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Menopause happens to every woman, but with 34 confirmed symptoms, not everyone experiences it the same way – and what you eat can play a part in that. Get the lowdown on the foods that will help manage symptoms, and then try some health-boosting recipes

When we think of painkillers, we obviously assume they’re there to ease pain. But bizarrely, painkillers are also one of the most common causes of frequent, especially daily, headaches. In fact, about

Three decades since a Canadian endocrinologist popularised a word for the transitional period between the onset of symptoms and your final period, the term has infiltrated the menopause conversation. But the facts remain as foggy as a frontal lobe deprived of oestrogen. As Perimenopause Awareness Month collides with the return to school, consider this a lesson in how to navigate this life stage

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

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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) is a condition that affects the brain and spinal cord. Over 150,000 people in the UK live with the condition. In MS, the myelin coating protecting the nerves is damaged. This d