 24 minutes before the paramedics arrived. A previous inquest heard that Ms Pill screamed, 'no one's coming, no one's coming...why aren't they answering the f***ing phone', as she sat on hold. Wyllow-Raine Swinburn was pronounced dead five minutes after arriving at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital in the early hours of September 30 last year, a previous hearing was told

Sophia Goss, from from Lenwade, Norfolk, started pulling out her hair and chewing on it when she was 18 months old as a 'soothing' technique to help her fall asleep. Although her mother Megan Sayce, 32, attempted to break her habit by putting olive oil on the youngster's hair, Sophia, now nine, was rushed to hospital after passing out from the pain in her stomach.

Caroline Cray Quinn from Boston in the US has mast cell activation syndrome a rare condition that strikes only about one in 150,000 people and which makes her love life significantly perilous. MCAS is a disorder which causes blood cells to inappropriately overreact to certain foods, fragrances and other potential environmental triggers. Ms Quinn's MCAS is particularity severe and has left her only able to eat two foods, oats and a specially prepared nutritional formula for people with the condition, any others could see her suffer a potentially fatal allergic reaction. But it's not only her own diet the 25-year-old needs to worry about. As such, she has developed a series of strict rules that any potential love interest must follow before they lock lips. She currently has a boyfriend, Ryan, who she said gladly abides by the rules, and has taken to enjoying the same meals as her when they are together.

Steph Aiello, from Glendora in California , had been due to start cosmetology school in October 2010. But heartbreakingly just a day before it began she was involved in a crash that also killed one of her closest friends. Losing all control and function of her bladder, the accident also saw her ability to use her hands limited. Yet, a 'brutal' procedure years later, rerouting the bladder to her belly button, allowed her to take back control of her body. Now, in a video seen by Ms Aiello's 260,000 plus Instagram followers, the quadriplegic beauty influencer has shared how she pees in a bid to shed light on the surgery.

Following Stefan and Sile Tankov's wedding day in April 2021 they were in their own bubble, but within two years everything started to fall apart when he was diagnosed with dementia. Sile, a secondary school teacher from Lisburn near Belfast , initially thought Stefan, now 40, was depressed. Their GP agreed and tests also revealed he had type 2 diabetes, which they thought may have been causing his confusion.

Said to be vital for healthy bones, beating depression and getting good quality sleep, magnesium is the hero supplement of the moment. Thanks to endorsements from celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian and Taylor Swift , the mineral is increasingly popular, with the global market set to reach £7billion by 2030, accorrding to market researchers. But experts warn that a common mistake in your magnesium routine could result in very embarrassing side effects.

Analysis from the Office for National Statistics shows only some 6million people in the UK, about 12 per cent of the population were lighting up in 2023 but vaping has risen particularly in women. Rates in some parts of the country were even lower with just one in 20 adults smoking though in some holdouts rates rose to one in five. The UK's overall smoking rate is now half what it was in 2011, when one in five Brits (20.2 per cent) was a smoker. Traditional smoking's decline has been matched by a meteoric rise in vaping, and worryingly, particularly in those who have never touched a standard cigarette.

The number of centenarians has more than doubled since 2002, with 14,850 last year. Statisticians say this overall increase is because of improvements in mortality stretching back decades. But the figure also marks a slight dip (0.5 per cent) on 2022, when 14,920 adults in England and Wales hit the landmark age. It is also the first time in six years the total number if people over 100 has fallen. In 2018 this was blamed on low numbers of births during World War One.

Shortly before Jess Brady died, aged 27, from advanced ­adenocarcinoma - an aggressive cancer that had only been diagnosed three weeks before - she showed the journals she had kept since she was a ­teenager to her mum, Andrea (main picture with Jess and father Simon).

On first meeting, Jordan and Cian Adams seem like any other vibrant young men in their 20s. Fit as fiddles, chatty and charismatic, you'd assume they have the world at their feet. The world they live in, though, is crueller than that. In the past five years, these close-knit brothers, aged just 28 and 23 respectively, have both learned they are carriers of a gene that determines their future in one of the grimmest ways imaginable. It means both will succumb to Frontotemporal Dementia, or FTD, a rare type of dementia caused by damage to the nerve cells at the front of the brain and which mostly affects people under the age of 65.

A Manchester woman has issued an urgent warning to hot water bottle users, after she was left with agonising burns on her legs and pelvis when her rubber bottle exploded in her lap. Yazmin Hardy, 27, wasn't aware that hot water bottles have expiry dates - and was using a product that was two years 'out of date'. Experts say that you should change your hot water bottle after two years, as the rubber degrades over time, making it more likely to split. A number, usually embedded on a rubber flower shape, indicates the date the bottle was made - for instance 20 for 2020.

Long Covid clinics across the country are closing their doors, leaving desperate patients without vital treatment and feeling 'abandoned', they have claimed. Dedicated clinics set up to support long Covid patients in Surrey, Croydon, Hertfordshire and Lanarkshire have been shuttered, The Mail on Sunday has learned. A service in Devon will close in the New Year, patients have told this newspaper, and we have learned that clinics in Frimley may also be facing the axe. Now, campaigners and doctors speaking to this newspaper say this winding down of long Covid provisions will have a devastating impact on the millions suffering from the condition. 'It shows that the NHS and Government are not interested in long Covid,' said Kent-based GP Dr Stephanie De Giorgio.

The blockbuster weight loss drug thought to be behind countless celeb transformations doesn't work for everyone. The latest high-profile so-called 'non-responder' is James Corden. The 46-year-old said: 'I tried Ozempic, and it won't be surprising to you when you look at me now, that it didn't really work.'

Recent images showing the reality TV star's puffier cheeks have sparked rumours on social media that she has undergone cosmetic treakments. Attending the Bottega Veneta Milan fashion week Spring/Summer 2025 event this week, Kendall sported glam make up showcasing her new blonde hair. Yet social media erupted accusing the Kardashian star of messing with her 'perfect' looks and accusing her of looking far older than 28.

It's 2am and I'm wide awake, scrolling frantically through TikTok for videos posted by strangers about the antidepressant I'm on. I type 'first two weeks on antidepressants feeling like I'm going mad' into the search bar, hoping to find someone who'd been through something similar and recovered. Would I ever feel normal again? I started taking the pills three weeks prior to this. It followed an episode of acute anxiety - a problem I've struggled with at various points in my life. About two-and-a-half weeks in, I started to feel really odd. The best way I can describe it is a sense of being detached from my body. I struggled to concentrate on anything - even episodes of Love Island, which normally take my mind off the day's stresses. I was intermittently consumed by panic and constantly aware of my heartbeat.

A mum-of-two feared her body was going to 'split in two' after a botched liposuction procedure in Turkey left her in agonising pain and suffering deadly sepsis. Carrie, 36, from Slough, booked herself in for liposuction in an Istanbul clinic in 2022, after years of feeling unhappy with changes in her body following the birth of her two children.

Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan 's dramatic change in appearance hasn't gone unnoticed, with plastic surgeons revealing the array of subtle treatments that could explain his increasingly 'snatched' look. The 31-year-old, who is now set to join the cast of the sequel to Netflix 's Peaky Blinders movie, is known for his enviably chisled jaw and cheekbones. However, pictures taken less than five years ago show a rounder, less defined face shape.

A pooled analysis of data from 33 countries, led by Australian experts, examined what proportion of children aged three to five are getting enough exercise, screen breaks and sleep. While Europe, which includes the UK, recorded that just over half of children were getting enough exercise, specific data for Britain alone suggests only a tenth of children are actually getting the recommended level of physical activity. Youngsters from Africa had the best overall result with about one in four (23.9 per cent) getting their recommended exercise, screen breaks and sleep. Europe came a close second, with 23.5 per cent of children reaching this benchmark.

A nursery worker has issued a stark warning to those considering boob jobs - after an operation to 'perfect' her chest resulted in a deadly infection that caused blood to 'spurt' from her breasts, and left her disfigured for life. Paige Harvey, 21, had long been 'desperate' to reduce her double-K cup size due to disabling back pain and unwanted attention from strangers. A breast reduction would, she said, stop her size 8 frame from looking 'ridiculous', and help her pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a paramedic - which involves physical work that could be hindered by chronic back pain. However, hours after the operation her wounds split open, leaving her 'in a pile of my own blood'. Despite this, she was discharged by the private clinic that had charged £8,000 for the procedure.

In a statement, the Oscar-winning actor's family said she 'passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning' - but did not confirm her cause of death. The Downton Abbey star enjoyed an incredible 70-year long career on stage and screen. But the beloved star was no stranger to health struggles, having lived a life peppered with illnesses. She suffered two major health scares during her professional career, one of which left her in a 'fog of despair'.

Professor Kevin Fong, who was tasked with helping to direct an emergency response to the crisis, said hospitals were dealing with the equivalent of daily 'terrorist attacks'. Addressing the Covid Inquiry, he also detailed how other units were so overwhelmed they ran out of body bags. The consultant anesthetist said he made more than 40 visits to intensive care wards on behalf of NHS England to report back from the frontline. But the 'scale of death' was 'very difficult to capture' in these reports, which were sent to officials including England's chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty.

Beautician and TV star Jordan James Parke has been thrust into the limelight this week following the death of Alice Webb - who died hours after having a non-surgical BBL procedure. Now, MailOnline can reveal shocking images of the plastic surgery obsessive that show what he looked like before undergoing a series of cosmetic treatments.

NHS data revealed 63 per cent of sick Brits showing up to Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust in the year to March 2024 waited at least this long. Under health service guidelines, 76 per cent of casualty patients should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of being seen. But overall, only 72 per cent of patients in England were seen within this timeframe, according to latest NHS data for 2023/24. Full trust-by-trust results can be viewed through our interactive search table.

Andrew Walker, 31, from Yorkshire, was diagnosed with the deadly disease earlier this year following weeks of disabling exhaustion. As well as the tiredness, the keen rugby player found his body struggled to recover from injuries, like wound injections and lung punctures. However, a GP said he was likely suffering anaemia; a condition where a lack of iron in the body leads to a reduction in the number of red blood cell needed for energy. When the symptoms continued, doctors suggested the civil engineer do a stool sample - and detected traces of blood in the specimen.

A 62 year-old health coach has claimed a bizarre diet of sardines and plant oil has helped her shed two stone and ease symptoms of an agonising pain condition. The 5ft 7in paramedic weighed 13 stone in May of this year, meaning her body mass index (BMI) was firmly in the overweight category. However, within just 10 days on her tinned fish eating plan she'd dropped nearly a stone, which was 'all fluid'.

Experts have today issued fresh warnings over non-surgical butt lifts following the death of a mother-of-five. Alice Webb, 34, died on Monday just hours after having the procedure, understood to have been performed in the West Country. The practitioner alleged to have carried out the treatment - whose identity is known to MailOnline - is one of those who has been arrested. One of Britain's leading plastic surgeons has also told this website the individual is believed to have used a 'large volume of filler'.

When I was ten years old, I saved my father's life. It was the school holidays, and I was staying with him in his tiny, two-storey house in Derbyshire. He would often leave me alone - my parents had separated when I was a baby - to go out drinking for the evening. That night he had come back late and had fallen into a coma-like sleep, when a hot ember dropped from the open fire and caught on a rug. The room went up in flames, ­spreading quickly. I woke in the early hours, roused by clouds of acrid smoke pouring in under my bedroom door. Switching on my bedside light, I was horrified to find I could barely see my toys and books on the other side of the room. I knew immediately I had to wake Dad in the bedroom opposite. I fought my way through the suffocating smoke, screaming for him at the top of my lungs.

It's an ingredient in thousands of our favourite foods that's become a villain in the eyes of wellness influencers. Gluten - the protein in wheat products like bread and pasta - is avoided by some eight per cent of Brits for 'health' reasons, according to polls. But one of the UK's top diet gurus has issued a stark warning against popular gluten free products due to potential health risks. According to Professor Tim Spector, nutrition expert and founder of the popular ZOE diet app, some of the most popular gluten free foods are seriously lacking in vital nutrients like fibre and filling protein - which will curb hunger pangs and limit snacking.

A former Royal Marine says his symptoms of the deadliest type of brain cancer were dismissed by doctors as 'dehydration' and a result of too much screen time. James Greenwood, 42, based in Mold, North Wales, began experiencing dizziness and 'constant, dull headaches' in May. He visited his GP twice and was told his problems were likely due to a combination of eye strain and not drinking enough water at his desk job at a real estate company. However, within a month he was experiencing agonising head pain which prompted him to visit A&E and demand further scans.

Airi Hirase, from Ibaraki, Japan , spent tens of thousands over eight years in a bid to enhance her figure and 'improve my life'. Inspired to switch up her appearance after being bullied as a child, the 27-year-old says she has had facial surgeries and breast enhancements. She claimed she was teased by other children over her buck teeth and wide nose and even criticised by her own mother who thought the influencer resembled her absent father who had left the family in debt. Doctors have long warned Brits contemplating having multiple procedures to radically change their looks to think again.

A 30 year-old man missed his own wedding reception due to a 'horrendous migraine' that turned out to be a large brain tumour. Nathan Vaughan, 30, and Katie Glass [now Vaughan], 26, got married on May 4 at St Thomas Church, Holywell, Cambridgeshire. The bridegroom began to develop the 'worst headache of my life' in the early hours of the morning on the big day, but the couple assumed he was just 'feeling the pressure'. However, straight after the wedding vows, Mr Vaughan passed out in his hotel, where he spent the rest of the day.

Amy Cronjé, now 33, was given a shock breast cancer diagnosis shortly after she married her husband, Roché, 35. Despite being given the all clear following radiation and chemotherapy, a routine check-up a year later found the disease had returned and spread to her bones. As part of her treatment, the speech therapist was put on hormone medication, drastically reducing her chance of ever conceiving. But after discovering Mrs Cronjé, who had always wanted to be a mum, was exploring using a surrogate, Karla Steenekamp immediately volunteered.