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title: "Lifelong health: screening, heart, bones and sleep"
description: "Breast screening, heart and bone health, pelvic floor, migraine, sleep, food, movement and alcohol: plain guides to looking after your health at any age."
url: "https://myruva.co/learn/topics/wellbeing"
language: "en-GB"
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# Lifelong health: screening, heart, bones and sleep

Everyday and long-term health topics that matter at any age, with what UK and US guidelines suggest and when to see a GP.

- [Alcohol, smoking and vaping](https://myruva.co/learn/alcohol-smoking-and-vaping): Current UK and US advice on alcohol, the link with breast cancer, how vaping advice differs, and where to get help to cut down or quit.
- [Autoimmune conditions and why sex matters](https://myruva.co/learn/autoimmune-conditions-and-sex-differences): Why many autoimmune diseases affect more women, how lupus, thyroid disease and rheumatoid arthritis differ, and planning a pregnancy.
- [Bone health at every age](https://myruva.co/learn/bone-health): How food, movement and hormones affect your bones, what osteoporosis is, and when it’s worth asking about a bone density scan.
- [Breast awareness and screening](https://myruva.co/learn/breast-awareness-and-screening): Know which breast changes to get checked, how UK and US screening plans differ, and what dense breasts and family history mean.
- [Breast pain and other breast changes that are usually not cancer](https://myruva.co/learn/breast-pain-and-benign-breast-changes): Why breasts get sore before a period or on hormones, what cysts and fibroadenomas are, what helps, and which changes still need checking.
- [Eating well: the basics](https://myruva.co/learn/nutrition-basics): A practical guide to food groups, fibre, iron and calcium, and how current UK and US advice differs. You can balance food groups over a day or a week.
- [Heart health: symptoms and risks to know](https://myruva.co/learn/heart-health): Spot the warning signs of a heart attack, understand risks linked to past pregnancies, and know when to call for emergency help.
- [Mental health and your cycle](https://myruva.co/learn/mental-health-and-your-cycle): What to write down when a mental health condition you already have gets worse around your period, how to talk about it, and where to get urgent help.
- [Migraine and hormones](https://myruva.co/learn/migraine-and-hormones): How periods, pregnancy and menopause can affect migraine, why aura matters for contraception, and which symptoms need urgent help.
- [Moving more: what the guidelines say](https://myruva.co/learn/movement-and-exercise-guidelines): What counts as activity, how advice on aerobic exercise and strength fits together, and how to make a start you can manage.
- [Skin and hair changes linked to hormones](https://myruva.co/learn/skin-and-hair-changes-and-hormones): Acne, darker patches in pregnancy, and hair shedding or thinning: what can change, what may help, and when to get care. Includes when to get help.
- [Sleep: what helps](https://myruva.co/learn/sleep-basics): How much sleep you need, practical habits, treatment for insomnia that won’t go away, and breathing signs that need a medical check.
- [Your pelvic floor at every age](https://myruva.co/learn/pelvic-floor-at-every-age): Leaks, a heavy feeling and pelvic floor exercises: what to look out for, why relaxing matters, and how to ask for specialist help.