Osteoporosis & KS by Professor Juliet Compston
What is Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis means thinning and increased porosity of the bones. It affects one woman in two and one man in five after the age of fifty years but is also sometimes, seen in younger men and women and in children.
Gynaecomastia
Gynaecomastia is the development of female-like breasts in the male. It can occur as an isolated element during puberty, as part of a genetic condition like Klinefelter’s syndrome due to an abnormal balance of testosterone and oestrogen hormones or may develop as secondary to hormonal treatment in Prostate and Testicular Cancer.
Living with KS
Living with Klinefelter’s syndrome (KS) for some can seem like a life long endurance, yet it doesn’t have to be a ‘life sentence’. You will see from the various aspects of ‘Living with KS’, contained in the following short articles written by KS Adults, Parents and Relations as they share with us some of their experiences.
Nutrition and Diet
A Healthy Diet for KS
What you choose to eat and drink can have huge effects on you and your body in many positive and negative ways. Many leading international experts on food and health agree that moderating diet can sometimes have a greater impact on public health than drugs.
Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Testosterone Delivery Methods
Until recently testosterone replacement therapy has mainly been given by intramuscular injections, implants into the skin of the abdomen and tablets.
Introduction to KS Handbook
Why Klinefelter’s syndrome?
Where did the name originate?
In 1942 Dr. Harry Klinefelter, an American endocrine medic was working in research under Professor Allbright in Boston, Massachusetts, with a group of adolescent boys who had the symptom of Gynaecomastia (male breast development).