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2. What can Tony Soprano teach men about therapy?

   14/07/14

   therapy for issues around sexuality, there is some encouragement in the fact that Soprano himself, a man ... viewers a realistic model of conflict that might encourage men in real life to grapple with the idea of ... in these circumstances.  Soprano’s evident failure to live up to the masculine ideal coupled with his ... More

3. Domestic violence: on the receiving end?

   16/09/20

   experience will be unique but  if you are in an abusive relationship you may  feel some or all of the ... Are you being abused? What is domestic violence? Domestic violence can happen in any relationship ... they are saying with  messages like ‘I hate you’ or later on ‘don’t  leave me’. Frustrated and sad ... More

4. Ashes Survival Guide

   11/07/19

   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 ... country but the Aussies hit back with a 5-0 whitewash in the most recent series. If the worst happens, try ... More

5. 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

6. What is #works4me?

   06/01/17

   about my situation? Yes- just go to #works4me and describe what's happening with you. We'll ... email or text chat with a stress specialist on a one to one basis. #works4me lets us share ideas man to ... and we share it. But the two services have a lot in common. They're both easy to use, anonymous, ... More

7. 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

8. 'Have the balls to ask for help'

   31/07/14

   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 ... bald then lose my life. And I did nearly die. I was nearly in a coma three times because my white blood ... More

9. Stranger Than A Talking Dog

   25/10/16

   Heyderman’s ‘Coping With Breast Cancer’ is one of the few books on the subject to discuss the condition in ... effective with age, the risk of cancer increases.’  Size matters In female breast cancer, hormones, ... treatment of both sexes while men who have the rare Klinefelter’s syndrome in which they are born with an ... More

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

    05/11/14

    upper body and I deliberately didn't look at my lower body in the mirror. I'd always been ... my knee swelled up. Both the doctor and I thought I'd pulled something. He put it in plaster. ... in my head, reading books on calming down and relaxing but without realising I had to actually do ... More

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

    25/07/18

    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 ... was making less insulin. I control it with Metformin- one after breakfast, one after tea. I’m also ... More

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