When It Won’t Stay Up – Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence)
The inability to achieve and maintain an adequate erection for satisfactory sexual performance is extremely common and probably affects most men at some stage in their lives. This important men’s health issue is called erectile dysfunction (ED). The word ‘impotence’ […]
Heart Disease – The Silent Killer
What Can I Do to Prevent Heart Disease? Keep your total cholesterol level under 5, your LDL (bad) cholesterol level under 3 and your HDL (good) cholesterol level over 1. Eat a heart-healthy diet, focusing on fruit and vegetables, wholegrains, […]
The impact of infertility (part 2)
The perspective from adult women mid-thirties to sixties Four particularly described the fear as a young woman of telling a future boyfriend, as Orten and Orten had found in their study: How will he take me out (4 ft 8 […]
The impact of infertility
The views of young women late adolescence to mid-twenties Vignette 1: Shauna, age 19 Shauna is a confident university student, engaged to be married. Diagnosed at birth, she learned about TS early on: I can’t separate ‘Shauna’ from Turner Syndrome […]