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Boy born with 12 toes can finally play football in time for 2026 World Cup

Boy born with 12 toes can finally play football in time for 2026 World Cup

By Amy Reast A football-mad six-year-old boy born with 12 toes can finally play with his friends after life-changing polydactyly surgery — just in time for the 2026 World Cup. Abubakarr was born with six toes on each foot, a condition known as polydactyly, which made it

Woman left in agony after eczema cream leaves 95% of skin in pain

Woman left in agony after eczema cream leaves 95% of skin in pain

By Amy Reast Just three prescriptions of steroid cream for eczema have left Sophie Cooper suffering with red, sore and bleeding skin covering 95% of her body. She had suffered with eczema as a child, but when it got worse in 2023 she sought help from her general practitioner, who

Clinic behind Wayne Rooney’s hair transplant gets 5 requests a day for the ‘Rooney’

Clinic behind Wayne Rooney’s hair transplant gets 5 requests a day for the ‘Rooney’

By Amy Reast The London clinic which performed Wayne Rooney's hair transplant said they still get five requests a DAY for "a Rooney" — 15 years later. Nadeem Khan, 55, is the CEO and founder of Harley Street Hair Clinic in London. The Manchester United legend had

Chewing gum restores doctor’s taste and smell lost to COVID-19

Chewing gum restores doctor’s taste and smell lost to COVID-19

By Amy Reast A dad who lost his sense of taste and smell for years after catching COVID-19 and losing his sense of smell has had both senses restored — thanks to specially-developed chewing gum. The revolutionary clinical trial at the University of Nottingham saw a group of participants

Friends lose combined 500 pounds, host weight loss festival

Friends lose combined 500 pounds, host weight loss festival

By Amy Reast Three women who lost a combined more than 500 pounds hosted the UK's first bariatric surgery festival — and it was a roaring success. Donna Musson, 43, Anastasia Morris, 34, and Pamela Phillips, 42, met at an event after going through different bariatric surgery journeys to

Nurse donates kidney to stranger on same day as husband’s transplant

Nurse donates kidney to stranger on same day as husband’s transplant

By Amy Reast A kind nurse who wasn't a match for her sick husband donated her kidney to a stranger being treated at the hospital where she works—on the same day he had his transplant. Filipinas Nercua, then 50, volunteered to donate a kidney to her husband,

Mom with mango-sized tumor gets life-saving surgery

Mom with mango-sized tumor gets life-saving surgery

By Amy Reast A mom with a tumor the size of a mango that was slowly suffocating her traveled three days by ferry and canoe to get life-saving surgery. Mom-of-three Theogette, 50, initially thought she was just suffering with a toothache a decade ago, and the tooth