When is Sir Keir Starmer going to grow a pair? ‘The shine is starting to come off,’ a Shadow Minister complains. ‘It’s all very well showing you’re competent. But there are times when you need to roll up your sleeves and attack.’ Labour’s leader is not attacking, but pirouetting. On the Rule of Six. On … Read more
Is this the cure for an aching back? Hi-tech corset that can help ease lower back pain by stretching the spine with tiny motors is being trialled by patients in France Using tiny sensors and motors the corset stretches out painful areas of the back The device, known as Atlas, is thought to relieve pressure … Read more
Radio broadcaster James Whale has revealed he considered euthanasia when he learned he had cancer of brain, spine, kidney and lung. The talkRADIO star was given the news two weeks ago and has said the thought ‘might as well go and get it over with’ was the first to cross his mind and considered going to … Read more
Broadcaster James Whale reveals he is fighting spine, kidney and brain cancers – and considered going to Dignitas when he got the diagnosis TalkRADIO star was given news two weeks ago – 20 years after his first diagnosis The 69-year-old has vowed to fight and said he wants to make it to at least 70 … Read more
Financial guru Suze Orman is getting ‘stronger every day’ as she recovers at home in Florida… one week after undergoing surgery to remove benign tumor on her spine By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com Published: 19:59 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 20:42 BST, 3 August 2020 Suze Orman underwent surgery to remove a benign tumor … Read more
Superstore star Ben Feldman reveals he underwent spine surgery and now has two artificial discs By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 19:11 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 19:11 BST, 16 July 2020 Superstore star Ben Feldman announced this Thursday that he underwent spinal surgery on Monday in Newport, California. The 40-year-old thanked his surgeon … Read more
Prof Tao Huiren, who headed Li Hua’s treatment, said Mr Li suffered from ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The condition causes inflammation in the spine, making the back, rib cage and neck stiff and painful. The inflammation causes bones to wear away, and in response, the body produces extra calcium to grow more bone, sometimes in the … Read more
A vlogger whose skull was slowly crushing her brain into her spine has revealed that her body is now ‘falling apart’. Christina Doherty, of Woburn, Massachusetts, experienced headaches, confusion and paralysis from the age of 16 and had always been an ill child. Doctors diagnosed the 23-year-old with a chiari malformation which is when brain … Read more
A new treatment for slipped discs involves injecting a blob of gel containing alcohol into the spine. Marine contractor and father-of-two Robert Parke, 49, from Dumfries, was one of the first people in the UK to have it done. THE PATIENT Robert Parke, 49, has suffered crippling back pain since his teens When I was … Read more
Back pain affects one third of the population at some time. JO WATERS asked Sammy Margo, a physiotherapist in North London, and Professor Rod Hughes, a consultant rheumatologist at St Peter’s Hospital in Surrey, for their take on gadgets that can give relief. We then rated them . . . GLAMORISE MAGIC LIFT POSTURE SUPPORT … Read more