A woman with a rare genetic condition who has modelled for Vogue says she never wants to give up coaching tennis. Alice Dyer, 20, from Arnold in Nottinghamshire, lives with connective tissue disorder hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which causes her joint pain and extreme fatigue. She discovered tennis when she was 14 years old after a…
Singer Jesy Nelson has pledged to “shout from the rooftops” to campaign for all babies to get tested for a rare muscle disease at birth. The former Little Mix star recently discovered her seven-month-old daughters have Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and will “probably never walk”, but the condition isn’t included in screening for newborn babies.…
A woman who uses a wheelchair said she had “given up” trying to have a cervical screening after turning up for an appointment to find she could not get inside a treatment room. Emily Salter, who is unable to walk after falling from a 9m (30ft) cliff seven years ago, said she had tried to…
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