pain

Last week I saw a patient who had been suffering with severe back pain for months. He hadn’t wanted to bother the doctor, but the pain had become so debilitating that he finally booked an appointment.In the end it turned out to be a…

It’s the 10p pill that won me my life back – but could it be sending me to an early grave? This is the question I have been considering for nearly a month now, following a startling phone call from my GP.The tablet is called…

Back pain that radiates to the stomach and agonising pain in calf muscles are signs of lethal pancreatic cancer that too few are aware of, a top cancer doctor has warned. These are just two of six little-known symptoms that hospital…

A form of arthritis that affects more than five million Britons could be eased with a simple treatment that does not involve surgery, a study has found.Scientists believe they have found a minimally-invasive way to treat knee…

The Bank of England won’t put up interest rates at its next rate-setting meeting this week – or at least the cat would really be among the pigeons were it to do so.Ditto the US Federal Reserve, where its new chair, Kevin Warsh, will be…

At first, Jonathan Corey Barnes thought little of his tickly cough – or the fact he needed to clear his throat constantly. It seemed so innocuous at the time and the 49-year-old father-of-one remains vague about when it first started. …

Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn moreAs a health journalist, I am always on the lookout for the latest and…

A court has heard allegations that a nurse who cared for Michael Schumacher woke up in pain on blood-stained bedsheets after being allegedly sexually assaulted by racing driver Joey Mawson.Australian race car driver Mawson went on trial…

When imagining her retirement, Janet had foreseen a life filled with golf, travel and finally unwinding after years of working 60 hours a week as a solicitor.Yes, she had niggling knee pain – but a bit of rest seemed to keep it in…

Cindy Crawford swore by it for keeping herself trim; Claudia Schiffer loved it for saving time; Madonna famously used hers while on the phone. In the mid-Noughties, no A-lister’s workout was complete without one particular piece of…