A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months. Kirsty Watson, 20, was gobsmacked when GPs referred her to an eating disorder clinic after she complained of extreme weight loss, sickness and fatigue - all common symptoms of the inflammatory digestive condition, Crohn's disease. The budding journalist from St Helens, Merseyside, could barely leave the house as she suffered from agonising stomach cramps and was violently sick up to ten times a day.
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A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
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INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .