1. Prostate cancer screening: where are we now?

   13/01/23

   introduced in the UK back in 1988. Why don’t we have something similar for prostates? What is the prostate? ... protein in the blood that is associated with prostate cancer and can be measured with a simple blood test. ... their own or in tandem to roll out to all men. (Only 1 in 4 men with a raised PSA level have prostate ... More

2. Digestive, Stomach and Bowel Problems (including haemorrhoids but not cancer)

   03/06/14

   means there is something terrible happening. Problem with eating Q. I have had a problem digesting my ... and have a strange sensation in my throat. I work out regurlarly and have no problem with emptying my ... was caused by this. They diagnosed constipation. I did not agree with this because my son has always ... More

3. Paul: 'I know what it's like at the bottom'

   04/08/16

   6 months in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne searching for him before I found him. I found my way through with heartache ... Paul, now in his 30s, says getting involved with Men's Sheds is helping put alcohol behind ... him. I have a long history of problems with mental health starting many years ago with the death of my ... More

4. Penis problems - erections and pain

   04/03/22

   male, with an unusual question... when I don't have an erection and my penis is in an unaroused ... transparent lumps in it like jelly which was not there before. The rash sometimes sends my foreskin underneath ... anything be done about it? I have no problem in pulling my foreskin back but it does not remain there ... More

5. Lennie: I went from a mild breathing difficulty to 100% oxygen overnight

   11/08/20

   up and was back in bed ten minutes later. The next day my partner was calling the paramedics. I’d ... goes through your mind. My brain was off somewhere else: coffins, graveyards. Have I said my goodbyes? ... in to do a deep clean. I got up and started walking On the night of my 58th birthday, I was moved to ... More

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

   13/06/20

   newly-fried bacon. In conclusion, I coped with lockdown by planning what I would do with my time. Some of it ... John Walker, 64, has not been bored these past few months. It is highly likely that in nine months ... people though. My coping took a different path. In fact, it took several of them. Please don’t get me ... More

7. Chris: 'I've only had one person walk out at the sight of my cock.'

   03/06/14

   Hypospadias is always there in a relationship. Even if my partner has no problem with it, I think I still wait ... everything else. I was always in hospital as a kid and my mum was overprotective. My siblings were jealous of ... all the attention I got and because I got to stay with my Aunty in London every time I had surgery. ... More

8. Erection problems - Everything you need to know

   31/01/23

   Men's health specialist Dr Anand Patel discusses erections with editor Jim Pollard. ... https://youtu.be/70WlYkvt8YI Men's health specialist Dr Anand Patel discusses erections (and what can go wrong with them) ... with the Men's Health Forum's editor Jim Pollard. Click on the video and you can then jump ... More

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

   12/08/20

   Mike was one of the first people hospitalised with Covid-19 back in February. The virus has ... coma on a breathing ventilator. I had my 70th birthday in a coma. Before I got Covid-19, I was pretty ... Cytokine storm I’ve been told I was probably the first person in Nottingham to be admitted to hospital with ... More

10. 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

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