Health & Fitness
Forensic medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the resolution of legal issues by the application of scientific medical knowledge. An important development in forensic medicine is genetic analysis, ie DNA profiling.
Pfizer launches dual-mode therapy to block nicotine's effect in the brain.?
The practice of prescribing too many medications (polypharmacy) to elderly patients has many pitfalls.
Recently, there have been quite a few articles on quitting smoking. People would say it's the same old, same old. It has been talked about so much that kicking the habit has become a cliché for anti-smoking campaigns. Yet, we are hardly a stone's throw away from where we started.
An overgrowth of yeast in the vagina.
Looking at the common misconceptions that surround breastfeeding.
It is no secret that breastfeeding is the gold standard of infant feeding.
Exploring the healing fundamentals of qigong.
The Vojta Therapy, combined with acupuncture, is being used as an alternative form of rehab for stroke.
It's kooky and it's far less agonising than exercise. Heck, you're even encouraged to cheat. No wonder, then that laughter yoga has become the latest fad to hit town.
Researchers weren't kidding when they said laughter is the best medicine.
There are so many spas in the city now that it's difficult to tell which are the good ones. Now, you even have fishy ones.
Blackmores, a leading natural health supplement brand, offers naturopathy consultation to help the body remain healthy or to regain health in a natural way. Naturopathy emphasises on the body's innate ability to heal and maintain itself.
Happiness is the key to a longer life.
Influenza may be a common infection but it can bring serious complications for children and the sick and elderly.
The latest findings show that the humble red yeast rice extract can effectively lower blood cholesterol.
Breastfeeding may be an uphill task for women at work, but mothers and their employers can work together to make breastfeeding at work possible.
Why should I consider balancing breastfeeding and work?
This is the first in a two-part series on understanding cancer treatment.
These are some of the questions we received in response to the article, Cancer's journey with mankind, published on June 8.
Various conditions can cause a person's spleen to enlarge, and this might cause some problems.
This is the first in a series of four articles by the Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF) thatexplores how genes are linked to diseases, the relationship between genes and cancer, and what is genetictesting and counselling. This week, we take a general look at genes and their links to diseases.
Many important body functions depend on calcium and its binding proteins, especially calmodulin.
If you're the type who prefers working out at home to the gym, then here's some good news for you.
A therapy that rides on radio and sound waves provides pain relief.
Sure, there are some days when we just don't feel like getting up from bed. But it can be frightening when you literally cannot get up.
As HPV infection is a major cause of cervical cancer, vaccination offers the hope of a reduction in the incidence of this cancer.
Pole dancing has long been associated with sleazy, seedy sex joints a la Patpong or any downmarket strip bar. Now the ante has upped; red-blooded men take to the activity as alternative exercise.
Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy that is used to treat certain cancers.
Shakespeare once said that during a man's lifetime, he plays many parts; his acts being seven ages, beginning as the infant and ending as the aged man.
A new non-profit organisation aims to shed light on cervical cancer.
Choose shoes and in-soles with the right fit to prevent foot ailments.
Custom-made insoles may ease certain foot pain.
Selectively incorporating elements of complementary and alternative medicine into comprehensive treatment alongside solidly orthodox methods of diagnosis and treatment ...
Totally personalised medicine is on the horizon.
Falls are a common and serious occurrence in the elderly.
The ultrasound has to be used at the right time, for the right reasons.
A brain scientist stumbled upon a great opportunity to study her own brain - she had a stroke.
The herb Ashwagandha has many health-giving properties.
A look at the rogue virus that causes severe diarrhoea among young children.
Clefts are not life threatening and children born with the defect can lead normal lives once treated.
The 'brain fitness' programme market is booming, but does it work?
WITH the busy schedules and hectic lifestyles of today, it is easy to come up with excuses for not exercising.
There are many aspects of traditional and complementary medicine (T/CM) that need to be addressed in the regulation of the practice, which have, to date, flourished without any accountability.
Top 10 causes of bleeding after sex.
Researchers set out on a study to decipher health trends in ageing Malaysian men.
Palliative Care has an important role to play in any healthcare setting.
Bayer Schering Pharma's oral anti-cancer drug sorafenib has been approved in Malaysia for the treatment of liver cancer.
The message is now overwhelmingly clear: Obesity causes cancer.
Mothers and daughters should take preventive steps against cervical cancer together.
Why is vaccination for cervical cancer greeted with so much reluctance and shilly-shallying?
A traditional art offershope where modernmedicine fails.
Increased travellingto Africa and LatinAmerica raises therisks of yellow feverinfections here.
After a difficult 'childhood', laparoscopic surgery, also called keyhole surgery, has been increasingly accepted as a safe, efficient surgical method. Now, surgeons have developed ways to perform the procedure in children too.
Like many things in life, my interest in keyhole surgery was a strange confluence of circumstances and opportunities.
A cancer survivor emphasises that the key to the battle against cancer is early discovery and proper treatment.
This is the sixth in aseries of sevenarticles on creatingthe will to quitsmoking. This week,we look at the aspectof pleasure inquitting smoking.
