Section: Health:Women’s Health

How middle-aged women are buckling under the strain of juggling family life, careers and health

How middle-aged women are buckling under the strain of juggling family life, careers and health

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Sarah Carter

FORGET the midlife crisis, women today are caught in a collision of roles, from mother and daughter, to carer and employee. And ...

I can never have sex again after my gruelling cancer treatment…now I’m training to be a doctor to help overcome taboos

I can never have sex again after my gruelling cancer treatment…now I’m training to be a doctor to help overcome taboos

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Sarah Carter

Ellie Waters-Barnes, 23, is a medical student and lives in Stoke-on-Trent. Here she tells her story and how the cancer diagnosis and ...

Word of warning… the morning after pill might NOT work for millions, experts reveal

Word of warning… the morning after pill might NOT work for millions, experts reveal

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Sarah Carter

IF you’ve had unprotected sex, forgotten to take your contraceptive pill or had a condom break, you’ll likely find yourself at a ...

Women DO sleep worse than men as study finds their body runs ‘six minutes ahead’

Women DO sleep worse than men as study finds their body runs ‘six minutes ahead’

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Sarah Carter

WOMEN really do sleep worse than men, with research showing they’re almost 60 per cent more likely to experience insomnia. They also ...

Health bosses have blocked new cancer drug which could give my friend months more with baby daughter, says Nadia Sawalha

Health bosses have blocked new cancer drug which could give my friend months more with baby daughter, says Nadia Sawalha

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Sarah Carter

“WE won’t give up until everyone who needs access to this drug has it,” vows Nadia Sawalha after taking her fight for ...

New ‘anti-menopause’ jab could prevent the debilitating condition happening in the first place

New ‘anti-menopause’ jab could prevent the debilitating condition happening in the first place

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Sarah Carter

AN ANTI-menopause jab could prevent the change from happening, scientists claim. The injection, currently being worked on by US researchers, may mimic ...