Huntington’s Disease
War correspondent Charles Sabine’s 15-year global search to find a cure for the disease that has ravaged his family.
Bariatric Surgery and Mental Health
There is growing concern that bariatric surgery can exacerbate mental health problems
Former England Rugby Captain Lewis Moody’s brain tumour charity
The rugby hero, the teenager with cancer and a bond that left a lifesaving legacy
A Good Death
‘The family is often doing everything to avoid the conversation going to “the worst place” in case it gets emotionally horrible,’ says Dr Mannix. ‘But actually it becomes a lot calmer once you start asking: “If she’s so sick she cannot be saved, what sort of things should we be doing now so we don’t regret anything?”
Organ Donation
When the only hope for Lubna Siddiqui’s critically-ill toddler, Fatima, was a liver transplant
Lisa Wilson’s son, Tom, 22, saved her life through organ donation after he died in a hockey accident aged 22.
Malignant Melanoma
The immunotherapy injection that sent Ruth Retter’s cancer into remission.
Dr Helena Miranda
The pain expert who is also a life-long sufferer on how to manage chronic pain.
Nell Gifford
Founder of the wonderful Gifford’s Circus, Nell was diagnosed with oestrogen receptor positive invasive ductal carcinoma in her left breast in 2015 and the following year, developed it in her right breast. She died on 8th December 2019, aged just 46.
Organ Donation
How Jean Short, 78, saved the life of Chetan Joshi, 44, when she became an altruistic kidney donor..
Simon Brennan
The super-fit father of three who is dealing with motor neurone disease with extraordinary grace and stoicism.
The Model Heida Asgeirsdottir
..on her remote 16,000 acre Icelandic sheep farm: drudgery, isolation and a working world of incomparable beauty.
Parish Councils
They’re the lowest rung of local government yet control a surprising amount of your life. Some say they are a law unto themselves..