Male Health

Male Sexual Abuse

Male Health — Male sexual assault is when you have been forced to take part in any sexual act with another man or woman which you did not willingly consent to. Even if you did not resist or fight back at the time of the attack, it is still assault. It could ...More…

Malehealth : ORGAN DONATION: 'I think you've got my heart'

Male Health — I was in hospital for a check-up. It was six months after my heart-lung transplant. I got chatting to the bloke sitting next to me in the waiting-room. It turned out Peter had had a heart transplant too. I asked him when. âEUR~About six months ...More…

Self-care for everyday health problems

Male Health — The priority for burns or scalds is to cool the injury by getting it under cold water as soon as possible. Hold it there for at least ten minutes. For a moderate/severe burn, remove any jewellery, belts or shoes (in case of swelling) For a minor ...More…

Blood pressure FAQs

Male Health — Blood pressure gives an idea of how hard the heart is working. It shoots up when you first wake and get up, for example. High pressure means itâEURs being forced to work harder which can increase the risk of heart problems. Ideally, your GP ...More…

Some don't like it hot:

Male Health — Her mood swings are driving you crazy. SheâEURs hot one minute and cold the next. She keeps moaning on about âEUR~the changeâEUR. Seem familiar? If so, it sounds like your partner is going through the menopause. The menopause is one of lifeâEURs ...More…

How common is facial disfigurement?

Male Health — I went to school in Surrey in the 1980s and bullying was pretty bad in my teenage years. The kids whoâEURd been friends with you at primary school turned on you because you were different. In my case I was both Asian and I looked different ...More…

VASECTOMY SPECIAL:

Male Health — These are just three quotes from recent reader feedback to malehealth about vasectomy - the tip of a large iceberg. They make painful reading yet these people are talking about an everyday operation, one that is performed 90,000 times every year ...More…

Everything you ever wanted to ask about medicines...

Male Health — Sometimes, but not always. Tablets are often specially made to release a drug over a specified period of time, or in a specific part of the intestine, so breaking it in half can disrupt this effect. There are no hard-and-fast rules so best to ...More…

Asthma at work

Male Health — Most cases of occupational asthma are caused by an allergy where the person develops antibodies to a substance after breathing it in over some months or a few years. Less commonly it is caused by a single high concentration exposure to an ...More…

Coughing all over the world

Male Health — Their destination is Istanbul and, like so many Tour riders, at least one of their number is drugged up to his eyeballs and has enough medication in his support vehicle to open a travelling chemist. Walter has Cystic Fibrosis âEUR" thatâEURs what ...More…

If you knew exactly how long you had left, you could plan.

Male Health — IâEURve had myeloma âEUR~officiallyâEUR since April 2006 but the symptoms go back to 2005. I was aged 41 then and I had a lot of back pain and was very tired. I put it down to overwork. My job involved a lot of travelling. At the end of 2005, I ...More…

Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME)

Male Health — Whatever initials you use, the disease itself affects around 80,000 men in the UK. And many thousands are living with the disease undiagnosed. That's the big question. Part of the problem is that the symptoms of the disease vary considerably from ...More…