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Stress Relief

By Dr Marcus Wee Lun Tan · 14 years ago

Common Relaxation Techniques for Stress Relief Living in today’s world can be stressful. Hectic work schedules, heavy school timetables, a multitude of deadlines, demands from significant others, to name a few, are some of the ...

Life and Stress

By Dr Marcus Wee Lun Tan · 14 years ago

What is Stress? We all know how the demands of modern living can leave us overwhelmed at times. It should not be too difficult to recall a period of time when life became "stressful". Stress ...

Panic Disorder

By Dr Marcus Wee Lun Tan · 14 years ago

Do you have sudden moments of intense fear accompanied by palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness and other physical symptoms? Do you have Panic Disorder ? A panic attack is a sudden surge of overwhelming fear that can ...

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

By Dr Marcus Wee Lun Tan · 14 years ago

Do you feel troubled by excessive worries? Unable to relax? Difficulty sleeping? Do you or your family member have an anxiety disorder? In an anxiety disorder, there is an excessive amount of anxiety which is ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD)

By Dr Jiunn Yew Thong · 14 years ago

1) What is OCD? OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is a common disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 2-3% in the general population. It occurs in children, adolescents and adults, and both men and women ...

Depression

By Dr Jiunn Yew Thong · 14 years ago

1) What is Depression? Depression is much more than just passing sadness that most of us experience from time to time. While feeling "blue" or "down in the dumps" in response to setbacks, losses and ...

Insomnia

By Dr Jiunn Yew Thong · 14 years ago

1) What is Insomnia? Insomnia exist in various forms: many suffers experience difficulty in getting to sleep, others have interrupted sleep, some wake up too early in the morning and a few simply have poor ...

How to control the coronary artery disease risk factors?

By Dr Chao Yang Soon · 14 years ago

1) Cholesterol control If a person had never had coronary artery disease, the goal (primary prevention) is to try to achieve a total blood cholesterol level of below 200 mg/dL or an LDL level (the ...

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

By Dr James Pan · 14 years ago

What is Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)? Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among those above the age of 65. AMD is the degeneration of the macula, which is ...

Glaucoma

By Dr James Pan · 14 years ago

What is glaucoma? Glaucoma, a second leading cause of blindness, is a group of eye disorders often associated with a dangerous build-up of internal eye pressure (intraocular pressure or IOP) which can damage the eye’s ...