1. 'Happier than someone who looks like a Hollywood model'

   09/07/14

   Changing Faces 22 years ago to support people with disfigurement of the face or other part of the body in ... facing their future with confidence. You were in a car accident? Yes, I was severely burned in a car fire ... in 1970. I was 18 and had 40% burns- not just on my face but other parts of my body. I was lucky as ... More

2. 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 ... can  treat you this way, or confused because  sometimes they are loving and kind. Confused about what ... More

3. Sugar and salt made simple

   21/12/17

   essentially the sugars you have some control over. It includes sugar in manufactured or processed food plus ... or more is a LOT of salt. Should I add salt to my food? No. Some of us cannot process excess salt ... (sodium chloride) through our kidneys, leading to a rise in blood pressure.  Aim to eat less than 6g salt ... More

4. Covid - 19: More Research

   01/03/22

   BEHAVIOUR and attitudes Our men and Covid-19 webinar in full on video First academic paper on gender: men more ... at risk regardless of age Help with research Our survey on support services available for men during ... More

5. Vasectomy Diary: The Scrotum Monologues

   09/11/16

   47 with 4 children- youngest under 12 months- there was no doubt in my mind that I didn't want ... discussed my feelings with my wife who says that I should just let it go. She said that compared with some ... before the procedure, but feel a definite decline in sexual interest post-op. I discuss this with my wife ... More

6. '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

7. How's your pandemic?

   18/01/21

   it usually catches up with you in the end. But in the current situation created by covid-19 where ... One in four people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year. If ... we're at home far more and social distancing as much as possible, the time we spend alone with ourselves ... More

8. Covid - 19 and men

   01/05/20

   webinar in full on video First academic paper on gender: men more at risk regardless of age Call to action ... creative challenge: how can we communicate with men about Covid-19 Ethnicity data at last but still no ... Women's and Equalities Committee Enquiry) Help with research Our survey on support services available for ... More

9. The five ways to wellbeing

   18/05/21

   Wellbeing. The Five Ways are valuable in their own right. They'll improve your health and wellbeing. But ... the other changes in your life that will improve your physical and mental health and wellbeing. The ... Five Ways to Wellbeing are: Connect Feeling close to, and valued by, other people. Some ideas to help ... More

10. Men & Covid - 19: new lessons learned & the challenge of inequality

    22/06/20

    last webinar on Men & Covid-19 in April, we've learned a great deal about the impact of the ... virus on men, including the disproportionately hard impact on some groups of men- particularly BAME men ... and men in areas of deprivation. When we publicised our last webinar, we said that men were 50% more ... More

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