Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicals

Available Packages

Nutrition and Lifestyle
Nutritional focus
Extra Tests
VIP Package

Your medical will involve a full, one-hour consultation with either Dr McKenna or Dr Shoukru. The consultation will include:

Full medical history
The doctor will take a family history and your past medical history, and take note of your current health concerns
Full blood screening
Including: full blood count, biochemistry (liver, kidney, bone profile), vitamin D, lipid profile, ferritin (iron stores), prostate profile (men)

Tests and profiles

These discussions and additional tests are available to you, based on your history and risk assessment:

Metabolic syndrome blood tests
Lipid profile, HbA1c (diabetes test over 3 months), insulin, glucose
Sports performance profile
Looking more specifically at vitamins, anti-oxidants, minerals, full blood count, iron etc
Cardiovascular profiles
A in-depth analysis of cardiac risk: blood tests, cardiac investigations, exercise, electrocardiogram tests etc

Patients are able to add on the following to their package:

Bone density/DEXA tests
In these tests, we will look for bone density. and use your personal medical history to check whether you are at risk of having osteopenia or osteoporosis
Bone density and body composition scan
For more nutritional analysis and focused medicals for looking at visceral fat, muscle stores, etc
Exercise electrocardiogram
For those interested in a sports focus or preparing for a sporting event advice
Block booking for physiotherapy
Please see the panel on this page for details of available physiotherapy treatments and equipment

Patients have the option of a full and comprehensive package, which includes:

Full nutrition and lifestyle medical 1 - 1.5 hrs
Body scan
Nutritional focus and management of results: 4 consultations of 20 minutes, one a week after all investigations, then at two-week intervals for monitoring of interventions (for example physio, nutritionist, dietician).
Repeat Body composition scan (at 12 weeks).
A final appointment.

All results and analysis from these tests are included. Please mention that you are interested in the VIP package when you book, so that these tests can be pre-arranged.