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Q I don’t check my breasts regularly. When my female partner was advised to have a mammogram, I got worried, felt around and, unfortunately, I seem to have a lump. But when I mentioned it to her, she

A drop in hormones doesn’t have to mean your sex life takes a dip during midlife There’s a common misconception that a woman’s sex life diminishes as the number of candles on her cake increases. The m

Q My mum is 87 and lives alone – she is on several medications. I usually order and collect her prescriptions for her and I have noticed that she seems to be reordering some more frequently than other

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Q My husband snores really badly, so I wear earplugs at night. When I took them out the other morning, there was a funny popping sound in my left ear, and ever since that ear has felt itchy and sore.

The world of HRT and women’s fluctuating hormones can be a complicated place! Editor-in-Chief Katy Sunnassee takes a deep dive into HRT with Dr Shirin Lakhani to talk about the different types and formulations and what they do.