Men evolved to go out, kill food and drag it home.

THE countdown has begun for the thousands of runners preparing for the Cork marathon, which takes place on June 4. For John Philip Murray, an artist from Lissardagh, Co Cork, running the marathon is a challenge he set himself on his 60th birthday.

WHEN Conor Kelleher couldn’t quench his thirst, no matter how much he drank, he knew it was time to take matters further. “I went to my GP and he sent me on to hospital,” says Conor, 40, a self-employed stonemason from Dripsey, Co Cork, adding that he was also passing a lot of urine.

Mental Health Ireland runs regular training courses and programmes. One of interest, Coping with Unemployment, runs on Jun 12 from 10am-4pm in Dublin’s Clarion Hotel in Liffey Valley.

FOR Paudie Barry, walking or driving into Cork City for meetings was not convenient.

The Irish Dental Association (IDA) has welcomed the decision by the GAA to make it compulsory for players to wear mouth guards in football games and training.

THREE years ago Stephen Smith’s wife noticed something odd about his chest. The nipple was inverted.

AN irritating boss or colleague, misbehaving children, being bumped into in the street are just a few of the things that can make any of us cross sometimes.

DAVID Spillane has never let his cystic fibrosis (CF) affect his life. “Even as a teenager, I was running with my local team and playing football with my local club,” says David, 23, an artist living in Tralee, Co Kerry.

WHEN Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch it was like déjà vu for Dublin man Marcus Ó Buachalla.

MANY men are concerned about hair loss, but not everyone has the deep pockets of Wayne Rooney to seek a hair transplant.

PLAYING sport at any level, not to mind for your county, can take its toll on the body. For Andy Moran, 28, a Mayo GAA footballer who won his first All-Star in 2011, it was his hamstring in his left leg and lower back that gave him trouble.

GIVEN that 2012 will see a variety of major sporting events — the Olympics, Euro 2012 — many people with asthma will feel like they can only look on as others participate in sport.

EVEN though Derek Jennings worked in addiction support, he didn’t know his own child had started using drugs. “Being a man, I said, ‘I’ll stop it’,” he says of his 14-year-old’s addiction.

It’s easy to start saying you cannot do something because something bad has happened, but the dragon boating pushes you to bring yourself back to the best recovery possible