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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

One of the most well-known symptoms of menopause is hot flushes. Around 60-70% of women get them during perimenopause, due to the decrease in oestrogen affecting the brain’s internal thermostat. They

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

Before you consider a tweakment, make sure your skin is in tip-top condition

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By 2030, it’s likely that over one million UK adults will have dementia due to our ageing population, so it’s important you know how to recognise it early on… Sadly, dementia has touched many of us th