‘bowel cancer can strike young, so know your body’

Cancer rates are on the rise in young people, says Dr Leigh Erin Connealy. Here are her top tips for getting ahead of it early in life and at any age

Penn State College of Medicine have found that mushrooms have mighty prevention powers. In fact, those who ate just two a day (18 grams) had a 45 per cent reduced risk of cancer, compared to those who

FOR THE REAL STORY ABOUT THE DISEASE, ASK SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS BREAST CANCER, SAYS ROSAMUND DEAN. HERE ARE THE 10 THINGS THAT EXPERTS WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT PREVENTION, SUPPORT, TREATMENT AND BEYOND

Dementia is a scary thought, but it’s not an inevitable part of ageing. There’s no question that the older you are, the more likely you are to have memory issues. Rates of dementia are going up as we

Want to reach a ripe old age? Being alive and kicking in your 80s and 90s might seem appealing, but how many ‘good years’ you have later in life is dependent on healthy ageing. Older people are often

It’s one of the few health issues we women don’t have to worry about. Only men have a prostate gland, which sits just below the bladder. It surrounds the urethra – the tube urine travels down when you