June is bowel cancer awareness month. This article has some information about the signs and symptoms to look out for and advice on when to see your doctor.
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As we age, the prostate generally enlarges. As a result, the urethra can get narrowed leading to problems with the flow of urine and also the enlarged prostate can irritate the bladder.
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Many of us have concerns about our memory from time to time. Sometimes it can feel like we are more forgetful than we used to be, perhaps it takes a bit longer to remember names, places or things. We can all relate to those trips to the supermarket when we get home and realise that have forgotten half of the shopping list.
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Life is fast paced with more expectations, obligations and choices than ever before. From the moment we open our eyes in the morning with the unpleasant screech of the alarm or the blare of the radio we are catapulted into another day.
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Sexually transmitted infections or STIs as they are more commonly known are infections which are transmitted in different ways such as kissing, touching or rubbing genitals, oral sex, intercourse or using sex toys. Some STIs have noticeable symptoms while others remain asymptomatic which means you can have the infection but not have any symptoms to alert you to its presence.
We can offer a sexual health check in our clinic. We know it can feel awkward or embarrassing to discuss your sex life but remember everything you discuss with us is confidential and there is no judgement.
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Positive Psychology is activating your positive, healthy psychological resources (your strengths) to help reintegration and rebalancing of the healthy self. Positive Psychology helps us with our health because we can rebalance our lifestyle choices and habits to recover many diseased physical parts of our body.
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At its core, Lifestyle medicine empowers individuals to manage and improve their own health. It is an integrated whole-person approach to health that focuses on the management of lifestyle-related chronic medical conditions. Lifestyle medicine encourages self-empowerment and self-care. It empowers the individual with tools and strategies that offer a framework through which complex health problems can be solved.
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HIV treatment has changed dramatically in the last 20-30 years. Many HIV positive patients struggle with the stigma of being HIV positive and chose to keep their HIV status a secret, even from their GP. Thankfully things have changed and continue to change for the better. Some GPs (like Maxwell Medical’s Dr Euan Mabon) have undertaken specialist training to become accredited HIV prescribers.
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PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis. If you are HIV negative taking PrEP, usually daily, can significantly reduce you chance of contracting HIV. If you are taking PrEP as prescribed by your Doctor and you are exposed to the HIV virus, it can stop the HIV virus getting into your body and causing infection, it is almost 100% effective.
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