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Wrong on so many counts! Gout is increasingly common and affects 2.5% of the population. That’s 1 in 40 people! Instead of thinking of it as a troublesome nuisance which flares up now and again, we need to think of it as a long term form of arthritis, causing...
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Medicals for insurance purposes Many of us have had a medical for insurance purposes: life insurance for a mortgage or loan, or perhaps key person or critical illness cover. In these cases its important to remember it is the insurance company who dictate the terms:...
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Hands up if you think these disease only really affect the young, the promiscuous or the gay population? WRONG. In 2015, although the under 25s still have more diagnoses of STDs, there were 28,113 cases diagnosed in people aged 45 to 64 years and this incidence is...
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Male menopause. Is there such a thing? Well as men get older their testosterone levels do indeed drop. The decline is steady for most men but it in some can be sharp. Low testosterone can be associated not only with low libido and less hard erection, it can also mean...
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But still you might ask, why is there no screening programme, why are men dying of this cancer, why does the nation seem to be ignoring this problem ? And some ask why is it that resources have been poured into breast cancer management and not apparently into prostate...
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At FACEmed we offer annual screening. The National Health Services does a great job with its resources and already offers screening for some conditions. But these screening programs are capped so that they target most vulnerable with a financially viable test, in...
