Scars: how our wounds make us who we are – video

Scars are not just skin deep – emotional and psychological histories lie beneath the healed wounds

Higher step counts could lower risk of early death, study finds

Monitoring of adults aged 40 or over shows any activity is good and doing more is better

How to check yourself for breast cancer

Every woman is different and it’s best to get into the habit of examining yourself regularly so you can spot any changes

My cancer recovery was relatively smooth. Why do I feel in limbo?

There is no reliable ratio between events and how they affect us – all you can do is reflect on how they’ve changed you

Oncologist Azra Raza: ‘Don’t give up hope. Don’t give in to despair’

The Columbia professor on taking healthcare out of the stone age, her ideas for cancer prevention – and why getting too close to patients is an occupational hazard

Have you experienced sexual difficulties after breast cancer treatment?

We want to hear from women who have or have had breast cancer and are suffering from sexual problems.

‘I’d say I had a mastectomy, and my mates would go: “But you’re a man!”’

Breast cancer affects far fewer men than women. But that’s no reason to ignore warning signs that include lumps, sores, discharges and bleeding

HPV vaccine to be given to boys in effort to slash cancer rates

Move by NHS could prevent more than 100,000 cancers across UK by 2058

‘My tutor said it wasn’t a job for a man’: my journey from roofer to midwife

I’ve encountered sexism, but it’s an amazing job and an honour to support women giving birth

‘You do think: why me?’ The shocking rise of lung cancer in non-smokers

The ‘smoker’s disease’ is affecting more and more people who have never lit up in their lives – and it is a particular problem among women. What do experts think is going on?