Your health Why I’m risking cancer to take HRT

to For advice talk your GP or visit nhs.uk/conditions/ Hormonereplacementtherapy RE-ENERGISED Grace with sons Theo and Nathan BATTLES Energy levels hit a low with Nathan. Left, Grace’s mum

People with Type 2 diabetes don’t have a “real disease” and have “walking deficiency syndrome”, claims a top doctor. Sir Muir Gray said the condition was mostly self-inflicted and due to an unhealthy lifestyle. Other docs branded his comments unhelpful.

Your risk of breast cancer is raised 2.7 times by hormone replacement therapy, a study found last year. Despite her mum battling cancer linked to HRT, when the Sunday Mirror’s

45, started struggling with the menopause, she still chose to take it. Here, the mum of two from Hull, explains why...

Krill are small crustaceans full of omega-3 fatty acids similar to fish oil.

PROS: Can fight cholesterol, used to treat high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, osteoarthritis, depression and premenstrual syndrome. CONS: May contain pollutants such as mercury and pesticides from the ocean. Should be avoided by those with seafood allergies. Last June, I collapsed getting ready for work. My mum rang 999 and at Basildon Hospital they found a blood clot in my brain. At Queen’s in Romford I had an op called a mechanical thrombectomy. It involved a Solitaire Revascularization device inserted into an artery to remove the clot. Not everyone gets this treatment after a stroke, so I now help the Medical Technology Group campaign so others can have the same op.

Joe Wennell, 22 Wickford, Essex

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