1. 'I didn't know until I was in my 40s'

   22/09/14

   forties. My 6 year-old son was tested. Teachers thought he had signs of ADHD but when the child ... techniques. After about 5 years (and marriage to a very supportive and organised wife), I was able to stop the ... cartoonist for over 25 years with clients ranging from Private Eye and The Guardian to Unicef and Arthritis ... More

2. 'Recovery is a journey'

   22/09/14

   a good five years before.  Getting to grips with my diagnosis was the hard part. Admitting to yourself ... took me five years before I did an MA in broadcast journalism and went freelance. I will never stop ... More

3. Kevin: 'Get a health check'

   03/08/15

   a preexisting condition should be invited once every five years to have a check to assess their risk of heart ... More

4. Trans Men - useful links

   12/08/21

   -development Age: Up to 18 years Children & Young People – Belfast (Knowing Our Identity KOI) Beechcroft, ... www.transgenderni.com/Gender-Identity-Service-NI-9630.html Age: Up to 18 years Useful organisations Samaritans Web: www.samaritans.org / Email: ... promote the health and wellbeing of trans people. Running yearly events and workshops. UK Trans Info PO ... More

5. Man in a panic: Miscarriage from a Man's point of view

   01/02/21

   and loved for years quietly drifted away. And friends with kids... well, we just didn't see them ... a sadness in Valerie, a part of her that I just couldn't reach. But after nearly a year of living with ... a year ago, so was it a good idea? 'My wife Valerie had eight miscarriages between 1990 and 1997 so ... More

6. Symptom Watch

   26/07/18

   in men aged 20-35. About 2,000 men a year are diagnosed. But if caught in time it can be effectively ... a mental health problem this year. They’re responsible for half of all long-term absences from work. Men ... will affect about one person in 20. There are around 40,000 new cases diagnosed in the UK every year ... More

7. Nipple Problems

   16/06/15

   15 and over the last few years I have had abnormally large nipples. The left is larger than the right ... but for the last four or five years I have had 'oversized' nipples. I cannot remember ... they'll go down but it's been like this for 4 years and I am getting sick of the humiliation. What is ... More

8. Technology and health

   29/06/15

   glasses or contacts, you should go for an eye test at least every couple of years. People over 40 and ... More

9. Breakfast is best

   21/12/17

   happens if I skip breakfast? A 16-year study, involving almost 27,000 men, found those who skipped ... More

10. NHS Health Checks

    19/11/20

    The NHS thinks so. They estimate that every year, NHS Health Checks: save 650 lives prevent 1,600 ... next few years. But why not just ask your GP now. What's it like? Read Kevin's story: ... More

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