A FORTNIGHT ago, I wrote about my Apple watch that was a birthday present from my better half. We foresaw that the Apple watch would eventually be a telemetry device for human beings. One of the interesting upcoming developments by Apple is the ability to [...]
GOOD nutrition, clean environments, accessibility to good healthcare and healthy lifestyles have increased human longevity. Nevertheless, the quest of increasing longevity is insatiable. As medical science pushes the boundaries of human lifespan, delving into the science of longevity can help us sieve through the reams [...]
A combination of a healthy diet and exercise can get rid of the extra kilos and decrease the risk of developing diabetes My patients have been complaining of weight loss or weight gain since the circuit breaker was initiated. Those who have lost weight were [...]
The year-end and the yuletide season will be soon upon us. Ordinarily we would be gearing to go travelling and some of us would be headed to cold temperatures in the northern part of the globe. However, this has been anything but an ordinary year. [...]
It has been 14 weeks or so since the first case of Covid-19 virus landed on our shores. A lot has happened since, with a wave of returning citizens bringing home the virus from epicentres in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. These [...]
I was on vacation in Japan around Christmas when I first heard the news on CNN, of a strange virus that was causing pneumonia in a cluster of patients in Wuhan. On reading the report on my smartphone, I felt a shiver down my spine. This was because the [...]
THE Christmas festivities are barely over and Chinese New Year is already rolling round. We have just recovered from the wine and dine of the Yuletide season and are trying to shed the extra kilogrammes. The gym instructors will tell you that there is a surge in the beginning [...]
Some vital dos and don’ts that will ensure you have a memorable marathon experience Singapore marathon fever is upon us once again. And it is going be a momentous event for a lot of us. You probably have been training for this for the last few months with building [...]
Travellers especially should take precautions and depending on their destinations, go for the relevant vaccinations I am often asked about vaccines by my patients; most of the queries pertain to travel, dengue, pneumonia and shingles. It is interesting to note that most of our childhood vaccines are not compulsory [...]
