Tag: agonising

The poll found one in five over-65s either did not know what shingles was or were unaware the NHS offered a vaccine to prevent shingles (stock image)

Why thousands of people are missing out on NHS jabs for agonising…

Widespread confusion over who is eligible for the NHS shingles jab means thousands are…

Angelina Jolie had genetic testing to see if she carried the BRCA1 mutation after losing her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, to ovarian cancer at 56. When it was found that she did, she opted to have a risk-reducing mastectomy

Doctors say 20,000 women a year – some as young as 30 –…

It is a difficult decision that, until now at least, relatively few women have been forced…