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These news items are generated and published by Macmillan's Online Community Team. In this section you’ll find some posts written by the Online Community team in partnership with our Cancer Information Development team. We also feature personal stories from our members.

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  • Being bodies: sex and erectile dysfunction

    "Sex and erectile dysfunction" written over a picture of a Scottish red bridge at twilight.

    Our new series “Being bodies” aims to explore our relationships with our bodies, from head to toe and everything in between. We’re kicking off our series by talking about erectile dysfunction, which affects up to 80% of people with penises after pelvic cancer surgery. Erectile dysfunction (ED) can also affect people on treatments which affect their hormone levels. This can include people who have been diagnosed with…

  • March: Brain Tumour Awareness Month

    An image of a landscape, with the words 'March - Brain Tumour Awareness Month'

    It's Brain Tumour Awareness month in March, so in this Community News Blog, we'll be highlighting related content in the Community and signposting to useful resources. We know it can be hard to know where to turn when you or a loved one has been diagnosed, so we hope you'll find some useful pointers in this blog.

    According to our information and support pages, there are many different types of brain tumour…

  • Coping with anniversaries - Bereavement support

    'Coping with anniversaries' written in white over a picture taken by David of the sunrise over Kielder water.

    This photo was taken at 7:05 am on a Sunday while I was volunteering at Kielder for the running weekend.  The grey bar across the middle is actually a fog bank drifting over Kielder water and there is one lone duck swimming from the shore to the jetty. – David

    Anniversaries can mean something different to everyone, it can be the birthday of a loved one, a wedding anniversary, or the anniversary of a diagnosis or…