by Eleanor Yap | Jan 27, 2015 | Products
These capsules have ingredients such as pomegranate, broccoli, turmeric and green tea. Watching one’s diet does not always mean eating less to lose weight but rather, the key is achieving balance in getting healthy. It is also about knowing what one’s body...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 28, 2014 | Health
This year’s campaign enlists the community to spread the awareness to those 50 and above. This year’s 13th annual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Campaign (CCAM) will be taking a different approach when it returns in March. The campaign will adopt a...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 10, 2014 | Health
This is part of a year-long collaboration that aims to promote regular cancer screening among older Singaporeans. Singapore citizens who are celebrating their 50th birthday this year are eligible for free cancer screening sponsored by the Singapore Cancer Society...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 29, 2013 | Health
Fear can often overwhelm a person. You need to keep things in perspective and build your resilience and positive thinking. BY: Chen Yanni Fear is a common emotion caused by a ‘perceived threat’ or an impending danger, regardless of whether the threat is real or...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 28, 2013 | Health
A new insurance plan by AXA Life looks beyond the disease and more at the patient and his or her needs. Roger See was diagnosed with Stage 1 nasopharyngeal carcinoma or what is called nose cancer in 2005 when he was 52 years old and working as a taxi driver. As...
by Eleanor Yap | May 1, 2013 | Health
Cervical cancer is preventable and curable if it is treated in the pre-cancerous stage. Protect yourself with regular screening. The Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) is holding its eight Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (CVCAM) in May 2013, in partnership with the...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 18, 2013 | Health
Fortis Colorectal Hospital ropes in five business leaders to raise funds and bring awareness to colorectal cancer. In conjunction with Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 2013, Fortis Colorectal Hospital (FCH), enlisted the help of five prominent business...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 18, 2013 | Health
Multiple myeloma has become more a chronic disease than a terminal one, thanks to new treatments. BY: Eleanor Yap Ten years ago, those with multiple myeloma (MM) (also known as myeloma or plasma cell myeloma), a cancer of the bone marrow plasma cells...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 1, 2013 | Health
The Singapore Cancer Society is organising the 12th Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month this March and it encourages those 50 years and above to take advantage of the free FOBT kits. Seventy-one-year-old Robert Hoo did his first FOBT (Faecal Occult Blood Test)...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 1, 2012 | Health
New radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer patients will cut down the current conventional treatment. The National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has introduced a new radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer patients undergoing surgery. NCCS is the first and...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 18, 2012 | Ask The Expert
Q. How can your diet help to prevent gastric cancer? A. Data from numerous studies have shown that our diet plays an important role in the development of gastric cancer. However, there are no specific foods that can cause or cure gastric cancer. Many studies have...
by Contributor | Jun 25, 2012 | Health
A wonderful testimony for elderly cancer patients, U Gyan fought – and won – his battle with rectum cancer. Eighty-four-year-old U Gyan from Myanmar was first diagnosed with cancer of the rectum several years ago and had surgery in a hospital in Singapore to...
by Eleanor Yap | May 21, 2012 | Health
Most cases of endometrial cancer develop in postmenopausal women. Find out the signs and symptoms, and lower your risk. BY: Dr Shamini Nair Endometrial cancer is now the fourth most common cancer among women in Singapore, compared to its eighth spot,...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 30, 2012 | Health
Colorectal cancer is increasing in Singapore in both men and women. Early detection remains essential. BY: Eleanor Yap Colorectal cancer cases in Singapore are on a rise and Singaporeans are urged to do their annual screening. Colorectal cancer is the...
by Contributor | Apr 20, 2012 | Health
Understanding the fear of cancer. One of the most difficult types of patients that I have encountered are those who do not have cancer but are absolutely convinced that they do. These patients have an excessive fear that they have cancer and tend to present...
