How to reduce your risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK and affects one in eight women during their lifetime. Risk factors include age...
Tag: women’s health
Improving women’s health worldwide
Sharing skills across borders is an important part of making a practical difference to improving women’s lives. I have always been a great supporter of...
Endometriosis – a sticky problem
Endometriosis is a common condition when pieces of the lining of the womb start growing elsewhere and causing problems. Usually, this occurs on the ovaries,...
No more squeamishness about pelvic floor exercises
As a half-Asian woman married to a French man, I appreciate how different countries and cultures have different attitudes to being a woman and in...
Cervical screening after 50
“During Cervical Screening Awareness Week (13-19 June) Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, the UK’s only dedicated charity for women affected by cervical cancer and abnormalities, wants...
Why 13 year old girls are out of love with their labia
Thirty years ago, when I first started working as an obstetrician and gynaecologist in the NHS, I hardly ever saw a patient who was worried...
