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  • Breastfeeding and smoking

    Advice on the risks of smoking and e-cigarettes while you are breastfeeding and safe ways to quit, including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).

  • Breastfeeding and medicines

    Find out which medicines you can and cannot take while breastfeeding your baby. Includes advice on taking paracetamol, ibuprofen, antibiotics and hay fever medicines when you're breastfeeding.

  • Breastfeeding and diet

    Advice on eating a healthy diet while you are breastfeeding, including advice on what vitamins you need.

  • Breastfeeding and going back to work

    Information for employees and employers on returning to work and breastfeeding, including tips on expressing and storing breast milk.

  • Breastfeeding and drinking alcohol

    Advice on drinking alcohol while breastfeeding, including how to manage social occasions and the risks of binge drinking.

  • How to combine breast and bottle feeding

    Find tips on combining breastfeeding and bottle feeding (mixed feeding), including how to introduce a bottle to a breastfed baby.

  • Predictive genetic tests for cancer risk genes

    Cancer is not usually inherited, but some types – mainly breast, ovarian, colorectal and prostate cancer – can be strongly influenced by genes and can run in families.

  • Pleurisy

    Find out more about pleurisy, where inflammation around the lungs causes sharp chest pain.

  • Paget's disease of the nipple

    Find out about Paget's disease of the nipple (Paget's disease of the breast). It's a rare condition where eczema-like changes occur in the skin of the nipple and areola.

  • Mastectomy

    A mastectomy is an operation to remove a breast. It's used to treat breast cancer in women and men.