“Cancer, the gym and me: how an unexpected diagnosis inspired me to get strong”
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Davina McCall emotionally recalls losing her sister to lung cancer
“I slept on her floor next to her bed holding her hand. And I could hear her breathing. I closed my eyes and I heard her breathing differently.”
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson reveal how they beat cancer together
Four years after she learned she had breast cancer, Rita Wilson has revealed what she told her husband about her diagnosis.
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Why women need to start being bloody difficult about their health
No, you're not a hypochondriac for being concerned about your body
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- Jennifer Lipman
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Life
Everything you need to know about DIY smear tests
NHS England is making at-home smear test kits available to some women later this year. Here are all the key facts.
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6 women in their 20s who survived ovarian cancer tell us about their experiences
Do you know the four main symptoms?
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Lauren Mahon encourages us to make every second count
The podcast host and cancer survivor is the definition of someone who has prevailed in the face of adversity
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Make-up isn’t trivial. For these 4 women, it was life-changing
An acid attack survivor, a trans activist, a woman who escaped domestic abuse and a cancer patient discuss the healing power of beauty products
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- Kate Faithfull-Williams
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We asked 50 women about smear tests. The answers were unexpected
“Who knew your cervix could move around so much and then hide at the worst possible moment?”
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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People
Catastrophe’s Rob Delaney opens up about his first Christmas without his son
The actor’s two-year-old son Henry died earlier this year after spending half his life battling a cancerous brain tumour
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- Kayleigh Dray
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People
Kylie Minogue wants people to stop asking when she’ll have kids
As Kylie Minogue confirms she will perform at Glastonbury Festival, we remember one of her most powerful moments.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
What happened when we tried the latest breast checking tool
This groundbreaking feature could save your life
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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“How I regained my confidence after going through a mastectomy and chemotherapy”
Anita lost her right breast - and all her body hair - after being diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer
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What it's like to rediscover sex after having chemotherapy for breast cancer
This is what it's like to date again after having cancer.
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- Natasha Preskey
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Visible Women
Why this pioneering breast cancer researcher is Stylist’s Woman of the Week
In conversation with Dr Rachael Natrajan of the Institute of Cancer Research.
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- Moya Crockett
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People
How Marcia Cross turned her anal cancer diagnosis into something beautiful
“I am ecstatically alive,” writes the Desperate Housewives actress.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
This woman has used her obituary to criticise the doctors who fat-shamed her
“No one offered any support or suggestions beyond weight loss”
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
Scientists have just created the first artificial womb: Here’s why that’s such a big deal
It could help women whose fertility has been damaged by cancer conceive
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- Megan Murray
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People
Husband of author who wrote heartbreaking dating profile for him speaks out a year after her death
"When I read her words for the first time, I was shocked at the beauty"
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- Emily Reynolds
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How it feels to survive breast cancer at 30
“Chemo at 30 is not in anyone's plan”
Life
This is why people are taking loud lipstick selfies on Instagram
Hint: it's to do with your other pair of lips
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- Moya Lothian-McLean
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