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The risk of developing a urinary tract infection increases as women’s hormone levels change in midlife. Health campaigners say antibiotics alone are not enough and want doctors to prescribe vaginal oestrogen to address the underlying cause

Eleanor Ott had a genius for bringing people together. In the book-lined dining room of her 19th-century farmhouse in Maple Corner, she ran an eclectic backwoods salon, hosting women's discussion groups and rune feasts to fête the solstices. At her table, you might find yourself elbow-to-elbow with a close friend of the crown prince of England, a psychic healer from Iceland, or a photographer who had documented the Civil Rights movement.

Nice guidelines for GPs ‘placing CBT on a par with HRT’ are criticised as ‘patronising’ and ‘scaremongering’

Teacher, poet and artist never stopped dreaming, imagining and connecting others

Join us in this enlightening episode as we welcome orthopedic surgeon and author Yoshihiro Katsuura, who sheds light on the process of spinal degeneration and the secrets to aging gracefully.

Making a Channel 4 documentary with Davina McCall helped me understand how we are gaslighted about hormonal contraception

Aging is the process of becoming older, and as we age, our cells become less functional, which leads to bodily tissues losing the ability to replenish and regenerate, including the spine, but non-surgical interventions like a healthy lifestyle can help extend the life span of our spines and lives.

Davina McCall’s new documentary raises the prospect that menopausal women might consider starting treatment early for health reasons

We may have been brought up as Christians in Christian households—our parents and grandparents may have been Christians—yet now we are not Christians at all. There is no contradiction in that assertion, which is, furthermore, true. I am an example of someone nurtured in that way yet one who is n ...

Peter Cave for many, many years lectured in philosophy for New York University (London) and the Open University. His latest book is The Myths We Live By: Adventures in Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Inventions (Atlantic Books, 2019/2020). For more discussion of this topic of Judaism, see Peter Cave and Dan Cohn-Sherbok’s Arguing about Judaism: A Rabbi, a Philosopher and a Revealing Debate (Routledge, 2020) and their Jews: Nearly Everything You Wanted to Know—but Were Too Afraid to ...