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Features

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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Inside Features

‘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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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‘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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Do smart girls marry for the money?

Sunday, 30 August 2009

Vivian Boyce lives in Newtownards and runs a social club for over-45s called Nouveaux Amis. She says: “I honestly don't see any reason people shouldn't marry for money. I think in this day and age it's more about finding someone who is in the same position as you — you don't need a millionaire, but someone who is your financial equal so you can retain your independence.
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The world at her feet

Sunday, 23 August 2009

She was only six months old when she made her UK TV debut and now at just 19, Caroline Connor seems set for a glittering career on the silver screen. The Glengormley beauty, who is this weekend competing for the title of Miss Earth Northern Ireland 2009, has been head hunted by some of the most revered people in the movie industry — Hollywood agents.
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I lost my Jonathan to skin cancer and now I want no one else to go through the same pain

Monday, 17 August 2009

The dangers of sunbeds have made the headlines recently, with burns — and worse — reported among women and men almost literally dying for a tan. One woman locally who knows the real cost of skin cancer is Jackie Herron and she’s furious at the ignorance.
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‘If she has been sacked because of age that’s wrong ... it should be about ability’

Sunday, 9 August 2009

The shock sacking of judge Arlene Phillips from Strictly Come Dancing earlier this summer has fuelled another BBC ageism row. Top female celebrities have been coming out in support of the acclaimed choreographer, who has been replaced by 30-year-old pop star Alesha Dixon, who won the show in 2007.
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'I knew I’d meet Hugh Grant but I wasn’t expecting him to put his arms round me’

Sunday, 2 August 2009

If you have ever been unfortunate enough to need the caring services of a Marie Curie nurse for your loved one, then you will know just how special a job people like Martina Kennedy do.
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