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Patients who had tests carried out at Mayo General Hospital to determine whether they had prostate cancer or not may have received inaccurate results, it has been revealed.

A consultant urological surgeon will talk about the common medical conditions encountered by men and women as they get older at a free talk to be held at the Bon Secours Hospital restaurant on Monday night at 7pm.

A new minimally invasive treatment for enlarged prostate has been introduced at St Francis Hospital Mullingar, giving the men of the region the option of having what was once a severe condition dealt with in a simple day case procedure in most cases.

Many men experience a variety of problems with their urinary system leading to unwanted leakage of urine. Some also have difficulty controlling wind or leakage from the lower bowel, often due to weakness of the muscles of the pelvic floor which have an important function in preventing these problems.