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Health At Large

The essential liver

The liver is one of the hardest working organs in the body, so it’s only natural that you should take special care of it.

Age Well

Predicting heart disease risks

Making sense of less conventional risk markers in your blood test results.

In praise of diversity

Diversity in the world encompasses all forms of life, and even includes the diverse ways our brains are ‘wired’.

Diet and Nutrition

A label to note

WITH the Chinese New Year festive purchasing just concluding, did consumers pay close attention to food labeling, and did they make an effort to understand the contents while they shopped for packaged food?

January 29, 2012

Cover Story

Diseases and their names

Many people have lent their names to well-known medical conditions.

Health At Large

The Doctor says

A cautionary sign

Transient ischaemic attack is a warning sign that a stroke may just be around the corner.

Positive Parenting

Best practice

Vaccinating your child against pneumococcus is the best way of preventing the disease.

Alternatives

Art Of Healing

Shaolin YiJinJing Qigong

YiJinJing is a set of ‘hard’ qigong exercises which strengthen the muscles and tendons, nourish the internal organs, as well as unblock qi stagnation/blockages and improve its intensity and flow.

January 25, 2012

Sight savers

On board the Flying Eye Hospital that circles the globe to fight preventable blindness.

A caring start

A new programme aims to empower nurses and midwives to provide more effective care to mothers as well as play a more important role in building patient relationship.

Tell Me About

Testing livers

How to interpret liver function tests.

January 22, 2012

Cover Story

Tradition and nutrition

Chinese New Year is when we partake in all sorts of delicious traditional food, but remember to keep an eye on your diet.

Health At Large

Age Well

Options for prostate cancer

What’s next when a man is diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer?

Women's World

Stealthy inflammation

Continuous low-level inflammation that occurs at the cellular level in the body results in the immune system responding in an excessive and inappropriate manner.