Risk of breast cancer increases as you get older. But there are actually many factors that push up your risk. So how -- and how frequently - to have a breast screen. In fact, the brightness of your breast screen itself could even hint at your future risk of breast cancer.

Mums often spend time watching their kids on trampolines and jumping castles - but are perhaps not so willing to bounce alongside them - because of issues with their pelvic floor.

There's a thriving market selling laser treatment to women with vaginal symptoms claiming it rejuvenates the tissue.

When GPs decide whether men or women should have blood pressure or cholesterol medications, they're supposed to take account of a variety of factors including age, cholesterol, and blood pressure among others. The question a group of US researchers asked recently was whether in women, premature menopause should be added to the risk score.

Heart valves made of pig tissue, knee joints and orthopaedic surgery, and when low-dose aspirin could be beneficial

Melanie asks about how slowly the bandage should be taken off after a snake bite; and Rachel asks if it's ok to wait until the medics come or carry the person back to the car.

When someone is diagnosed with a cancer, it's sometimes not known for sure which chemotherapy drug will prove the best treatment. Clinical trials have helped to narrow the options for common cancers but even then, one drug won't always suit everyone. With the more rare kinds of cancer there may not be drug trial information to consult. To help guide treatment, there's growing research on potential therapy and drugs using animal 'avatars'.

You can now buy rapid antigen tests from the shop to use on yourself to check if you have COVID-19 - or not. Before today these tests weren't available for purchase by the general public, so with a bunch of them on the market for the first time, here's what to bear in mind if you buy one.

Many people are waiting for an organ donation and some of those waiting may die before a suitable organ is found. Some researchers think that we could grow organs in animals to be safely transplanted into humans, which raises ethical questions.

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