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Our girl Fiona undergoes a scan before the skin treatment

Rolling back the years without going under the knife or the needle

The good thing about middle age is that we start to discover who we are, leave youthful anxiety (and spots) behind and feel more at ease in our skin. Unfortunately, this state of self-acceptance normally arrives just as said skin starts to get looser, produce wrinkles and join our bodies in a steady decline.
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Dr Janet Gray MBE and the great Mary Peters

‘The possibility that I could be in a world of darkness haunted my dreams’

Sunday, 25 October 2009

I can trace the early signs that I would eventually join my father and brother in never-ending night. The first event to set alarm bells ringing occurred during a routine check-up when Mr Cowan, my eye specialist, announced that I had to start using eye drops.
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Bronagh Coyle who has lost 5 stone in weight pictured with Liam

No-nonsense attitude was key to baby weight loss

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Working mum Bronagh Coyle is a mere shadow of her former self — and looks sensational as she strides confidently on to the catwalk. Yet Bronagh, 28, had ballooned to almost 15 stone after tucking into takeaways and treats while pregnant with her second child.
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Yvonne Moore, Managing Director of Galgorm Manor Hotel

World renowned is a matter of personal pride for Yvonne Moore

Sunday, 11 October 2009

Few people can claim to break into a smile at the sight of their workplace coming into view in the mornings. But driving up the picturesque lane which winds its way through the stunning grounds of the lavish Galgorm Resort and Spa in Ballymena usually has an instant feel-good effect on its General Manager Yvonne Moore.
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Sasha McDonnell with daughter Libby

Food-change regime gives new hope on pregnancy

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Northern Ireland women suffering infertility due to Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) have been given new hope of having a family by simply changing their diet. The chronic condition, which has baffled medical experts for years, is being treated with amazing success by a special healthy eating regime called Dietcare which recently became available for the first time in Northern Ireland.
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Debra McVicker of Hampton Blue with an assortment of the gift that can be bought of her website, www.hamptonblue.co.uk

Everything clicks into place

Sunday, 27 September 2009

An enterprising Belfast woman has taken a brave step into the unknown in a determined bid to strike a comfortable work/life balance which eludes so many working mums.
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Lisa is third from front with Diana Moran and Anne Nolan.

‘I’m living proof that research on breast cancer saves lives’

Sunday, 20 September 2009

When she set out to organise a massive fundraiser for cancer research, Co Antrim woman Lisa Kirkwood never thought for one moment that she herself would one day be diagnosed with the dreaded disease.
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Linda Halliday and her daughter Abbie, 18 mths, at their home in Banbridge.

Teen mothers show some class

Sunday, 13 September 2009

Teenage pregnancy rates are rising despite a government campaign aimed at lowering them, new research has revealed. In Northern Ireland, a special programme called SAM — School Age Mums — has been helping hundreds of teenage girls complete their education after giving birth.
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Aaron Rowney who has been a long time suffer of Schizophernia, arthritis, fibromyalgia. He lived in Antrim town and is married with two children, Aaron lives a normal with the help of medication and the help of George Armstrong from the Home Start Charity.

‘It meant lots that George was there ... he’s full of advice’

Sunday, 6 September 2009

It was the most unlikely way to start with a friendship, — with the help of social services — when Aaron Rowney met George Armstrong at his Antrim home for a coffee back in January.
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