Claudia Tanner, journalist

inews.co.uk • 25th September 2020

The drug that makes little people taller: Advancement or an insult to ‘dwarf pride’?

The drug vosoritide has raised hope that it can help children with the most common form of dwarfism lead easier lives, but some say the condition is not a problem that needs a cure

inews.co.uk • 19th September 2020

Woman facing paralysis from rare form of endometriosis first UK patient to have pioneering op

Sarah Sparkes spent four years suffering with pain until she was diagnosed with sciatic endometriosis, of which there are just 70 recorded cases

inews.co.uk • 21st May 2020

The people who can't shake off Covid-19 – 'Week nine and I'm back in bed'

An expert says a small but significant number of people are suffering from the ‘long tail’ form of the virus

inews.co.uk • 19th May 2020

Covid-19 linked Kawasaki-like disease is rare - but more cases likely

A paediatric consultant says doctors are being urged to report recent past cases and new ones may emerge from a second wave

inews.co.uk • 7th February 2020

National shortage of HRT and contraception harming 'thousands of women'

Cancer survivor Sara Morton was forced to go a month without HRT as leading doctors call on the government to tackle the issue

inews.co.uk • 11th December 2019

Mum with paralysed stomach vomiting 40 times a day told to fund own £18K surgery

Amy Burton, who has gastroparesis, has seen her weight plummet – but can’t get surgery on NHS because of 50% success rate

inews.co.uk • 22nd November 2019

'I begged for a C-section but the medics said no and I lost my precious boy'

Kamaljit Uppal claims she wasn’t allowed a Cesarean until after her baby went into distress at scandal hit Shrewsbury Hospital

inews.co.uk • 17th September 2019

Cystic fibrosis sufferers' anger at being forced to pay £20k for drug

Patients have formed a buyers’ club to source a version of Orkambi after the drug’s manufacturer and the NHS locked horns in a price war

inews.co.uk • 12th September 2019

Dad, 36, whose 'stitch' was bowel cancer can't get drug on NHS

Adam Cattermole has been told his best chance is a drug called Avastin which costs £20,000 for every three-month course

inews.co.uk • 20th August 2019

'I put my déjà vu down to stress – but I had a brain tumour'

Emeline Gilhooley, 21, had life-saving brain surgery while she was awake to avoid surgeons paralysing her

inews.co.uk • 19th July 2019

The prostate cancer conundrum: Patients explain their treatment choice

Patients who are at low or medium risk are often left to make their own decisions between no treatment, prostate removal and radiotherapy

inews.co.uk • 7th June 2019

Mother who lost twin boy at four days old calls for strep B test

Mother-of-four Dawn Powell, 41, says it’s agony knowing her son Archie’s death could have been avoided if she’d had antibiotics

inews.co.uk • 29th May 2019

'Doctors gave me antidepressants but I had the menopause'

Katie Taylor is one of potentially millions of women forced to cope with the change without help as some GPs are reluctant to prescribe HRT

inews.co.uk • 7th March 2019

The invisible link between autism and anorexia

New research from the charity Autistica finds that as many as one in five women with anorexia are autistic

inews.co.uk • 15th January 2019

Woman, 25, nearly died from blood clots after taking acne pill

Kate McIlvenny was taking Dianette – linked to 30 Britons’ deaths – then given another contraceptive pill despite showing DVT symptoms

inews.co.uk • 3rd December 2018

Woman who had bowel cancer at 30 dismissed as having women's problems

Gemma Savory says doctors thought she was “too young to have bowel cancer” – and for eight months her symptoms weren’t taken seriously

inews.co.uk • 29th November 2018

Mum, 29, told she had 'a migraine' dies 8 days after cancer diagnosis

Kara Hogland felt something wasn’t right but was sent away with painkillers despite having been diagnosed with cancer five years before

inews.co.uk • 28th September 2018

Hernia mesh operation 'made me contemplate suicide' says father-of-two

David Ellis is one of up to 170,000 people who have had hernia mesh implants in England and are now battling agonising complications

inews.co.uk • 27th September 2018

The little-known cause in four in 10 women's pelvic pain

Chronic pelvic pain is a common problem that’s often misdiagnosed, leading to years of suffering

inews.co.uk • 21st September 2018

These children's 'mental health problems' were due to a treatable bug

A neurologist says PANDAS – brought on by infections such as scarlet fever and chicken pox – can be mistaken for ADHD and eating disorders