Neoadjuvant therapy explained: a clear guide for patients

Neoadjuvant therapy explained: a clear guide for patients

Neoadjuvant therapy is cancer treatment given before the main treatment, which is usually surgery, with the aim of shrinking the tumour and assessing how well it responds. According to the National Cancer Institute, examples include chemotherapy, radiation therapy,...
Lymphoedema after cancer: what it is and what to do

Lymphoedema after cancer: what it is and what to do

Lymphoedema after cancer is long-term swelling caused by a build-up of lymph fluid where cancer or its treatment has damaged the lymphatic drainage system. If you notice swelling, heaviness or tightness in a limb or near a surgical site, contact your GP or cancer team...
Why hair thins after menopause: causes and UK treatments

Why hair thins after menopause: causes and UK treatments

Hair thinning after menopause is driven primarily by falling oestrogen and progesterone, which shortens the hair’s active growth phase and leaves follicles increasingly sensitive to androgens. The result is follicular miniaturisation: individual hairs become finer,...
Functional fitness for women: your practical guide

Functional fitness for women: your practical guide

Functional fitness for women means training the movement patterns you already use every day, such as squatting, bending, pushing, pulling and carrying, so those movements become stronger, safer and easier. As the Cleveland Clinic explains, it is best understood...
Improve gut health over 40: your practical guide

Improve gut health over 40: your practical guide

The single most reliable way to improve gut health over 40 combines plant-food diversity, steady fibre intake, 7–9 hours of sleep, stress management, and targeted probiotic use after antibiotics. That combination, supported by research from Johns Hopkins Medicine,...