1. Our world - class equality tools were absent from our Covid - 19 response

   18/06/20

   isolate (TTI) from day one. We do know what to do as we have seen success in some other countries. Our ... not only do I provide them with the academic input, I also check in with them to ensure that they’re ... education. People may not see us as a safe country to visit. I can imagine potential Asian or African ... More

2. What can I do about Peyronie's - the bent penis disease?

   03/06/14

   can occur at any age. Estimates show that more than 80,000 men in the UK may have the disease. What ... overnight. (See image below from the BMJ.) Although mostly found in middle-aged men, Peyronie's Disease ... that well understood either. Symptoms have been known to improve or worsen over time; but it is usual ... More

3. A plumber for my prostate?

   11/04/14

   there is an App that I can get for the phone to record all this stuff. 'More than three-quarters of ... As I waited for a check up, I saw the poster: 'Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men ... worked in some messy places in my life, but nowhere as grim sounding as that. 'It starts a growth ... More

4. 'Have the balls to ask for help'

   31/07/14

   chemotherapy has permanently affected my body and my stamina. The reason as to why I got cancer, I have yet to ... worried about getting it checked but I knew I had to go and get over my embarrassment as the doctors see ... of the body. The doctor said that he couldn’t feel a lump, but agreed to send me to the consultant on ... More

5. Health over 50

   10/11/21

   prostate and erection problems. Men are living longer. (Still not as long as women but you can't have ... them. But as you get older you are at greater risk of serious health problems so, if you have any habits ... everything.) Fifty years ago, few men lived much beyond their retirement. Now the average 50 year-old can look ... More

6. Yesterday on the Covid - 19 front - line

   05/02/21

   That’s hard to make sense of. We’re not used to seeing anything like this. I used to work in palliative ... day. We should have enough to change as often as we need. And we should talk to people as adults. Men ... Although we’re not the ICU, we have seen deaths on the ward. Patients who are fine suddenly get worse. ... More

7. Miscarriage and men

   01/02/21

   men can suffer mentally and emotionally. Men may carry guilt as they are not able to understand the ... during ‘lockdown’s, some partners and men have not been able to support their partners in the hospital ... Biologically, men will not experience the full physical impact of a miscarriage like women who was carrying but ... More

8. Martin: I forgot the word 'ventilator'

   12/08/20

   before. Not only did I have difficulty in breathing, but I was bloated and had severe abdominal pain and was ... have major symptoms. I am exhausted and it gets worse as the day progresses. I’m very weak and have ... another one came back negative too. But the doctor could see I had the virus. I was ‘clinically Covid’. ... More

9. Justin: 'I feared being found out as gay'

   04/08/16

   humanity? Is it possible to calculate the impact of such? As men, we do have a certain lack of this in our ... Development course with The Rainbow Project. You would think that life should have taught you all you ought to ... souls and having that facility to create empathic bonds. Isn’t that the undeniable breath-taking gift of ... More

10. 'I can’t be violent, I’m a vegetarian'

    07/05/20

    situation. The problem is convincing men to do this. They feel stupid, stigmatised, embarrassed and not ... need to break that barrier. It’s not weak to talk.’ Just as many men who are being abused struggle to ... vulnerable.’ The police still struggle to see men as the abused party. ’We’re getting some shocking reports,’ ... More

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