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Women 40-60

Your health > Who you are > Women 40-60
Your health topic image - women 40 to 60

Read more about health issues of interest to women aged 40 to 60. Includes staying fit, breast cancer and real stories on losing weight and the dangers of alcohol.

All articles in this section

  • Exercise and bone health
  • Top 10 diets review
  • Women and heart disease
  • Self-help tips to fight fatigue
  • 'I started bleeding after the menopause'
  • Menopause: five self-help tips
  • Top 10 stress-busters
  • Is your blood pressure healthy?
  • Periods: do I need a doctor?
  • Sex after hysterectomy
  • Beat the bloat
  • Ten ways to boost your health
  • Lung cancer in women
  • IVF explained
  • Breast cancer awareness
  • 'My search for a back pain cure'
  • Hormone headaches
  • Lung cancer: real story
  • Sex after the menopause
  • Women and hair loss: coping tips
  • Cosmetic surgery: is it right for you?
  • 10 tips to beat insomnia
  • Home remedies for common conditions
  • Eating disorders: advice for parents
  • Life with osteoarthritis
  • Video: migraine real story
  • Fabulous at 50
  • Get active your way
  • 'I lost five stone for my 40th'
  • The risks of drinking too much
  • Women: dying for a drink
  • 'Alcohol turned my face yellow'
  • Sex as you get older
  • Keep the passion alive
  • Safer sex for over-50s
  • Having a healthy divorce
  • 'How I beat the urge'
  • 'My life with Crohn's disease'
  • 'My mastectomy and breast reconstruction'
  • Is your teenager’s relationship healthy?
  • Talking to your teenager about sex
  • The risks of gum disease
  • Build up your emotional resilience

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