Health & Well Being Archive

  • When someone is diagnosed with cancer, he will do everything in his power to get rid of it – chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery, bone marrow transplant, laser or gene therapy. But the one thing the patient seems to be unaware of is how much he can do for himself, by way of exercise and [...]

    A-Z healthful ingredients to fight cancer

    When someone is diagnosed with cancer, he will do everything in his power to get rid of it – chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery, bone marrow transplant, laser or gene therapy. But the one thing the patient seems to be unaware of is how much he can do for himself, by way of exercise and [...]

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  • Have you ever missed a dose of your medication? Or even worse discontinued the course of medication completely? For many, the honest answer is “yes”. What most are unaware of is that this could lead to serious complications explains DR ALEXANDRE CHAN 

The issue of medication non-compliance is a problem doctors and pharmacists all face [...]

    Taking a variety of medicines? Here’s what you need to know…

    Have you ever missed a dose of your medication? Or even worse discontinued the course of medication completely? For many, the honest answer is “yes”. What most are unaware of is that this could lead to serious complications explains DR ALEXANDRE CHAN The issue of medication non-compliance is a problem doctors and pharmacists all face [...]

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  • People are encouraged by the positive nature that you may display and they will enjoy being with you. As we get older we should have people to interact with and being positive helps. ZAIBUN SIRAJ shares the benefits of positive thinking
John Maxwell wrote “You are where you are and what you are because of the [...]

    Be positive, stay positive

    People are encouraged by the positive nature that you may display and they will enjoy being with you. As we get older we should have people to interact with and being positive helps. ZAIBUN SIRAJ shares the benefits of positive thinking John Maxwell wrote “You are where you are and what you are because of the [...]

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  • Patient centricity, as we know it today, will extend far beyond a clinician’s traditional realm of expertise and will require new models of care delivery centered increasingly on the needs of patients rather than that of physicians. CELENE TING brings you key highlights from the FutureHealth Forum ASEAN 2010
Evolving definition of “patient-centric care”
It is a [...]

    Paving the path for Patient-Centric Care

    Patient centricity, as we know it today, will extend far beyond a clinician’s traditional realm of expertise and will require new models of care delivery centered increasingly on the needs of patients rather than that of physicians. CELENE TING brings you key highlights from the FutureHealth Forum ASEAN 2010 Evolving definition of “patient-centric care” It is a [...]

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  • What should you do if someone got a cut, choked on some food, or got stung by an insect? ABDUL RASHEED DOAD gives us some practical first aid tips that you can apply at anytime, even if you don’t have your first aid kit with you
Accidents happen, always unexpectedly, having a basic knowledge of first [...]

    First Aid Kit-less

    What should you do if someone got a cut, choked on some food, or got stung by an insect? ABDUL RASHEED DOAD gives us some practical first aid tips that you can apply at anytime, even if you don’t have your first aid kit with you Accidents happen, always unexpectedly, having a basic knowledge of first [...]

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  • Natural colours – violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red – are highly beneficial to the maintenance of health and for healing diseases. According to practitioners of chromotherapy, the cause of any disease can be traced to the lack of a particular colour in the human system. Tanushree explores deeper into this technique of [...]

    Healing with Colours

    Natural colours – violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red – are highly beneficial to the maintenance of health and for healing diseases. According to practitioners of chromotherapy, the cause of any disease can be traced to the lack of a particular colour in the human system. Tanushree explores deeper into this technique of [...]

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  • Osteoarthritis of the knee is one of the five leading causes of disability among older men and women. The risk of disability from osteoarthritis of the knee is as great as that from cardiovascular disease. Given that the average age of our population is rapidly increasing, the impact on our society from osteoarthritis is to [...]

    A POSsible solution to knee osteoarthritis pain

    Osteoarthritis of the knee is one of the five leading causes of disability among older men and women. The risk of disability from osteoarthritis of the knee is as great as that from cardiovascular disease. Given that the average age of our population is rapidly increasing, the impact on our society from osteoarthritis is to [...]

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  • Based on the latest interim report from the Singapore Cancer Registry, 3,902 men and 3,375 women in Singapore developed colorectal cancer between 2003 and 2007, making colorectal cancer the commonest cancer amongst Singaporeans. Dr Wong Seng Weng elaborates further
Cancer is a major scourge of modern society. One in three Singaporeans is destined to suffer from [...]

    Colon cancer: the silent killer

    Based on the latest interim report from the Singapore Cancer Registry, 3,902 men and 3,375 women in Singapore developed colorectal cancer between 2003 and 2007, making colorectal cancer the commonest cancer amongst Singaporeans. Dr Wong Seng Weng elaborates further Cancer is a major scourge of modern society. One in three Singaporeans is destined to suffer from [...]

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  • Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink”. In The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by the famous British poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the sailors blamed the mariner for the torment of their thirst, believing that by killing the albatross, the bird that had earlier saved them, the mariner had incurred the wrath of spirits, [...]

    Change your water… change your life

    Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink”. In The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by the famous British poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the sailors blamed the mariner for the torment of their thirst, believing that by killing the albatross, the bird that had earlier saved them, the mariner had incurred the wrath of spirits, [...]

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