Other than type 2 diabetes, testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) is the most common endocrine disorder in men and yet is the least commonly diagnosed and treated, according to the President of the Society for the Study of Androgen Deficiency. Speaking at a recent meeting on ‘Testosterone and Men’s Health’ in Dublin, Dr Malcolm Carruthers said [...]
Dr Muhammad Arshad and Prof Michael Fitzgerald write about the causes of and the treatment options for Klinefelter’s syndrome, a trisomy disorder that is found in approximately one in 700 male births. Klinefelter’s syndrome (KS) is the most common cause of hypogonadism and the second most common trisomy disorder. It was named after Dr Harry [...]
Dr Malcolm Carruthers writes that testosterone deficiency is the most common endocrine disorder in the adult male, yet is the least commonly diagnosed and treated of these disorders. This millennium has seen rapidly growing awareness of the important role that testosterone plays in maintaining men’s health and quality of later life. Testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) [...]
It is hard to believe that the internet search engine Google is just ten years old this year, it feels like it has been around forever. For many who have come to depend on its seemingly infinite stream of information, life without the relative youngster would certainly be a lot more challenging. Proof that the [...]
Dr Conor O’Toole and Crean Salley Architects Director Declan Doyle on the perspectives involved in building a functioning clinic for a medical prctice. Established in the centre of Stillorgan in 1987 by Dr Paul Carson and Dr Conor O’Toole, the medical practice in question provided primary medical care to the local community, employing a receptionist [...]
Use of a fan appears to be associated with a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in rooms with inadequate ventilation, according to a new report. The report followed a study in which doctors analysed information from interviews of mothers of 185 infants who had died from SIDS and mothers of 312 randomly [...]
A survey of American paediatricians has found wide variation in whether and how they would disclose medical errors to patients and their families, and may be less likely to share information about errors that are less obvious to parents. Some 205 paediatricians answered 11 questions about one of two scenarios. In the first, the paediatrician [...]
The average age of a first-time mother in Ireland has gradually increased over time and is now thirty years old. At the same time, age of first intercourse is decreasing and is now 18.2 years. Families tend to have one or two children and families of three or more children are the exception, rather than [...]
Mike Power, Research Psychologist, on the public image of doctors as a cosseted elite, and the reality of most doctors’ day-to-day experiences. ‘The role of the doctor is to amuse the patient while nature cures him’ – Voltaire. Paul O’R is a young doctor working in a hectic general practice in one of the poorer [...]
… the gap between rich/poor and black/white remains The comfortably off, white, and middle-aged are the most likely to participate in sporting activities, a new 10-year UK study has revealed. Furthermore, the gap between rich and poor — and black and white — appears to have widened rather than narrowed in a decade, as overall [...]
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