Jo Waters

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Covers: Health, medicine, pharmaceuticals, wellness, case studies,celebrity health, psychology, mental health, diet, pregnancy and parenting.

Doesn't Cover: I'm not that keen on Awareness Weeks ( sorry!)

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Award-winning medical journalist, author and digital consultant. I write about health and medicine for national newspapers, consumer magazines, trade journals and digital clients.
My niche is turning complicated medical jargon into readable topical stories by quoting credible experts and finding compelling case histories.
I write regularly for the Daily Mail Good Health section, the Daily Telegraph, Saga magazine, Community Practitioner magazine,Acuity, Fortis and Re:Solve Global Health. I als…

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Protecting young people: smoke and mirrors? - Community Practitioner

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How thousands like Maureen live for years with unexplained symptoms

In her early twenties Maureen Sharphouse's joints were so bendy she got a job as a magician's assistant, effo…

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How to sleep when you have a cough

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Everything you need to know about Parkinson’s

Jul 23, 2025 |

By Jo Waters

| Yahoo Style Canada

One in 37 people will develop Parkinson's during their lifetime Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman, has died at the age of 76. He had suffered from numerous health problems and was diagnosed with a form of Parkinson’s disease in 2019. He had spoken publicly about suffering from the condition, suspecting for years that his shuffling gait and tremor were signs of the disease.

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Everything you need to know about Parkinson’s

Jul 23, 2025 |

By Jo Waters

| AOL UK

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman, has died at the age of 76. He had suffered from numerous health problems and was diagnosed with a form of Parkinson’s disease in 2019. He had spoken publicly about suffering from the condition, suspecting for years that his shuffling gait and tremor were signs of the disease.

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The shocking spread of bulging eyes in women over 40 – as doctors reveal the very common symptoms thousands can’t afford to ignore - Business And America

May 11, 2025 |

By Jo Waters

| businessandamerica.com

First came what Jade O’Saye thought was a stye – a blister on the eyelid, although in her case it was on the white of her eye – then pain when she blinked. Within months, her right eye was so swollen and sore it was bulging out the socket. ‘My eye was protruding and really red and angry,’ says Jade, 40, a procurement manager for a travel company. She struggled even to close the eye to sleep. Not only was it painful, ‘it was completely disfiguring’, she adds.