Advertisement

Lucy Younger, Health Reporter

Lucy joined The Mail on Sunday's award winning Health team in January 2026, working on breaking news, features, interviews and in-depth investigations.

Coverage: Health

MOST RECENT ARTICLES FROM LUCY YOUNGER

Page

Nearly 800 million adults are so obese they qualify for weight loss jabs, global study reveals

09/01/26 02:26

Nearly 800 million adults around the world are now so overweight they qualify for powerful weight-loss injections such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, according to a major global study....read

Fit and healthy father, 62, thought nightly toilet trips were due to UTI - but they were subtle symptom of incurable cancer
09/01/26 01:04
Andy Gissing, 62, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, is now trying to fund privately a 'last hope' treatment - and that without it he will be facing end-of-life care.
- 67 comments
- 46 shares
Former binge-eater, 28, who was crippled by anxiety reveals how she lost NINE stone without weight loss jabs or 'fad' diets
09/01/26 07:00
After wasting years on faddy diets, Daisie Jenson finally found a weight loss plan that worked for her... and it helped her shed nearly half her bodyweight.
- 28 comments
- 90 shares
Woman, 48, with a kidney stone sent home by hospital - only to need all her fingers and toes AMPUTATED after going into septic shock
08/01/26 01:38
A woman has shared the horrifying moment her hands and feet turned black from septic shock - just days after she was sent from hospital with a 'small' kidney stone.
Doctors dismissed 25-year-old's symptoms as 'women's problems'... then she had to have 70 per cent of her stomach removed
07/01/26 11:51
A young woman was diagnosed with a rare stomach cancer just months after doctors shrugged off her symptoms as being 'women's problems'.
- 78 comments
- 17 shares
New study into intermittent fasting reveals why it doesn't work for everyone... and it's a common mistake made by thousands of dieters
06/01/26 03:01
Limiting the amount of time you can eat per day seems like a surefire way to lose weight- but experts have warned that intermittent fasting (IF) only works if you're sticking to a calorie deficit.
- 21 comments
- shares
Heartbreaking truth about the devastating muscle disease that's hit Jesy Nelson's twins - and the warning signs every parent should know
05/01/26 11:42
In an emotional Instagram video posted on Sunday, Ms Nelson revealed the girls had been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA-1).
Six foods to AVOID this Christmas if you're on a weight loss jab, according to experts - they could trigger distressing side effects
20/12/25 10:36
An NHS GP, Dr Crystal Wyllie, who is also an online doctor at Zava, has revealed six foods weight loss jab users should avoid this Christmas.
- 96 comments
- 25 shares
Eating alone can have negative effects on your health: 'It's why older people become physically and mentally frail'
25/11/25 07:00
Millions of adults eat on their own at least once a day-but a new study has warned that it can affect your mental and physical study, especially if you're old.
- 5 comments
- shares

Page

DON'T MISS

MORE HEADLINES

Follow DailyMail
Subscribe Daily Mail
Follow @dailymail
Follow DailyMail
Follow MailOnline
Follow Daily Mail

MORE DON'T MISS

Head Start to Home Cooked

Get Recipes

more

Advertisement

Advertisement