Bloating or bleeding: Symptoms of the FIVE gynaecological cancers YOU should know

The diseases can present in very many different ways and are often not identified as early as they could be. More than 21,000 women in the UK are diagnosed each year with a gynaecological cancer, which equates to 58 diagnoses each day, according to figures by charity The Eve Appeal. Vulval cancer Vulval cancer affects […]

Half of men can't point out a vagina, gynaecological cancer charity reveals

The Eve Appeal has called for better awareness of gynaecological cancers among men after it found that 50 per cent of men were unable to correctly identify the vagina when asked to point to it on a diagram. The charity said that for too many men, women’s bodies are “still a taboo subject, shrouded in […]

Pain during or after sex? You might have this common gynaecological condition

Pain felt during or after sex is known as dyspareunia – pronounced ‘dys-par-eu-nia’. It’s one of the most common gynaecological complaints, and affects eight to 22 per cent of women. According to the Sexual Advice Association, dyspareunia from time to time is normal, but if it happens often it can become a problem. The main […]

Ovarian cancer symptoms: Irregular periods also linked to THIS other gynaecological cancer

Ovarian cancer and cervical cancer two of the more well known gynaecological cancers, which kill 21 woman a day. However, womb cancer – also known as uterine cancer or endometrial cancer – affects far more people, and deaths have risen by 20 per cent in the past decade. In fact, it is actually the fourth […]