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Teenage girl: first menstrual cycle at 13 lowers risk of heart problems (Photo: Jim Varney)

Age at first menstrual cycle in girls linked to heart disease

The age that a woman has her first menstrual cycle is linked to her risk of later developing heart d...

Management of PCOS in primary care

Dr Yvonne Jeanes, Susan Bury and Dr Sue Reeves surveyed GPs to assess how polycystic ovary syndrome ...

Viewpoint: Recognising FGM in primary care

Professor Sarah Creighton discusses the role of GPs in identifying female genital mutilation....

Familial breast cancer

Dr Helen Hanson discusses breast cancer surveillance and BRCA testing....

Clinical Review: The menopause

The menopause is a natural process in a woman's reproductive life, characterised by follicular deple...

Viewpoint: Obstructive defecation syndrome

Mr Andrew Hextall discusses the assessment and management of patients with bowel evacuation disorder...

Mammogram: screening elderly women may not cut advanced cancer rates (photo: Zephr/SPL)

Doubts over breast cancer screening in elderly

Doubts have emerged over proposals to extend UK breast cancer screening to women aged over 70, after...

Dr Maureen Baker: UK lacks data on scale of FGM problem (Photo: RCGP)

GPs must report female genital mutilation, says RCGP

GPs have 'a duty' to report suspected female genital mutilation (FGM) as child abuse to social servi...

Journals watch: HRT, diabetes and RA

Research on HRT, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. By Dr Tillmann Jacobi...

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