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Sickle Cell Disease: Understanding This Blood Condition
Sickle Cell Disease is a genetically inherited disorder that involves crescent-shaped red blood cells. Read on to find out more about this blood condition.
Myasthenia Gravis: What is it?
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease characterised by muscle weakness. The immune system produces abnormal antibodies which attack the junction between the nerves and muscles.
Cataracts: When Should You Remove Them?
Among the most common causes of blindness in Asia is cataract development, other than glaucoma. Often, around the age of 40, proteins found in the
Multiple Sclerosis Basics III: Your Guide to Living With It
Multiple sclerosis, or MS for short, is a disease with both good and bad news. It appears rare in Asia: between 0 and 20 per
Lymphoma: Diagnosis and Treatment
We have talked about blood cancer in a separate article. Types of blood cancer include leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Lymphoma is a cancer afflicting your lymphatic
Blood Donation: An Overview
Blood donation is the voluntary act of giving blood, mainly for transfusion. Blood transfusion replaces blood that is lost due to trauma or major surgeries,
BREAKING: Singapore to relax COVID-19 measures in phases
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
Glaucoma: Open-Angle vs Closed-Angle
Glaucoma is a disease of the eye that damages the optic nerve. Accumulation of fluid in the frontal region of the eye causes this eye
Multiple Sclerosis Basics II: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological diseases of the central nervous system. In the first part of our series on multiple
Brain Tumour and Cancer: Are They The Same?
The term ‘brain tumour’ can sound frightening, but not all of them are fatal. Some may not even require treatment. Generally, we use the term ‘tumour’
Leukaemia: Diagnosis and Treatment
We have talked about blood cancer in a separate article, and we now know that leukaemia is one of the types of blood cancers. It
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