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VASECTOMY SPECIAL: The Scrotum Monologues
Monday, 25 May, 2009
Kieran Brennan had an NHS vasectomy in Scotland in March 2009. This is his post-vasectomy diary. DAY...
Some don't like it hot: how to handle the menopause
Friday, 01 May, 2009
From hot flushes to HRT, everything you need to know about the female menopause by Norma Goldman.&nb...
A check-up saved my arse
Thursday, 02 April, 2009
Mark Davies put it down to a bit of an arse problem. It turned out to be a bit of bowel cancer, the ...
Gone missing: our sex life
Wednesday, 01 April, 2009
Sexual problems are often a side-effect of prostate treatment . John Walker – who has written elsewh...
The sex organ you didn't know you had
Tuesday, 03 March, 2009
We're often told we're sex obsessed yet, as Jim Pollard reports, men have a sex organ that seven out...
Unemployment: it's a killer
Monday, 02 February, 2009
Unemployment in the UK has probably now passed the two million mark. It's not just a social or an ec...
NICE work if you can get it
Thursday, 01 January, 2009
And you can get it if you try. So, exactly what treatment are you entitled to on the NHS? NICE – the...
Malehealth round-up 2008
Wednesday, 31 December, 2008
How was your health in 2008? Here’s a round-up of just some of the things you will have learned if y...
'A lot of people are scared to go out just because they look different'
Tuesday, 02 December, 2008
Every year, over 415,000 people in the UK are born with or acquire a disfiguring condition to their ...
Understanding health stats? What's the chance of that?
Monday, 03 November, 2008
Health statistics are confusing. For patients. For journalists. For politicians. And, most worryingl...
'At first, work addiction is beneficial to the individual, their family and their firm but ...'
Wednesday, 01 October, 2008
Did you have the back to work blues this autumn or couldn’t you wait to get back to your workplace? ...
Peyronie's - the bent penis disease
Tuesday, 30 September, 2008
Peyronie’s Disease is a form of erectile dysfunction that can cause both physical and emotional scar...
From Beckham to Barton, could Ronaldo be next?
Monday, 01 September, 2008
Perhaps Manchester United should have sold Cristian Ronaldo because according to osteopath Don Blyth...
Can you survive the summer?
Friday, 01 August, 2008
It’s a jungle out there (as the chief of a top Amazon tribe once observed). If your hols get serious...
Seeing RED: I got sunburnt in just half an hour
Thursday, 31 July, 2008
ORIGINAL 2003 ARTICLE: I took an early holiday this year, writes malehealth editor Jim Pollard. I di...
The main cause of men's ill health in the developed world
Monday, 07 July, 2008
Malehealth editor Jim Pollard says that Men's Health Week followed by a holiday has taught him that ...
Can we work it out?
Friday, 06 June, 2008
Is work good for you? It doesn't sound like it. An incredible 36 million working days were lost last...
Why I talk about my new penis
Thursday, 01 May, 2008
Talking helps but it's not always easy. For Denis Taylor the subject he needed to talk about was pro...
Passive smoking is not harmful
Wednesday, 30 April, 2008
Readers of malehealth editor Jim Pollard's blog will know that this site has recently attracted the ...
More mates of Marvin
Tuesday, 01 April, 2008
Depression is probably the second biggest cause of death and disability in the world. Only circulati...
Overprescribed and dangerous - but these drugs can help
Wednesday, 26 March, 2008
Are anti-depressants depressingly ineffective? Malehealth editor Jim Pollard with a personal take on...
Talking about it for the very first time
Friday, 01 February, 2008
Talking about your health problems - however difficult - can make all the difference. And,...
'Being addicted to porn doesn't mean you're inadequate, sad or a pervert'
Friday, 01 February, 2008
In his late twenties Jason McClain realised he was addicted to porn. Now a trained counsellor, he's ...
PORNOGRAPHY: Tom: 'the life of a porn addict can be very unhealthy'
Monday, 07 January, 2008
Many alcoholics or ex-drug addicts are happy to share their experiences to help others. This is not ...
'I used to eat frozen food while it was still frozen'
Saturday, 01 December, 2007
Christmas can be a great time for addicts. You can drink too much, eat too much and nobody notices. ...
How addictive is pornography?
Saturday, 01 December, 2007
‘I'm frightened of real sex, which is unscripted and unpredictable so I engage in pornography, which...
It takes two: talking your way back to health
Thursday, 01 November, 2007
When you’re feeling down, usually the last thing you want to do is to talk to someone else who feels...
Just how dangerous is a conker?
Wednesday, 31 October, 2007
Hardly a day goes by without health and safety regulations being blamed by someone for not allowing...
10 things every man can do to improve his fertility
Monday, 01 October, 2007
Fertility. The ability to reproduce. Most men don’t even think about it until they want kids. But, a...
Mid-life crisis: on the frontline
Sunday, 30 September, 2007
When malehealth editor Jim Pollard wrote an article on mid-life crisis at the beginning of the summe...
The British tennis No.1 who couldn't stomach it
Saturday, 01 September, 2007
What would get your stomach churning? Playing for your country in the Davis Cup or picking the ...
Coughing all over the world
Wednesday, 01 August, 2007
On the same week-end as the Tour de France 2007 arrived in Paris, a very different troupe of lycra-c...
"I have no desire to go to India or China or whatever"
Monday, 02 July, 2007
Myeloma is one of the fastest growing cancers in the western world. In the UK, the number of reporte...
MEN'S HEALTH WEEK 2007: Are you in it for the long-term?
Monday, 11 June, 2007
They're usually uncurable and often last a lifetime yet this section of malehealth on long-term heal...
Redgrave: 'when I got diabetes I thought my rowing career was over'
Saturday, 02 June, 2007
As the only Britain to have won gold at five consecutive Olympics, Steve Redgrave is often described...
Mid-life crisis: the best thing that ever happened to you?
Tuesday, 01 May, 2007
We call it a crisis but that mid-life moment of truth is actually to be expected and, argues ma...
Man in a Panic: Miscarriage from the male point of view
Monday, 02 April, 2007
When his girlfriend of eight months had a miscarriage, the last thing Richard Burke wanted was a bab...
'I cannot hit a woman'
Thursday, 01 March, 2007
Jack Blennim is 43 and a researcher. Since last July he has been happilly married to his second wife...
The great heart disease mystery: Meat is not the murderer
Thursday, 01 February, 2007
Over the last few years, we’ve been bombarded with challenges to our received wisdom on what foods a...
The first day of the rest of your life
Monday, 01 January, 2007
New year’s resolutions? Waste of time or a good opportunity to make a change without it being a big ...
Men's health is not all balls
Friday, 01 December, 2006
A survey reported this week showing that more young British men checked their balls for cancer ...
'They thought I'd been playing away but I actually had cancer'
Wednesday, 01 November, 2006
Cancer of the penis has been described as everyman’s worst nightmare. Fortunately it's very rare tha...
My wife wants to die
Monday, 02 October, 2006
‘I want to die. I cannot continue. Let me die. I just cannot go on like this.’ Michael Davy heard th...
‘We rarely watch TV as Martin believes events on the screen are happening in our home’
Friday, 01 September, 2006
There are over 750,000 people in the UK who have dementia – 18,000 of them are under the age of 65. ...
I'm a patient, get me out of here!
Tuesday, 01 August, 2006
Tony Blair has encouraged us all to take more responsibility for our health. Jim Pollard tried - and...
At least half of men with depression could be treated for the price of a flat-screen telly
Monday, 10 July, 2006
In his last article about his own experiences of therapy, malehealth editor Jim Pollard forgets the ...
'You talkin' to me?'
Monday, 12 June, 2006
We're all different and that's never clearer than when it comes to our mental health and emotional w...
'One day, I found myself in a place where I couldn’t hide anymore'
Thursday, 01 June, 2006
A key aim of this year's men's health week is to get men talking about their own experiences of ment...
Men's Health Week made simple...
Thursday, 01 June, 2006
As Men's Health Week 2006 approaches, the Week's coordinator Matthew Maycock introduces all the many...
Stranger than a talking dog
Tuesday, 02 May, 2006
More men die of breast cancer than testicle cancer. Yes, you read that right. Every year, more men i...
It takes just one drop of blood
Saturday, 01 April, 2006
Hep C may sound like a new vitamin supplement but hepatitis C, to give it its full name, is a seriou...
We're not pissing around: urine trouble...
Wednesday, 01 March, 2006
We tend to take peeing for granted. Something easy is described as 'a piece of piss'. But it's ...
Forget genes - 4 out of 5 cancers need not happen
Wednesday, 01 February, 2006
Cancer expert Professor Ben Pfeifer reckons 80% of cancers are preventable. Lifestyle changes can ma...
What do you have in common with George Best?
Tuesday, 03 January, 2006
Did you overdo it over the festive season? This is the time of the year when it's OK to drink to exc...
Is this sexist or what?
Monday, 02 January, 2006
Simple question: when is it OK to use sex stereotypes to promote your message? Women's bodies have l...
How healthy are men's magazines?
Tuesday, 01 November, 2005
Should lads magazines have health information in them? Or is the healthier option to avoid them comp...
Pesticides and paint: Available now without prescription
Saturday, 01 October, 2005
Have you ever bought drugs on the internet? Quite a lot of malehealth visitors have. And they could ...
Start with the swimming advises UK's no. 1 triathlete
Thursday, 01 September, 2005
Meet the UK’s top triathlete. Tim Don is 27 and world number 2 in both Triathlon (running, cycling a...
Gazza: 'I’m proud to admit it, to say I’m an alcoholic'
Monday, 01 August, 2005
Footballers’ books don’t have the best of reputations but in Gazza, Paul Gascoigne has come up with ...
Have you been logging our bloggers?
Monday, 04 July, 2005
Would you like to share your health thoughts and experiences with the world?As regular readers will ...
Tubby or not tubby? Fat is the question
Thursday, 09 June, 2005
Men’s Health Week 2005 is all about men and weight. What’s your weight like? Too high? Too low? Not ...
Men's Health Week: what's happening 'round your way?
Wednesday, 01 June, 2005
Do you want a piece of the action during the forthcoming Men's Health Week (13-19 June)? From roadsh...
The only cure is castration
Friday, 06 May, 2005
Michael Howard has now joined the club of thin-on-top Tories beaten by the bouffant-bonced Tony...
Stirling Moss is just like any other bloke
Friday, 01 April, 2005
Pele, the world’s greatest ever footballer, has talked about it and now Britain’s motor-racing legen...
Is the food industry pulling its weight?
Tuesday, 01 March, 2005
Drinking too much and smoking are bad for your health. Everyone knows that so there are restrictions...
The hard-drinking, hard smoking health secretary
Tuesday, 01 February, 2005
He’s an ex-smoker, a former hard drinker and he doesn’t take a lot of exercise. Sound like anyone yo...
Wrong Turning on Spaghetti Junction - the final chapters
Wednesday, 05 January, 2005
A lifelong Manchester City supporter, John Walker was used to injustice and disappointment but even ...
'I knew from an early age that I was "different", though my parents never talked about it.'
Wednesday, 01 December, 2004
Not everyone is born with a perfect penis and some who do then have them taken away from them. Two f...
Slow down - the lazy man's way to lose weight
Monday, 08 November, 2004
Men know Diets with a capital D don't work. So how do you build weight-loss into your daily routine?...
The man who learned to slow down
Friday, 01 October, 2004
Heard of slow food, slow cities or slow sex? Nor had Carl Honoré until he wrote a best-selling book ...
Why I've been cutting myself up since age 6
Wednesday, 01 September, 2004
Young men are harming themselves in increasing numbers according to doctors. When new guidelines for...
'I was lucky it was Boxing Day. There was less traffic and the ambulance was able to get to the hospital more quickly'
Monday, 02 August, 2004
A simple ultrasound scan just like the thousands that are given to pregnant women every year could a...
Gay men could teach straight men a lesson
Monday, 12 July, 2004
In a no-holds-barred piece well-known gay campaigner Peter Tatchell argues that straight men could l...
This month could save your life
Tuesday, 01 June, 2004
Yes, this month includes Men’s Health Week which runs worldwide from 14-20 June. In the spotlight th...
The health secret hidden on every high street
Wednesday, 05 May, 2004
Ever been down your local chemist – or pharmacy as they tend to be called these days? Possibly not. ...
Joe Jackson and the Dodgy Science
Friday, 02 April, 2004
Sometimes discussions about health sound like a bad pantomime. It's bad for you. Oh no, it isn't. It...
Only talking about sex can make it better
Monday, 01 March, 2004
Men may think about sex a lot but they don't talk about it. It may not be our fault but, says Jim Po...
New year hangover or another cold?
Monday, 05 January, 2004
Colds seem to hit us harder and lay us lower in the winter. Some scientists even think we’re due ano...
Medical fact or media fiction? How to tell if research is reliable
Monday, 01 December, 2003
Most of the health stories you read in newspapers or magazines are built around some sort of medical...
The Smart Alec's Guide to Pigging Out at Christmas
Saturday, 29 November, 2003
Of course, malehealth does not advocate overeating at any time of the year. However, should you be i...
I told my GP, I respected his decision, but if I’d followed his advice I’d probably be dead
Monday, 03 November, 2003
‘I’ll never forget the day I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I sat open-mouthed, looking at the ...
Where's a bloke to go for decent health information these days?
Thursday, 23 October, 2003
Look in any newspaper, any magazine. Turn on the telly. There's been a growth in media interest in h...
Are you a chlamydia carrier?
Sunday, 01 June, 2003
International Men's Health Week 2003. If you think that Chlamydia is a Greek island, you could be pu...
Down on their knees: The footballers who are kicking themselves
Thursday, 01 May, 2003
The football season is drawing to an end and for many football supporters this close-season promises...
2020 vision - Does the British male have a healthy future?
Tuesday, 01 April, 2003
Never again. Welfare from the cradle to grave. Homes fit for heroes. Wars were one of the biggest si...
If this article makes you angry, you could be a danger to children and yourself
Saturday, 01 March, 2003
A few years ago I wrote an article about meningitis - the biggest single killer of kids under five. ...
Why men need to quit smoking even more than women
Saturday, 01 March, 2003
120,000: the number of smoking-related deaths in 2003. 120,000: the number who will quit smoking in ...
No gyms. No mags. No gimmicks. No cost. You can get fit again and it's easy
Saturday, 01 February, 2003
Whatever your age or weight and regardless of how long it is since you last exercised, here are the ...
Cancer Basics by Dr Chris Steele
Wednesday, 01 January, 2003
Ever watched a detective movie on the television where the good guy is whacked over the head w...
How to spot the early warning signs of illness
Wednesday, 01 January, 2003
If your body was a car would you take better care of it? When a warning light comes on in your car y...
Is this the best men's health book yet?
Wednesday, 01 January, 2003
THE NEW HAYNES MAN MANUAL: A drive towards better men’s health. The Haynes Man Manual, a groundbreak...
How I survived testicular cancer, aged 20
Wednesday, 01 January, 2003
Some 1500 blokes get testicular cancer every year. Meet one of them…"Martin, you have a tumour in yo...
Christmas Survival Guide: Ten Tips for Good Festive Health
Friday, 01 November, 2002
Santa isn't an anagram for Satan for nothing. As any A&E nurse will tell you, Christmas is hell....
Vasectomy - Is the snip the unkindest cut?
Tuesday, 01 October, 2002
Some 40,000 men have an NHS vasectomy every year. It's the most effective form of contraception...
Vasectomy in New Zealand
Tuesday, 01 October, 2002
What's going on down under? New Zealand's vasectomy uptake is among the world’s highest: 25 per cent...
How to stop the sniffles bringing you to your sneeze!
Sunday, 01 September, 2002
Colds, eh? They get right up your nose. There are millions knocking around. The average adult gets u...
Why is positive thinking so difficult?
Sunday, 01 September, 2002
We all know that when we feel positive, we feel happier and perform better whatever we're doing. Tro...
Impotence: Why it's time to tell your doctor
Thursday, 11 July, 2002
A leading American urologist believes doctors should routinely ask their male patients if they have ...
How listening to your body clock can make you tick
Saturday, 01 June, 2002
If you really want to get ahead at work or in your studies, maybe you should listen to your internal...
'Honey, I shrunk my testosterone levels'
Saturday, 01 June, 2002
It’s the news that no male wants to hear: your levels of testosterone - the hormone that makes a man...
How the gland lies
Tuesday, 27 March, 2001
For a gland no larger than a walnut, the prostate can certainly cause some big problems. To mark thi...
How to make your boss love you
Monday, 15 January, 2001
Being healthy isn't just about not smoking, getting fitter and eating your greens. It's also about b...
Father Christmas: Health Report
Monday, 18 December, 2000
Every year, as Christmas approaches, Santa Claus visits his local health centre for a check-up. We h...
Can I have a bit more please?
Saturday, 18 November, 2000
Fancy a bit of extra crackling on Xmas Day? Here are 10 ways you can stuff your face and convince yo...
Labour pain: Why work can be bad for your mental health
Saturday, 04 November, 2000
As work stress increases, more of us are suffering from depression and other mental health problems....
Circumcision - Is it being done willy-nilly?
Thursday, 02 November, 2000
Thousands of young boys are being circumcised unnecessarily, according to a new study that raises mo...
Vasectomy: A pain in the balls?
Wednesday, 01 November, 2000
Over 40,000 men have a vasectomy in the UK every year. Most expect some minor discomfort after the o...
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