Vanessa Chalmers

CHRISTMAS is full of joy and family fun, right? Until grandma is snoring on the sofa, your uncle is complaining of heartburn and your dad has had one too many tipples. While relatively normal durin…

A WOMAN who was forced her to sleep on the sofa because stairs were too difficult has lost almost half her weight. Ash Mac, a 32-year-old makeup artist from Melbourne, Australia, once tipped …

ARE you desperate to improve your health in 2025 – but cannot stand the idea of New Year’s resolutions? You’re not alone. Every year, as part of our Health Kick series, we ask Sun readers about the…

MOST parents will say their teenager snacks constantly. And according to a new study, it could be a warning sign of ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a condition that cases hyperact…

PLAYING a sport could re-awaken dormant viruses in the brain and trigger Alzheimer’s disease, a study says. Oxford scientists found evidence that viruses such as the cold-sore virus could “wa…

YOUR postcode could determine your risk of a deadly heart attack or stroke, it’s been revealed. The two condtions are diseases of the heart and circulatory system, which overall cause 480 deaths ev…

TODAY is so-called ‘Quitter’s Day’, predicted to be when people fall off the wagon with their New Year goals. It only takes a fortnight for us to reason with our well-intentioned previous selves wh…

FROM ‘starving colds’ to chicken soup, we’ve all heard the odd old wives tale for treating flu and winter bugs. As outlandish as some of them are – like shoving onions into …

KIDS, money worries, a snoring partner – there are many factors getting in the way of good sleep. Our Health Kick Survey found one in six readers (15 per cent) struggle to get enough kip, with wome…

PEOPLE will go to extreme lengths to reverse their biological age. We’ve seen millionaire Bryan Johnson talk about taking 100 pills a day, finish eating at 11am and having transfusions of blood fro…