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Medical Channel Asia presents the weekly Asian medical news bulletin, bringing you essential healthcare news from across the region. This week’s bulletin will focus on several updates in conjunction with World No Tobacco Day, which occurred on 31 May 2023 

As we celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) today on 31 May 2023, the focus is shifting towards an unusual, yet urgent theme – “We need food, not tobacco”. 

The tragic death of Hoon Thing Leong, affectionately known as the “coffee shop king” and founder of Singapore’s Kim San Leng coffee shop chain, draws attention to the potential complications associated with liver biopsies, especially in patients with pre-existing medical conditions. Hoon died due to a massive haemorrhage following a liver biopsy, a risk that was escalated by his advanced lymphoma condition.

It’s important to say that it’s not lifestyle factors alone that contribute to a greater risk of developing certain diseases among different ethnic groups. Read more

Cervical cancer marks the 4th most common cancer in women. In 2018, an estimated 570,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide

Over 35 million individuals have died from HIV or AIDS. Understand AIDS and HIV in the 34th year of being commemorated.

A chronic, rare autoimmune rheumatic connective tissue disease. Learn more about Scleroderma, a Systemic Sclerosis.

Can Dysphagia, the difficulty in swallowing, be fatal? Learn about its symptoms, causes, treatments and diagnoses.