1. Yesterday on the Covid - 19 front - line

   05/02/21

   a Covid-19 ward in a London hospital. I usually work in an out-patients clinic and I volunteered to be ... redeployed to deal with Covid-19. I wanted to be able to help. There’s no point sitting in out-patients ... It's scary but I like being of use I haven’t been on a ward for twenty years. We were all terrified ... More

2. NHS support now

   14/04/21

   If you need support with mental wellbeing, these are the key NHS links. You may be able to speak ... More

3. Do you have a hazardous waist?

   13/01/21

   Are you overweight? There's a very easy way to check. Get a tape measure. Being overweight ... Wales alone around 50,000 deaths will be down to excess weight. Find a tape measure and measure your ... More

4. He and Him

   22/02/21

   the myriad ways in which we all identify can be lost in the noise.  Three guys who identify as male ... More

5. Miscarriage and men

   01/02/21

   One in 4 women are likely to suffer a miscarriage in their lifetime and for some, it can be a very ... as why miscarriage happens. However hopefully in time, there will be further research conducted to ... wanted to cry but they put on a brave face so show that everything was going to be OK. It wasn’t until ... More

6. How are you really?

   14/04/21

   more honest your answers, the better guide you’ll get. (It’s only between you and yourself, so be as ... and still score low a fortnight or month later, you might want to talk to someone. This could be ... More

7. Don't use Covid as an excuse to ignore symptoms

   11/11/20

   help. It's understandable that we feel like this but it's not necessary. It could even be ... it could be a sign of cancer. It’s probably nothing serious, but finding cancer early makes it more ... treatable, so just speak to your GP. It's safe in person, online or on the telephone. What may not be ... More

8. 'Jogging, writing - lockdown was an opportunity…'

   13/06/20

   or so the number of babies being born will be above the average for the time of year. I say this ... with the weather being so good, particularly at the start of lockdown, there were other things I was ... there would be a lockdown. Other countries had imposed restrictions, so it was inevitable it would ... More

9. Andrew, 28: Even our sex life was affected

   28/10/20

   affected area. I took a swab test which was deemed at the time to be 40% accurate... This said my body had ... lockdown and if my partner and I will be okay through this. I like to see people, spend time with people ... person you will be in the future. Things will eventually pass and there is a time for everything, ... More

10. Mike: I had my 70th birthday in a coma

    12/08/20

    and coughing. It turned out to be the first day of nine weeks in hospital, three of them in an induced ... Cytokine storm I’ve been told I was probably the first person in Nottingham to be admitted to hospital with ... Nottingham Recovery from COVID-19 Research Platform (NorCorp). It’s being run by Nottingham University to ... More

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