Meike Leonard

3 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Meike Leonard

One in four women suffering from eczema say that their symptoms were triggered by the menopause, a survey shows. The condition, which causes dry, itchy and irritated skin, affects 1.5 million people in the UK. Most are born with it or first have symptoms as children, which tend to improve as they get older. One in ten have flare-ups in adulthood, set off by changes in temperature, skin infections, stress or contact with allergens.

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard

Plans to let male health workers perform breast screening exams has provoked a furious backlash – with some women experts saying the move could put lives at risk. Last week, medical leaders called for men to be allowed to work as mammographers in the NHS breast cancer screening programme, in a bid to ease 'critical' staff shortages. The X-ray scans are offered every three years to all British women aged 50 to 71, with the aim of detecting tumours too small to see or feel.

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard

It was only when avid gym-goer Albita started gaining stubborn weight around her middle that she finally decided to visit her doctor. The 33-year-old had first noticed blood in her stool in 2019, but put it down to what she suspected was irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and her party-hard lifestyle. It wasn't until four years later that the pharmacy tech worker finally saw a specialist for her symptoms—and was told she had a large and incurable tumour in her colon.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard

It was an announcement that reverberated around the world. Last month, American scientists revealed a startling theory behind a medical mystery that has baffled doctors and alarmed the public – the surge in bowel cancer among young people. Long thought of as a disease of old age, colorectal cancer is increasingly striking adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s, and the culprit, researchers suggest, might be something as mundane as a common food poisoning bug.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Meike Leonard

One in four women say menopause triggered eczema symptomsBy MEIKE LEONARD Published: 17:00 EDT, 3 May 2025 | Updated: 17:00 EDT, 3 May 2025 One in four women suffering from eczema say that their symptoms were triggered by the menopause, a survey shows. The condition, which causes dry, itchy and irritated skin, affects 1.5 million people in the UK. Most are born with it or first have symptoms as children, which tend to improve as they get older.