HEALTH

The low-down on prostate cancer

The low-down on prostate cancer

Only men have a prostate gland. The prostate is usually the size and shape of a walnut and grows bigger as you get older. It sits underneath the bladder and surrounds the urethra – the tube men urinat ...
Social care crisis

Social care crisis

A recent report from the charity Age UK concludes that we are living on borrowed time in saving social care for older people from complete collapse. The report, ‘The Health and Care of Older People in ...
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

When a woman is diagnosed at the earliest stage, her chance of surviving ovarian cancer for five years or more doubles from just 46 per cent to more than 90 per cent. However, nearly half of GPs only ...