New gadget to zap agonising ‘cluster’ headaches available on the NHS

New gadget to zap agonising ‘cluster’ headaches using an electric current to the neck is now available on the NHS in a boost for thousands of sufferers GammaCore is a device that delivers an electric current to block pain signals Cluster headaches are a relatively rare condition but device can prevent them Between one and … Read more

Mother’s arm erupts in agonising red rash after getting AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine

A mother’s arm and chest erupted into an agonising red rash after she was injected with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Leigh King, a 41-year-old hairdresser from North Lanarkshire, said her skin flared up almost immediately after she got her first dose two weeks ago – and is still sore now.  ‘My skin was so sore … Read more

RICHARD COLES recounts the paralysing despair of his partner’s agonising death from alcoholism 

Richard Coles is pictured above with his dogs My partner David had a deeply enjoyable habit of not knowing who famous people were. Once we were dining with friends and he sat next to a young fellow who said he played the piano. ‘Oh, Richard’s a pianist,’ David said. ‘Yes, I know,’ said the young … Read more

Cheltenham punter agonising over £500,000 accumulator takes a partial cash-out

After ‘four hours’ sleep and a long 5am walk’, the lucky punter sitting on THAT viral £500,000 accumulator has opted to take a partial cash-out – meaning he is set to scoop at least £250,000 from his incredible £5 bet. Paul Dean’s mammoth five-fold accumulator went viral on Wednesday after Bob Olinger clinched victory in … Read more

Cheltenham punter agonising over £500,000 accumulator takes a partial cash-out

After ‘four hours’ sleep and a long 5am walk’, the lucky punter sitting on THAT viral £500,000 accumulator has opted to take a partial cash-out – meaning he is set to scoop at least £250,000 from his incredible £5 bet. Paul Dean’s mammoth five-fold accumulator went viral on Wednesday after Bob Olinger clinched victory in … Read more

Trisha Goddard reveals the agonising moment she thought she passed on HIV to her daughter

Trisha Goddard has revealed her horror over thinking she had passed on HIV to her then baby daughter Billie, after learning her first husband secretly battled the virus. The presenter’s ex-husband, Australian politician Robert Nestdale, died in 1989, just weeks after she gave birth to daughter Billie with second husband Mark Grieve – with Trisha … Read more

‘Agonising leg cramp interrupts my sleep’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

I am plagued with cramp in my legs at night. I have great difficulty getting back to sleep, and the various medications I’ve been prescribed don’t work. I am desperate for sleep. Maureen Nash, via email. This is not an uncommon condition. Some 40 per cent of adults experience night cramps, resulting in sleep disturbance … Read more

Tory Cherilyn Mackrory weeps as she tells MPs of agonising decision to have an abortion

‘I told her how much she was loved and then I let her go’: Tory MP Cherilyn Mackrory weeps as she tells baby loss debate she ‘kissed her daughter goodbye’ after agonising abortion decision at 20 weeks when she discovered baby was severely d Falmouth and Truro MP fought back tears during a debate on … Read more

Woman, 23, who rushed to hospital with agonising period pains is stunned to discover she’s in labour

A woman who thought she was suffering from severe period pain was left stunned when doctors told her she was in labour – with a baby that was a week overdue.  Holly Henton, 23, from Market Harborough, Leicestershire, had been having regular menstrual cycles when she started experiencing stronger than usual cramps while closing up the … Read more

As actress Terri Dwyer found, delaying bunion surgery can have agonising effect

At times the pain was so bad that it kept actress and TV presenter Terri Dwyer awake at night. Hers isn’t the kind of pain you might associate with night-time waking — backache, for instance, or a creaky hip — but bunions. At times even a sheet over her foot was an unbearable weight. Despite … Read more