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Healing A Hurt Heel

Home Healing A Hurt Heel May 8, 2022   Return Words Dr Au Yong Pui San The plantar fascia is a thick fibrous band of tissue that stretches

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When NSAIDs Cause Pain

Home When NSAIDs Cause Pain May 8, 2022   Return WORDS LIM TECK CHOON Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a group of medications that can help reduce inflammation, pain

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KEEP YOUR PHONE CLEAN

Home KEEP YOUR PHONE CLEAN May 8, 2022   Return The COVID-19 is spread through small droplets. When a person infected with the virus coughs or sneezes,

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KILL THE VIRUS

Home KILL THE VIRUS May 8, 2022   Return WORDS LIM TECK CHOON AND HANNAH MAY-LEE WONG The coronavirus disease 2019 – COVID-19 for short—is caused by a virus called

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BEAT THE HEAT!

Home BEAT THE HEAT! May 8, 2022   Return We’re all blessed to live in a land where the sun shines all year round. But on the

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THE ART OF FORGETTING

Home THE ART OF FORGETTING May 8, 2022   Return Our brain can only store a finite amount of information. Hence, it is just as important for

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FRANKINCENSE

Home FRANKINCENSE May 8, 2022   Return WORDS RACHEL SOON Kundur, salai, parangi, dhup, shallaki, cunnampu… depending on which part of Asia you’re in, Indian frankincense is known by many names. Prized as

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AS OUR HANDS AGE

Home AS OUR HANDS AGE May 8, 2022   Return WORDS DR SIEW TUCK WAH The skin of our hands age just like that of our face and

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ALLERGIC TO FACE MASKS?

Home ALLERGIC TO FACE MASKS? May 8, 2022   Return WORDS LIM TECK CHOON According to consultant dermatologist Dr Irene Lee Chew Kek of Sunway Medical Centre Velocity,

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Home CAST AWAY WITH COVID-19 May 8, 2022   Return WORDS HANNAH MAY-LEE WONG Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were in Gold Coast, Australia as Tom

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Home ALL ABOUT EPILEPSY PART 1 May 8, 2022   Return WORDS ABRAHAM MATHEW SAJI Epilepsy is a chronic and non-communicable disorder of the brain that causes unprovoked

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A Spoonful of Sugar

Home A Spoonful of Sugar May 7, 2022   Return “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” sang Mary Poppins as she tried to get

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Start from Young, Good for Life

Home Start from Young, Good for Life May 7, 2022   Return Dr Rohaida Abdul Halim   Lecturer/Paediatric Dentistry Specialist, Faculty of Dentistry, University Teknologi MARA Just like all good

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Oh, the Nerve!

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Lost Your Front Tooth?

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ConvOSAtions on Snoring

Home ConvOSAtions on Snoring May 3, 2022   Return Dr Michelle Clare Mah   Lecturer, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA Snoring describes the loud snorts a person makes while asleep.

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Understanding Sleep

Home Understanding Sleep May 3, 2022   Return Sleep is a basic physiological drive; to feel a need for it is as natural as feeling hungry and

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Treat, Not Tolerate

Home Treat, Not Tolerate May 2, 2022   Return Dr Jose Antonio San Juan   Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Chong Hua Hospital, Phillipines When Adam underwent a hernia surgery sometime ago,

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Wide Awake

Home Wide Awake May 2, 2022   Return “Name the days of the week.” “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.” “What do you cut paper with?”

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Haze? Fight Back!

Home Haze? Fight Back! May 2, 2022   Return You step out of the house and you’re hit by the heat and smog. Yes, the haze is

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The Goss on Floss

Home The Goss on Floss May 2, 2022   Return Imagine flashing your beautiful smile to that someone you like, only to “dazzle” him with the brownish

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Sweet Slumber Awaits You

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Say Goodbye to Trans Fat?

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The Funny Bone

Home The Funny Bone May 1, 2022   Return We’ve all been through it – the point where you accidentally hit your elbow against something and bang!

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The Wisdom Tooth Dilemma

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A Dangerous Kind of Sleep

Home A Dangerous Kind of Sleep May 1, 2022   Return Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh   Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon Sleep is essential for our health and

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Good Night, OSA

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Sowing the Seeds of Hope

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When Fasting Hurts

Home When Fasting Hurts May 1, 2022   Return As millions of Muslims all over the world observe fasting this Ramadan, some of us may need to

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Lost for choice

Home Lost for choice May 1, 2022   Return There are so many cough mixtures out there that it can be hard to choose the right one.

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The Dish on Dentures

Home The Dish on Dentures May 1, 2022   Return Dentures have been used for centuries by people with missing teeth. George Washington, one of the most

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Breathe Easy

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Haunted Sleep

Home Haunted Sleep May 1, 2022   Return Words Lim Teck Choon  Werewolf at night Not everyone with OSA snores, but snoring is nonetheless a common symptom among

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Stones, Stones, Stones, Stones

Home Stones, Stones, Stones, Stones April 29, 2022   Return Previous Next Words Hannah May-Lee Wong Dr Hemanth Kumar Ramasamy Consultant Urological Surgeon   Having stones in any

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How’s Your Sex Sense?

Home How’s Your Sex Sense? May 1, 2022   Return WORDS LIM TECK CHOON “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” ~ Rumi True

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Ankle Sprain

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The Truth about Bunions

Home The Truth about Bunions April 29, 2022   Return WORDS HANNAH MAY-LEE WONG Lim Yuanshuang Podiatrist Having bunions on their feet is a common problem amongst women,

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The Amazing Tocotrienol

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A Bloody Problem

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Natural Anti-Inflammatory Agent?

Home Natural Anti-Inflammatory Agent? April 28, 2022   Return Professor Dr Ammu K Radhakrishnan   Professor of Pathology (Immunology), International Medical University Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a lifelong condition that

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A Race Against Time

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Dengue & You: A Threat to All

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It Starts with a Bite

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When the Throat St(r)eps Out

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Are Your Kidneys Okay?

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Losing Your Voice?

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Breathe Easy, Wheeze Easy

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Bizarre Health Trends

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Impacted Wisdom Tooth

Home Impacted Wisdom Tooth  April 27, 2022   Return Dr Andrew Chan Kieng Hock Consultant Oral Surgeon Private Dental practice Klang, Selangor. Wisdom tooth surgery is one

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Peripheral neuropathy’s silent decay

Home Peripheral neuropathy’s silent decay  April 27, 2022   Return WORDS RACHEL SOON “I couldn’t feel the burn!!!” Peripheral neuropathy’s silent decay  What happens when our sense of touch misfires? What happens when

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Healing A Hurt Heel

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When NSAIDs Cause Pain

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Home ConvOSAtions on Snoring May 3, 2022   Return Dr Michelle Clare Mah   Lecturer, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA Snoring describes the loud snorts a person makes while asleep.

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Understanding Sleep

Home Understanding Sleep May 3, 2022   Return Sleep is a basic physiological drive; to feel a need for it is as natural as feeling hungry and

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Home Say Goodbye to Trans Fat? May 2, 2022   Return Chemically modified fats are common in processed foods. A process called hydrogenation is often used to

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The Funny Bone

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Home A Dangerous Kind of Sleep May 1, 2022   Return Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh   Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon Sleep is essential for our health and

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Home Losing Your Voice? April 28, 2022   Return Now, let us examine what voice loss really is. It is usually a temporary condition due to inflammation

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