1. 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

2. 'I'm happier, more truthful and more self - accepting'

   05/11/14

   my knee swelled up. Both the doctor and I thought I'd pulled something. He put it in plaster. ... upper body and I deliberately didn't look at my lower body in the mirror. I'd always been ... men, I was physically identified- interested in what I looked like and what my girlfriends looked like ... More

3. '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

4. How to get back into cycling

   04/07/14

   I had just had a puncture in my back tyre and was more concerned with checking my bike over and making ... leafy suburbs of Edinburgh. This route met with (what seemed like at forty one miles in) some serious ... hydration pack and really being careful with what I take on a future run, as the muscles in my shoulders and ... More

5. Denis: 'Why I talk about my new penis'

   03/06/14

   new penis or my depression attacks. I lumbered on like a cart with one wheel for about eighteen ... cancer. I wonder if  anyone would come to see it or if they would react like that frightened man in my old ... In reply I always smiled broadly and said 'no problem at all'. The truth was very different ... More

6. 'I'm 16 years old and I have hypospadias'

   03/06/14

   embarassment. My son was born with the same and had two ops at the age of 2 and 3. I stayed with him in hospital ... this topic can be found here: Hypospadias FAQs.   Some people who have Hypospadias got in touch with ... My son has had two operations. He has been through so much pain and traumatized after the operations. ... More

7. Ask Scott: A beginner's guide to gym equipment

   01/07/20

   through the main machines. EXERCISE BIKE Exercise bikes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and are very ... in fresh air, Just like the exercise bike they also train your legs as well as your heart and lungs. ... trunk and legs. However most people row with poor technique, which puts too much strain through the ... More

8. 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

9. Ashes Survival Guide

   11/07/19

   dogs are like bowling actions- best kept simple. Have a grilled burger with salad, tomato and a little ... Arkle’s case and it’s not in yours.  About 200,000 men are hospitalised with head injuries every year in ... a helmet. How to cope with a whitewash England may have won the Ashes last time they were contested in this ... More

10. 'Covid - 19 has shown just how much men's groups are needed'

    12/06/20

    is very healthy. The Brits can be very obsessed with class and this cuts through that. I grew up in ... Nobody can punch me online. Sometimes in a room when you’re working with anger you need to take your ... that Covid-19 has shown just how much groups like this are needed. My ambition is that one day these ... More

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