Author: Sian Lin

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Doctor On Call, or DOC for short, is a brand new series brought to you by Medical Channel Asia.  This series aims to bring doctors and specialists from various fields to give you an introduction to common health and medical topics that you and the Asian population are interested in. In our 1st DOC, held on 28 May (Friday), from 8pm to 9pm (GMT+8), we have Dr Sean Leo, orthopaedic surgeon from Orthokinetics, to talk to us about Common Sports Injuries. For Part 1 of the forum, we have Dr Sean Leo give us a short presentation on some of…

Doctor On Call, or DOC for short, is a brand new series brought to you by Medical Channel Asia. This series aims to bring doctors and specialists from various fields to give you an introduction to common health and medical topics that you and the Asian population are interested in. In our 1st DOC, held on 28 May (Friday), from 8pm to 9pm (GMT+8), we have Dr Sean Leo, orthopaedic surgeon from Orthokinetics, to talk to us about Common Sports Injuries. For Part 1 of the forum, we have Dr Sean Leo give us a short presentation on some of the…

All adults experience knee pain at some point or the other. Sometimes, it could be a mild pain caused by a sprain, whereas other times, it can be excruciating pain caused by a more serious injury. Whatever type of pain you experience in your knee, it will surely affect your day to day activities.   What is knee pain? Knee pain is pain caused either in the knee joint’s bony structure or the knee cap, ligament, tendons, or cartilage. It is caused by injury, obesity, physical activity, or ageing. People of all age groups can experience this pain. Most goes away…

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Singapore has recently tightened measures to curb COVID-19, in view of the rising community and unlinked cases. This tightened measures were called the Phase 2 Heightened Alert (P2HA), and are in effect from 16 May 2021 (Friday) through till 13 June 2021 (Sunday). The COVID-19 situation in Singapore is gradually improving, with cases dropping to single digits in the previous few days. The Singapore government and Ministry of Health (MOH) has recently announced on 10 Jun (Thursday) that the country will gradually move to Phase 3 (Heightened Alert) in a phased manner. The changes will take place from 14 June…

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Singapore’s media outlet Channel News Asia (CNA) has a series called ‘CNA Insider’, which features videos and interviews dealing with Singapore and Asian issues. They recently did an interview regarding COVID-19 vaccines with various doctors and specialist well-versed in the field of infectious disease and vaccinations. Here are the 10 (plus 1) questions that were answered by the doctors and specialists: Q1: Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – What’s the difference? Prof Ooi Eng Eong (Duke-NUS Medical School): Essentially there is not much difference. Efficacy of both vaccines is about the same, at about 95%. The main difference lies: Number of…

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