Preventative Features

10 instant health checks

How healthy are you? Give yourself a quick MOT with these simple tests

About skin cancer

Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK and the number of people who get it is on the increase. Most skin cancers are caused by damage from UV (ultraviolet) rays in sunlight. These cancers can be prevented if we protect ourselves from the sun

Anxiety and blood pressure

What to do when anxciety gives you higher blood pressure

Asthma - all you need to know

We all suffer from breathlessness from time to time, but some people have recurrent problems with shortness of breath and wheeziness - or asthma.

Be breast aware in your 20s, 30s and 40s

The best way of preventing breast cancer is to examine your breasts yourself. Here's how.

Be breast aware in your 50s

How to be breast aware in your 50s.

Beauty box: sunscreens

Sun lotion is a safety essential, we tested five of the bes

Benecol Cholesterol Awareness Day

Gloria Hunniford talks about how her husband's heart attack made her focus on her high cholesterol problem.

Best foot forward

if your feet hurt it could be time to see a chiropodist

Bowel cancer: what are the signs?

Bowel cancer tends to affect those in their 50s and 60s. Find out about the signs and symptoms.