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ADVICE FROM OUR WOMAN’S WEEKLY DOCTOR

For Jackie Scully, Christmas Day 2013 was unforgettable. Her boyfriend Duncan proposed, and life felt full of promise. But just three weeks later, their joy turned to shock when Jackie, then 32, was d

Oceans apart, but my bestie knew just the right words to say

Most women have suffered the misery of bladder infection (cystitis) – burning pain on passing urine, needing to rush to the loo frequently, low tummy pain, sometimes even blood in the urine. Men do ge

Dashing to the toilet, I winced as a burning sensation shot between my legs. It was April 2022, and I’d been having issues down below for a while. A history of heavy bleeding, fibroids and polyps had

Breaking out