Lucy Elkins

I was denied a vital cancer check because of a nurse’s ‘beliefs’ about my sex life – that decision changed my life for ever

‘Have you ever been sexually active?’ The question posed by the healthcare worker in the hospital examination room was to the point, but Sarah didn’t hesitate to answer honestly: ‘No, never.’ That answer changed not only what happened in the […]

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Are YOU a binge drinker without realising it? Why doctors are now more worried about middle-aged people than the young – and the surprising sign you may have a problem

Why not come over for dinner and some binge drinking?’ It might not be the conventional way an invitation is worded, but the reality is that’s often what happens. People don’t like to acknowledge it, say experts, but the truth

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How a mammogram missed cancer that’s now incurable: Doctors reveal the types that are harder to spot… and how to stop this happening to YOU

Susan Leeson thought her clear mammogram meant she could briefly relax about her risk of breast cancer until her next routine screening in three years’ time. ‘I thought great, one less thing to worry about for a bit,’ she says.

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