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‘I have misophonia’ – the baffling condition where the sound of a clicking pen can send sufferers into a rage
Does the sound of a clicking pen drive you into an inexplicable rage? Or does the noise someone makes when they're chewing send you into a fury? Then maybe you have misophonia. Healthista's Parisa Hashempour talks about her struggle with the condition and speaks to the experts about treatment...
Why are young fit people dying of cardiac arrest?
Why are young, healthy, often athletes, dying suddenly because the heart has stopped? During Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) Awareness Week, Vanessa Chalmers investigates how it can be prevented… Its 7am on Monday morning and I can hear my mother sobbing in the hallway. I knew immediately something was wrong. I came out to […]
How breast cancer saved me from workaholism
Sue Coyne used to live her life as though she were invincible. But after a battle with breast cancer she realised she needed to change the way she approached everything, especially work
‘Why I stopped taking my bipolar medication’
Amanda Nicol, 41 was diagnosed with bipolar 20 years ago - here, the author of new book House of Bread tells of her devastating stay in an acute mental illness ward and explains why she stopped taking medication and took a different path to recovery
‘Mental illness ruined my childhood’
Talia Loeb shares her journey of being a child with a mental illness in primary school
The caffeine-free diaries: Week 3
On her third week of being caffeine-free, Healthista writer Chloe Nichols tried fruity water, novel herb teas and a site dedicated to all things caffeine
