1. Martin: I forgot the word 'ventilator'

   12/08/20

   early August. Four months on, I still have symptoms Despite being Covid-free for four months I still ... have major symptoms. I am exhausted and it gets worse as the day progresses. I’m very weak and have ... having postponed the wedding this year, has made this video. Viewers beware: there are a lot of images of ... More

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

   12/08/20

   a bungalow. Even at this point, I don’t think I really understood what I’d had. I’d been out for the entire ... pandemic. People would talk about lockdown, shielding and social distancing and I didn’t have a clue what ... they were talking about. I had to read about what had been going on on my phone. My wife was an ... More

3. 'Talking can be life - saving'

   19/06/20

   People are worrying about about what might happen as well as what has already happened. For some callers, ... Suicide report found that suicide and deprivation are closely linked and that factors such as relationship ... breakdown, unemployment and not having the same type of social network as most women, have a role in ... More

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

   28/10/20

   and socialise so this has been hard. Friends are important to me, just as much as family. I've ... out in my local city for the football but generally speaking, I think lots of families are still ... having people around at houses still. So I think what's the point in the measures if some families ... More

5. John: 'Monitoring my numbers helps me manage'

   25/07/18

   John is in his 50s. He has type 2 diabetes. I was diagnosed 13 years ago. I was overweight. Then ... still fit and able. Currently my sugars are at pre-diabetic levels and I want to retain this plateau or ... I began to lose weight and was passing a lot of water. I do feel I brought diabetes on myself. My diet was ... More

6. Cancer

   17/02/16

   cancers. What are the main symptoms? The symptoms vary from cancer to cancer but these are some of the more ... is very rare. Click here for more information about penile cancer.  What causes it? Most cancers are ... the UK are related to what we eat. Eating too much fat (particularly animal fat), too little fibre and ... More

7. Yesterday on the Covid - 19 front - line

   05/02/21

   people getting better. It’s difficult to predict which means staffing levels are difficult to manage. The ... consultants are not sure if we’ve reached the peak or not. We need to save beds, in case they’re needed. ... their drugs. Some are on intravenous drips. We help with washing, catheters, nasogastric tubes and so on. We do ... More

8. My experience is…

   28/10/20

   'Covid-19 has shown how much men's groups are needed' Key workers NURSE-  A nurse practitioner ... abuse frontline PROFESSOR OF DIVERSITY: 'Our world class equality tools are absent from our ... Covid-19 response' SAMARITANS: 'Talking can be life-saving' What about you? If you're ... More

9. Mid - life crisis

   03/06/14

   associated with mid-life crisis have other causes. What are the main symptoms? From Reggie Perrin to American ... What's the risk? Some experts argue that men are at risk of suffering the symptoms of mid-life crisis ... the unpleasant mid-life symptoms some men experience are not primarily psychological in origin. While ... More

10. Are you a sex or porn addict?

    23/01/23

    visiting sex workers, cruising and/or fetish behaviours. The type of behaviour is not what defines it as an ... suicide because their behaviour had got so out of control.  What causes sex addiction? Historically sex ... a supernormal stimuli and there are suggestions that compulsive use of the internet and pornography can change ... More

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