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Q I’m struggling with my mood through the menopause. Initially, I was tearful a lot of the time, but this seems to have developed into being very short-fused. I’m often screaming at my teenage childre

Q Last October, I was admitted to hospital and was diagnosed with gallstones. I was told I would need my gallbladder out and have been given a date for my surgery at the end of July. Since my admissio

ADVICE FROM OUR WOMAN’S WEEKLY DOCTOR

As a medical student, I had a total of two weeks’ training in dermatology – the specialty for skin diseases. That made it a bit of a shock when I entered general practice, where every other patient se

You eat with it, you kiss with it, you smile with it. Hopefully you open it wide on a regular basis when you visit the dentist. But your mouth can face problems beyond your teeth. Mouth ulcers are com

Even if nobody in your family has asthma, if you’re regularly around children you’ve probably seen inhalers used for asthma treatment. Asthma is really common – it affects at least 1 in 10 children an