I'm 41, but my liver is just turning 30... and it's all thanks to Esther: Three decades later, the first British child to survive a liver transplant, tells of the debt he owes to star

Matthew Whittaker, 41, underwent then-experimental transplant surgery as a boy, and today he is Britain’s longest-surviving child recipient of a donor liver.



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'Angelina effect' has doubled breast ops as star encourages women to undergo cancer screenings

About 800 women will have preventive double mastectomies this year – twice the normal figure – according to a nationwide study.



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Health Notes: Disease cramped my cycling career says Olympic medallist Craig MacLean

Olympic medallist Craig MacLean, 42, spent 12 years suffering from exhaustion, anaemia and cramps – without realising he had coeliac disease.



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I keep my healthy four-year-old in a buggy - because it's easier for me! Defiant mother scoffs at warnings that stopping children from walking is harmful - but is she wrong?

My son Sebastian, aged, four, is more than capable of walking and sometimes complains about being strapped in. But its better, writes LAUREN GEE.



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Keep your hair on, girls! How a celebrity retreat is using strict diets and head massages to save women from baldness

The SHA Wellness Clinic follows a no-caffeine, no-alcohol, no-sugar regime and medical assessments were bolstered by a strict vegan diet.



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Fit in the City: Yoga bootcamp where Naomi feels the heat

Taryn Toomey’s The Class, an excruciating 75 minute workout, is already a favourite for A-listers like actress Naomi Watts, writes RUBY WARRINGTON.



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Walking back to happiness: The inspiring story of a little girl refused a £25,000 operation and the wonderful generosity of Mail readers

Sophie Thomlinson, two, from Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, has a form of cerebral palsy which means she cannot use her legs.



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