1. Lost Your Spear?

   04/08/16

   that. His excellent new book Who Stole My Spear talks of men trapped in bodies more suited to living in ... masculinity is getting back in touch with our bodily designs. But it’s more than going for a jog. It includes ... men were self-employed shopkeepers or farmers not small cogs in big machines with line managers and ... More

2. John: 'I was depressed in the army'

   04/08/16

   through it’. I continued in this way for the next 10 years. Then in 2014 I got in touch with Glasgow’s ... is John. I proudly served in the British Army Royal Logistics Corp as a chef. My first posting was ... Northern Ireland. While a serving soldier I was diagnosed with severe depression. I left the army in 2003 ... More

3. Phil: 'I thought I had a bad back'

   12/05/16

   anything which might have made me act sooner. The turning point was a holiday in Tenerife with my wife. For ... irritable bowel syndrome. I was going more often but I adapted. I didn’t really have blood in my stools or ... drugs. Two were standard. The third, in people with a certain DNA profile, helps one of the other two ... More

4. 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 ... and the MISS charity, with whom I am a volunteer, would like to encourage males/partners to speak more ... understand how you can reach us. I joined the team of volunteers recently. My background is in counselling. ... More

5. 'I didn't know until I was in my 40s'

   22/09/14

   when things like ADHD and dyslexia hadn’t been ‘invented’ so didn’t find out until I was in my early ... we self-medicate with drugs, alcohol or high-risk behaviour. Because I work in drawing and the arts, ... some of my ADHD behaviour- ‘sideways’ thinking, creativity, moving from one topic to another- fitted in ... More

6. The only diet that always works

   21/12/17

   need to eat less and exercise more. This diet deals with the first bit in the easiest way. Fitness FAQs ... was prepared in line with the NHS England Information Standard of which the MHF is a member. Follow ... is associated with higher blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. But if you don’t ... More

7. 'Have the balls to ask for help'

   31/07/14

   nothing in life for granted. In terms of my physical self, I like to think I look the same as prior to my ... dying and things were going through my mind. Why has this happened to me? What did I do to deserve this? ... treatment. I had three cycles of chemotherapy, split into 15 sessions to remove the bits in my back. It made ... More

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

   18/06/20

   factors like risk of being infected and underlying health conditions. When I started tracking Covid-19 in ... from the outset: older people, people with underlying conditions and those living or working in closer ... my evidence-based work as a professor and a target-based culture that operates in the NHS regardless ... More

9. Do you have a hazardous waist?

   13/01/21

   increases your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some types of cancer. Next year in England and ... hips (usually, this is the level of the belly button) and breathe out naturally (no holding it in.) As ... top, a 36-inch waist might disguise a real measurement of 40+. What about BMI? Measuring your belly is in ... More

10. 'Now I've got "FOGO": fear of going out'

    04/06/20

    . Following the advice of my consultant, I was encouraged to stick with the precautionary approach that I had ... already been applying, hunker down and self-isolate, in much in the same way as I had needed to when my ... people electronically or perhaps through a closed window. I miss seeing my kids and being able to be ... More

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