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Eleven women shave their heads for friend with breast cancer
After Gerdi McKenna was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, in February 11 of her friends got together to shave their heads in her honour
Brave breast cancer survivor loses 100+ friends on Facebook after posting topless post-surgery photos
Brave breast cancer survivor Beth Whaanga from Queensland, Australia, was unfriended on Facebook by over 100 people after she uploaded a photo of herself topless to show the world what cancer had done to her body. Posting on her Facebook page, she said ‘the aim of the photo shoot was to make women and men […]
Will I regret not having kids?
A woman's chances of going through life without having children have almost doubled in the last three decades, new figures from the office of national statistics has found. Here Healthista editor Anna Magee wonders if her decision not to have children is the right one
‘How dancing boosts my health’
In this week's Strictly Dance Diaries, Jo talks of the health benefits of dancing, as well as remembering her late sister, who also had cystic fibrosis.
‘Breast cancer made me more confident’
Nic Naish, 44 lives in Worthing, West Sussex with her husband Matt, and their daughter Elka, 13. She developed breast cancer in 2009, becoming the seventh member of her family to be diagnosed with the disease. Nic tells Healthista why she is thankful to cancer and how she plans to make things different for her own daughter
‘My vanity saved my life’
When a tiny red spot appeared on the back of her upper arm, beauty writer and blogger Karen Heath didn't think much of it. But one thing was certain, she didn't like the look of it and eventually saw a doctor to have it removed. For Healthista's Summer Skin Week, Karen writes about how it was the decision that saved her life
