These are testing times for 70-year-old Elaine Yates. She suffers from lung disease, asthma and arthritis – yet by comparison with her husband, Michael, she might be considered a beacon of health. Until 2004, when Michael fell and incurred brain damage following a stroke, he was a fit former Royal Pioneer Corps soldier. Today, aged … Read more
These are testing times for 70-year-old Elaine Yates. She suffers from lung disease, asthma and arthritis – yet by comparison with her husband, Michael, she might be considered a beacon of health. Until 2004, when Michael fell and incurred brain damage following a stroke, he was a fit former Royal Pioneer Corps soldier. Today, aged … Read more
When it comes to mental health, there’s a group of people we are systematically letting down. No, not ethnic minorities, gay people or women, but middle-aged men. Doctors, campaigners and politicians all ignore them and as a result many are living in misery, blighted by mental illness that goes unnoticed and untreated. It’s a myth … Read more