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Eight out of ten women now live for at least five years after being diagnosed with breast cancer, official figures have shown.

Millions of pounds is lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says.

Children under 5 who do not get at least 10 hours of sleep at night are almost twice as likely to be overweight or obese later in childhood, a new study reports.

Food historian Caroline Yeldham says the medieval diet was largely a healthy one.

Chemotherapy is perceived as the 'backbone' of cancer treatments, while radiotherapy is perceived as 'second best'.

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Carolyn Taylor is a commercial advertising photographer living in Westchester County, New York, USA. She is also a 3 year survivor of ovarian and endometrial cancers.