Pink, and not just autumnal browns and golds, is the colour of October since it has been designated by campaigners as Breast Cancer Awareness month. As singer Kylie Minogue's recent diagnosis at the age of 37 shows, it's not only older women who are susceptible to the disease.
As breast cancer has such a high profile in this country, it's understandable that any problem associated with the breast can make us feel anxious. So it's reassuring to know that nine out of ten lumps investigated at breast clinics will turn out to be benign (non-cancerous). Even so, each year the disease claims almost 13,000 lives in the UK. Women of all ages should know how to take care of their breasts, and one of the most important things you can do is to practise self-examination.
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