1. Golf Has Made My Life Better

   01/07/20

   a game that can’t be won, only played. In my younger days, golf was a way to spend time with friends, ... issues, they became regular playing partners with me.  So, I dig in on the health benefits of golf and ... activity is associated with a reduction in anxiety and a reduction in depression.’ Had I never taken up the ... More

2. My experience is…

   28/10/20

   describes another tough 12 hour shift with male patients on a Covid-19 ward in a London hospital DOMESTIC ... a man with a Covid story to tell, we'd like to hear from you: have you or someone close to you had ... Covid stories: the real people behind the headlines. Interviews with men and women who have seen ... More

3. Man in a panic: Miscarriage from a Man's point of view

   01/02/21

   must have been about four in the afternoon when she finally rang, incoherent and clearly panicking. My ... coping with her feelings to consider my own. The miscarriage raised so many questions about the future ... never wanted children before, but the miscarriage left her with a gap in her life that she could only ... More

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

   28/10/20

   lockdown and if my partner and I will be okay through this. I like to see people, spend time with people ... out in my local city for the football but generally speaking, I think lots of families are still ... positives and talk If your relationship has taken a bit of a hit in the bedroom like mine has, don't ... More

5. Shaun: 'I have a sweet tooth and like fast food'

   25/07/18

   by my eyes. The doctors don’t tell you enough. It’s like you’re on a conveyor belt. This article ... Shaun is in his 40s. He has type 2 diabetes. I was diagnosed four years ago after a blood test. ... I was shocked. I’d been feeling a bit tired and thirsty but didn’t know why.  The doctor told me my body ... More

6. Mehboob: 'my heart attack will make me a better doctor'

   26/04/18

   Mehboob Kahan is a doctor with a particular interest in head injury. At the age of 55, he had ... with one arm and poking around at my chest. It was quite tender. I thought I’d pulled a muscle or hurt ... seeing in my patients. We have 24-hour stenting here. [A stent is a tiny wire mesh tube inserted into an ... More

7. Steve: 'my walking workout'

   29/04/16

   for various reasons, I decided to pack in my gym membership and I was looking for something to take ... week-end or a holiday in a place where there was good walking. It wasn’t a regular part of my activity. But ... same thing over and over again. With the walking, I created my own routine. I try to walk every weekday ... More

8. The CAN DO Challenge

   08/09/22

   connect with other people (eg. call an old friend or family member)  (Be) A ctive- move your body (eg. go ... phone for an hour and look around)  D iscover- learn something new (eg. read a book you haven't ... read before) O ffer (or give)- do something for someone else (eg. volunteer for a local community ... More

9. John: I told my GP I respected him. But if I'd followed his advice I'd probably be dead.

   03/06/14

   information with fairly bad grace but a couple of weeks later I'd had the blood test so everything in my ... like Viagra and Cialis help but their availability through the NHS is restricted. In the USA, trials ... John Walker was 46 and in good health when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. This is his ... More

10. CJ: 'Realising I am trans has been the best thing in my life'

    07/12/15

    in Trinidad and Tobago where I lived until I was 14 years old, at which point I moved to London with ... my family. As a kid in the Caribbean, I had little idea what LGBT meant. The only thing I knew for ... to do with one another. However, I latched on to this idea as finally I had a way to explain my ... More

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