It’s Men’s Health Week and with higher death rates for almost all major illnesses, poorer lifestyles leading to chronic diseases and late presentation to a doctor meaning that many illnesses become untreatable, much work remains to be done on making men a healthier bunch .

Men’s Health Specialist at IT Carlow, Dr Noel Richardson joined Kieran to discuss on the Hard Shoulder. 

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