The many effects of tight high-heels read like a laundry list of unsightliness: bursitis, bunions and corns included.

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These range from relatively minor conditions, such as corns and bunions, to serious issues such as ulcers and circulatory disorders.

BBC: Feet showing superimposed computer image of bones

She will cook and clean and minister to his corns.

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Danny Corns, who lives in one of the 15 flooded houses, said it was "reassuring to a point" to learn it was a sensor that had failed rather than the pumps themselves.

BBC: Kempsey flood defence failure due to waterlogged sensor

That is one of the problems - I think we all think food poisoning is just as normal as, say, in growing toenails or corns and it isn't - it does have a cause and it does have an outcome and it could be stopped if more of us made a fuss.

BBC: Former Health Minister Edwina Currie quizzed