Scars: how our wounds make us who we are – video
Scars are not just skin deep – emotional and psychological histories lie beneath the healed wounds
Higher step counts could lower risk of early death, study finds
Monitoring of adults aged 40 or over shows any activity is good and doing more is better
How to check yourself for breast cancer
Every woman is different and it’s best to get into the habit of examining yourself regularly so you can spot any changes
My cancer recovery was relatively smooth. Why do I feel in limbo?
There is no reliable ratio between events and how they affect us – all you can do is reflect on how they’ve changed you
Oncologist Azra Raza: ‘Don’t give up hope. Don’t give in to despair’
The Columbia professor on taking healthcare out of the stone age, her ideas for cancer prevention – and why getting too close to patients is an occupational hazard
Have you experienced sexual difficulties after breast cancer treatment?
We want to hear from women who have or have had breast cancer and are suffering from sexual problems.
‘I’d say I had a mastectomy, and my mates would go: “But you’re a man!”’
Breast cancer affects far fewer men than women. But that’s no reason to ignore warning signs that include lumps, sores, discharges and bleeding
HPV vaccine to be given to boys in effort to slash cancer rates
Move by NHS could prevent more than 100,000 cancers across UK by 2058
‘My tutor said it wasn’t a job for a man’: my journey from roofer to midwife
I’ve encountered sexism, but it’s an amazing job and an honour to support women giving birth
‘You do think: why me?’ The shocking rise of lung cancer in non-smokers
The ‘smoker’s disease’ is affecting more and more people who have never lit up in their lives – and it is a particular problem among women. What do experts think is going on?
Game of Thrones, cancer and me…
When TV critic Sarah Hughes was told she had incurable cancer, one of the first questions that popped into her head was: what if I don’t find out how GoT ends? Here she describes the part the saga has played in the hardest parts of her life
Women with Allergan breast implants may sue over cancer link
UK women claim they were not told enough about potential risk of rare breast cancer
The best thing you can do for your health: sleep well
‘A consistent seven to nine-hour sleep each night is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health’
Delays singer Greg Gilbert: ‘I was taking peppermint pills but I had bowel cancer’
When the psych-poppers’ frontman was told he was dying, it sparked an explosion of poetry and painting. As his work goes on show beside Leonardo da Vinci’s, he relives an artistic salvation
Charly Clive: How my brain tumour inspired a comedy career
At 23, Charly Clive discovered she had a tumour the size of a golf ball in her brain. She named it ‘Britney’ and wrote a sellout comedy show about it. Now she’s starring in Pure, a Channel 4 drama about OCD. Eva Wiseman meets her