HEALTH

Cancer: Woman's condition incurable after IBS misdiagnosis

Claire O'Shea, 41, was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but a masseuse on a Turkish holiday told her the…

Hot-flushes menopause drug Veoza approved in UK

The daily pill, Veoza - or fezolinetant - works on the brain's temperature-control centre to alleviate these symptoms.

Up to 80% of women…

Mum with children in care describes agreeing to contraception pact

"You just feel lost... You just feel useless, because you're a mum, then you're nothing," said Amy, who has faced…

Woman receives sister's womb in first UK transplant

The recipient was a 34-year-old woman, and the donor her 40-year-old sister, both of whom wish to remain anonymous.

Contraception app Natural Cycles swipes at new rival from Clue

Natural Cycles knocked Clue's product for relying purely on period dates and also said its approval process had not…

NHS to tackle 'unfair' maternity outcomes

Black women are 40% more likely to miscarry than white, studies suggest. Maternal death rates are also higher among black and Asian women.

Experts…

Asthma Women twice as likely to die from attack, says charity

About 180,000 women in Wales have asthma, which figures suggest kills twice as many women as men.

A…

I went through the menopause before my mum did

It was a sticky August morning in 2013 when a consultant flicked through Emma Delaney's medical file and told her she…