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Scottish Sun
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Geordie Shore star Aaron Chalmers' ‘distressed' son Oakley back in hospital as his mum shares heartbreaking update
"It was far too much for me and him to deal with" BRAVE BOY Geordie Shore star Aaron Chalmers' 'distressed' son Oakley back in hospital as his mum shares heartbreaking update Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) GEORDIE Shore star Aaron Chalmers' 'distressed' son Oakley is back in hospital as his mum shared a heart-breaking update. Influencer, Talia Oatway found fame thanks to her relationship with MTV reality star turned MMA fighter Aaron - and the pair share a son together. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 5 Oakley's mum shared a heart-breaking update to followers Credit: Instagram 5 Geordie Shore star Aaron Chalmers son Oakley is back in hospital Credit: Refer to Caption 5 Talia said that she knows he's getting older and more aware Credit: Instagram / @ Their son Oakley has Apert Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes fusion of the skull, hands, and feet bones. Taking to her Instagram story, Talia posted a sweet image of Oakley and penned: "Today was a really hard experience with trying to get Oakley to sleep. (In theatre) "He started to lash out at me which is understandable as he doesn't understand why we are here or what is about to happen at the time. "We both got really upset and especially when the sleepy gas mask was on, he was fighting against me and the staff. "I know he's getting older and more aware. With Oakley having autism it makes situations more difficult. "Next time he will need a pre-med as it was far too much for me and him to deal with. "He is a trooper today and is resting. Waiting for antibiotics through his canula." Aaron and Talia welcomed Oakley into the world in February 2022. Just a few days ago, Talia sparked concern after revealing their son couldn't stop being sick ahead of his crucial surgery. She also previously took to Instagram to post a proud video of her son taking his first steps and shared an update with her followers. Watch emotional moment Geordie Shore star Aaron Chalmers' son Oakley walks for the first time after gruelling health battle Alongside the clip, she wrote: "Oakley has been using a walking frame for a few months now. "He's had some shoes made for him as it's impossible to get shoes that fit his feet." Fans rushed to comment on the upload, with one writing: "He's a legend. Well done Oakley." Another said: "So emotional, what a little beauty, well done Oakley and to mummy!" What is Apert Syndrome? APERT syndrome, also known as acrocephalosyndactyly, is a rare disorder that is named after the doctor who first discovered it in the early 20th century. It is a genetic condition and is caused by a mutation of the FGFR2 gene. This affects how cells in the body - namely bone cells - grow, divide and die. Children born with Apert syndrome have a characteristic appearance, which is caused by the bones in the skull and face fusing and not growing in proportion, according to Great Ormond Street Hospital. It can increase a child's risk of hydrocephalus, which results in pressure building on the brain, and it can also cause Chiari malformation, where the base of the brain is squeezed. Other complications include breathing difficulties and heart problems, which require life-long monitoring. The condition is said to occurs in one in every 65,000 to 88,000 births and a child's outlook can vary greatly depending on the severity of symptoms And a third added: "What an inspiration you both are." The former couple also share Romeo, four, and Maddox, three. They got together in 2017 but split just months after Oakley's birth. 5 The former couple got together in 2017 but split just months after Oakley's birth. Credit: Instagram
Daily Mirror
04-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mirror
DWP PIP benefit pays £749 every month if you have muscle or joint condition
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit designed for people who need extra help with everyday tasks due to an illness, disability or mental health condition. It is worth up to £749.80 every four weeks and is paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). PIP is not an out of work benefit, so you may be eligible for PIP if you are currently in working. How much you could get in PIP all depends on how your condition your health condition or disability affects your life. There is no set list of conditions that make you eligible for PIP. According to DWP data, there are more than one million adults who receive PIP for musculoskeletal conditions, out of the 3.7million who claim PIP overall. Musculoskeletal conditions are injuries and disorders that affect the body's movement or musculoskeletal system such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, discs and blood vessels PIP is made up of two components - a daily living rate and a mobility rate - and you can be entitled to both or just one of these. If you are eligible for both the enhanced rate of the daily living allowance and the mobility allowance, you would receive £749.80 a month. Daily Living Standard rate: £73.90 a week Enhanced rate: £110.40 a week Mobility Standard rate: £29.20 a week Enhanced rate: £77.05 a week List of 87 musculoskeletal conditions which could get you PIP General conditions Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis of Hip Osteoarthritis of Knee Osteoarthritis of other single joint Primary generalised Osteoarthritis Chronic pain syndrome Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) Fibromyalgia Pain syndromes - Chronic - Other / type not known Inflammatory arthritis Ankylosing spondylitis Arthritis - Psoriatic Arthritis - Reactive Inflammatory arthritis - Other / type not known Juvenile chronic arthritis (Still's disease) Rheumatoid arthritis Crystal deposition disorders Crystal deposition disorders - Other / type not known Gout Pseudogout Osteonecrosis and osteochondritis Osteochondritis Osteonecrosis Metabolic and endocrine disorders Osteomalacia Osteoporosis Other metabolic and endocrine disorders of musculoskeletal system Paget's disease Rickets Genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations Achondroplasia Epiphyseal dysplasia - multiple Genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations - Other / type not known Hereditary multiple exostosis (diaphyseal aclasis) Hypermobility syndrome Marfan's syndrome Osteogenesis imperfecta Benign tumours of bone Tumours of bone - benign Fracture complications Compartment syndrome (Volkmann's ischaemia) Fracture complications - Other / type not known Sudek's atrophy Other generalised musculoskeletal conditions Generalised musculoskeletal disease - Other / type not known Regional conditions Shoulder disorders Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) Rotator cuff disorder Shoulder disorders - Other / type not known Shoulder instability Elbow disorders Elbow disorders - Other / type not known Golfers elbow (medial epicondylitis) Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) Wrist and hand disorders Carpal tunnel syndrome Dupuytren's contracture Tendon lesions Tenosynovitis Wrist and hand disorders - Other / type not known Neck disorders Cervical disc lesion Cervical spondylosis Neck disorders - Other / type not known Whiplash injury Non specific back pain Back pain - Non specific (mechanical) Specific back pain Back pain - Specific - Other / type not known Kyphosis Lumbar disc lesion Lumbar spondylosis (OA spine) Schuermann's disease Scoliosis Spinal stenosis Spondylolisthesis Hip disorders Dislocation of the hip - congenital Hip disorders - Other / type not known Perthes disease Slipped upper femoral epiphysis Knee disorders Bursitis Chondromalacia patellae Knee disorders - Other / type not known Ligamentous instability of knee Meniscal lesions Osgood schlatters disease Osteochondritis dissecans Patellar dislocation - Recurrent Ankle and foot disorders Ankle and foot disorders - Other / type not known Club foot (talipes) Fore foot pain (Metatarsalgia) Hallux valgus /rigidus Amputations Amputation - Lower limb(s) Amputation - Upper limb(s) Amputations - Upper & Lower limb/s Injuries/fracture/Dislocation Abdomen - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of Lower limb - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of Multiple - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation Pelvis - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of Spine - Injuries/Fracture/Dislocation of Thorax - Injury/Fracture/Dislocation of Upper limb - Injury/Fracture/Dislocation of Other regional musculoskeletal disease Musculoskeletal disease - Regional / Localised - Other / type not known
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Finds
Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published this year pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes and uncovered how they behave during brain development. The US team found that many of these variants remain active for extended periods, potentially influencing multiple developmental stages – and offering new targets for treatments that could address several disorders at once. "The proteins produced by these genes are also highly connected to other proteins," explains University of North Carolina geneticist Hyejung Won. "Changes to these proteins in particular could ripple through the network, potentially causing widespread effects on the brain." In 2019 an international team of researchers first identified 109 genes that were linked in different combinations with eight psychiatric disorders, including autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anorexia. This may explain why these conditions often co-occur – for example up to 70 percent of individuals diagnosed with autism or ADHD have the other too – and why they frequently cluster in families. Each of these eight conditions also has gene differences that are unique to them individually, so Won and team compared the unique genes with those shared between the disorders. They took almost 18,000 variations of the shared and unique genes involved and put them into the precursor cells that become our neurons to see how they could impact gene expression in these cells during human development. This allowed the researchers to identify 683 genetic variants that impacted gene regulation and to further explore them in neurons from developing mice. Genetic variants behind multiple seemingly unrelated traits, or in this case conditions, are called pleiotropic. The pleiotropic variants were involved in many more protein-to-protein interactions than the gene variants unique to specific psychological conditions, and they were active across more types of brain cells. Pleiotropic variants were also involved in regulatory mechanisms that impact multiple stages of brain development. The ability of these genes to impact cascades and networks of processes, such as gene regulation, could explain why the same variants can contribute to different conditions. "Pleiotropy was traditionally viewed as a challenge because it complicates the classification of psychiatric disorders," says Won. "However, if we can understand the genetic basis of pleiotropy, it might allow us to develop treatments targeting these shared genetic factors, which could then help treat multiple psychiatric disorders with a common therapy." This would be a very useful strategy given the World Health Organization estimates 1 in 8 people (almost 1 billion in total) live with some form of psychiatric condition. This research was published in Cell. An earlier version of this article was first published in February 2025. New Smart Dental Floss Can Detect Your Stress From Saliva Gluten Intolerance vs Celiac Disease: Experts Reveal The Key Differences Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Can Leave Lasting Damage in Your Mouth
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Mother of daughter with rare disability writes book celebrating difference
An Irish mother whose daughter was born with a rare genetic condition has written and illustrated a children's book to help celebrate difference. Sarah Gannon, an occupational therapist living in Co Kilkenny drew inspiration for her book, Just See Me: seeing beyond difference, from her seven-year-old daughter Ciara who has Charge syndrome and is deafblind. Mrs Gannon, 39, who has more than 17 years' experience of working with children with disabilities, said she wanted to write the book to educate people and encourage them to see beyond differences. 'Charge syndrome has lots of different areas of difference, my daughter has got a visual and a hearing impairment, so she's deafblind and she's other bits going on with that, like a cleft lip and palate,' Mrs Gannon told the PA news agency. 'She also has cardiac issues and is fed via peg tube. She's got autism and she's got an intellectual disability.' Despite her medical needs, Mrs Gannon said Ciara is a regular little girl who wants to play and engage with other children. In her career, Mrs Gannon has always been passionate about encouraging inclusion and reducing discrimination against children and adults with disabilities. Since having Ciara, she said she has felt compelled to try to reduce people's fear of disability. 'The book is just a little poem about seeing beyond her differences and seeing her for her strengths and her abilities and her potential,' she said. 'The illustrations are brightly coloured and hopefully interesting to kids with visual and hearing impairments.' Mrs Gannon says all proceeds from the book will go towards the Anne Sullivan Foundation, Ireland's national charity which supports people who are deafblind. The new author, who also has a four-year-old son named David, said the experience of having a sibling with additional needs has made him incredibly compassionate. 'The two of them are mad about each other. He is her biggest advocate,' she said. 'He's very compassionate and sweet with her. 'Siblings of kids with additional needs, they're amazingly resilient, because they have to be, they're amazingly compassionate.' Mrs Gannon stressed the importance of linking up with other parents in the same position as she reflected on her experience as a parent of a child with a disability. 'It can be very isolating and very lonely as a parent of a child with additional needs because you feel like you're the only one in that boat,' she said. 'You have to become the expert in your own child, particularly when there's a rare condition. 'You have to educate the educators and the professionals because they've probably never heard of it. 'Other people don't get it, really, they don't, and that's partially what the book is trying to do, help them get it a bit more.' Ciara celebrated her seventh birthday on Sunday and Mrs Gannon said she and husband Ian are feeling optimistic about their daughter's future. 'We'd be quite sad around her birthday usually because, of course, it's a reminder of where she should be as a seven-year-old and where she's not. And that can be tricky sometimes,' she said. 'But this year, for the first year, we're feeling more optimistic and hopeful as she's made huge gains in the last year, and a lot of that is thanks to school. 'Her communication and speech is really improving and she's very happy with life.' Just See Me: seeing beyond difference by Sarah Gannon is available now, published by Austin Macauley in paperback at £7.99, hardback at £12.99 and ebook at £3.50.
The Independent
14-04-2025
- General
- The Independent
Mother of daughter with rare disability writes book celebrating difference
An Irish mother whose daughter was born with a rare genetic condition has written and illustrated a children's book to help celebrate difference. Sarah Gannon, an occupational therapist living in Co Kilkenny drew inspiration for her book, Just See Me: seeing beyond difference, from her seven-year-old daughter Ciara who has Charge syndrome and is deafblind. Mrs Gannon, 39, who has more than 17 years' experience of working with children with disabilities, said she wanted to write the book to educate people and encourage them to see beyond differences. 'Charge syndrome has lots of different areas of difference, my daughter has got a visual and a hearing impairment, so she's deafblind and she's other bits going on with that, like a cleft lip and palate,' Mrs Gannon told the PA news agency. 'She also has cardiac issues and is fed via peg tube. She's got autism and she's got an intellectual disability.' Despite her medical needs, Mrs Gannon said Ciara is a regular little girl who wants to play and engage with other children. In her career, Mrs Gannon has always been passionate about encouraging inclusion and reducing discrimination against children and adults with disabilities. Since having Ciara, she said she has felt compelled to try to reduce people's fear of disability. 'The book is just a little poem about seeing beyond her differences and seeing her for her strengths and her abilities and her potential,' she said. 'The illustrations are brightly coloured and hopefully interesting to kids with visual and hearing impairments.' Mrs Gannon says all proceeds from the book will go towards the Anne Sullivan Foundation, Ireland's national charity which supports people who are deafblind. The new author, who also has a four-year-old son named David, said the experience of having a sibling with additional needs has made him incredibly compassionate. 'The two of them are mad about each other. He is her biggest advocate,' she said. 'He's very compassionate and sweet with her. ' Siblings of kids with additional needs, they're amazingly resilient, because they have to be, they're amazingly compassionate.' Mrs Gannon stressed the importance of linking up with other parents in the same position as she reflected on her experience as a parent of a child with a disability. 'It can be very isolating and very lonely as a parent of a child with additional needs because you feel like you're the only one in that boat,' she said. 'You have to become the expert in your own child, particularly when there's a rare condition. 'You have to educate the educators and the professionals because they've probably never heard of it. 'Other people don't get it, really, they don't, and that's partially what the book is trying to do, help them get it a bit more.' Ciara celebrated her seventh birthday on Sunday and Mrs Gannon said she and husband Ian are feeling optimistic about their daughter's future. 'We'd be quite sad around her birthday usually because, of course, it's a reminder of where she should be as a seven-year-old and where she's not. And that can be tricky sometimes,' she said. 'But this year, for the first year, we're feeling more optimistic and hopeful as she's made huge gains in the last year, and a lot of that is thanks to school. 'Her communication and speech is really improving and she's very happy with life.' Just See Me: seeing beyond difference by Sarah Gannon is available now, published by Austin Macauley in paperback at £7.99, hardback at £12.99 and ebook at £3.50.
