Women's Cancers Features

Smoking and pregnancy: 10 steps to stopping

It's one of the most important times to give up smoking: when you are pregnant.

Stay in the shade

Over the summer months, one of the best ways to avoid the sun's harmful UV rays is to find shade under trees, umbrellas, canopies or indoors. UV rays are invisible and cannot be felt on the skin. They penetrate deeply into our cells, causing changes that lead to sunburn, skin ageing, eye damage and skin cancer

Stop hot flushes without HRT

Find out about alternatives to HRT

Stop smoking aids: do they work?

Cutting down, tablets or patches? We explain what each method means and how effective it will be

Stop smoking without gaining weight

Frightened to give up smoking in case you gain weight. We answer your fears

Supporting a friend through breast cancer

It's one of the worst pieces of news a woman can hear. Susan Quilliam advises on how you can support, understand and help a friend with breast cancer

Surviving breast cancer - Joy's story

Lying in the bath one Saturday night, Joy Ogden discovered a lump in her breast. Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 59, here she recounts her experience

Swap quitter's pain for pleasure

Swap the pain of smoking and nicotine addiction for a happy, healthy life.

Take charge of your nicotine addiction

here's how to deal with your addiction to nicotine

Ten steps to stopping smoking

Simple tips to help you kick the dreaded weed

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