However, women who have menorrhagia usually bleed for more than 7 days and lose twice as much blood. If you have bleeding that lasts longer than 7 days per period, or is so heavy that you have to change your pad or tampon nearly every hour, you need to talk with your doctor.
Let's beat cancer sooner. Angelina Jolie, inherited breast cancer and the BRCA1 gene. Updated 24/03/15 in the light of Angelina Jolie Pittâs announcement she has decided to have her ovaries removed as well â see below. The news today is full of reaction to US actress Angelina Jolieâs decision to have surgery to reduce her chances of breast cancer.
This picture shows six family of Angelina Jolie's family members who tragically lost their lives to cancer. Last week the Hollywood actress revealed she had made the brave decision to have her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed after a recent cancer scare, forcing her into early menopause. In 2007 Angelina lost her mother Marcheline Bertrand to ovarian cancer. But it's not just her mother who she lost to the killer disease. It's emerged eight of her family members have died from cancer-including six pictured here in this family photo taken in 1977.