1. 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

2. 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 ... having people around at houses still. So I think what's the point in the measures if some families ... More

3. 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 ... Covid stories: the real people behind the headlines. Interviews with men and women who have seen ... oxygen overnight'  Martin: 'I forgot the word "ventilator"' Mike: 'I had my ... More

4. Yesterday on the Covid - 19 front - line

   05/02/21

   managed the best in some areas. Nobody can deny that. If all the people hospitalised with Covid needed to ... redeployed to deal with Covid-19. I wanted to be able to help. There’s no point sitting in out-patients ... online course mostly in my own time, reading up on lungs and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and so on. It ... More

5. 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

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

   18/06/20

   from the outset: older people, people with underlying conditions and those living or working in closer ... these. Here in the UK we have some of the most progressive laws on equality in the world. We have the ... my evidence-based work as a professor and a target-based culture that operates in the NHS regardless ... More

7. Steve: 'my walking workout'

   29/04/16

   everyday you need a good pair. I also had some walking poles in my garage from a previous holiday so I use ... week-end or a holiday in a place where there was good walking. It wasn’t a regular part of my activity. But ... for various reasons, I decided to pack in my gym membership and I was looking for something to take ... More

8. Martin: I forgot the word 'ventilator'

   12/08/20

   difficulty in lifting anything. My muscles ache. My tongue swells up and my hands and feet sometimes feel ... Martin was just 42 when Covid-19 struck in March 2020. On 25 March I was admitted to hospital with ... considered operating straight away. But my breathing difficulties meant they had to try and treat me with ... More

9. 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

10. He and Him

    22/02/21

    You wouldn't always know it but men are a very diverse group. Our new podcast on identifying ... as male. Listen to "He and Him" on Spreaker. In the droning discourse of identity politics, ... the myriad ways in which we all identify can be lost in the noise.  Three guys who identify as male ... More

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