Author: Rachel Tan
Rachel Tan
Rachel is a marketing graduate from the National University of Singapore. She enjoys researching and writing extensively on healthcare, medicine, and technology in her personal time. In her free time, she enjoys reading books on psychology, science-related mysteries, and documentaries as a personal interest.
When it comes to smoking cessation, it’s clear that “the sooner the better”. But how soon is “soon” and what additional benefits does it confer? Moreover, after a life-threatening, oftentimes traumatic cardiovascular event, does a smoker necessarily have to go the extra mile to quit smoking while keeping himself afloat amidst a wave of new medication regimes and a heightened sense of insecurity? In part 2 of this four-part series on smoking cessation, we summarise the last two sets of evidence for smoking cessation after cardiovascular events. With data drawn from more recent studies as compared to those seen in…
Liquid medicines and syrups were banned in Indonesia after the report of nearly 100 deaths in Children. Read more
Singaporean doctor charged with 2 years of jail for the death of a woman who underwent an aesthetic treatment. Learn more.
In end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), pruritus is a common and oftentimes exasperating symptom for patients in accompaniment to their slew of disease management complexities. What’s worse is that it is incompletely understood, and hence underestimated by both patients and healthcare professionals (HCP) alike1. Pruritus, when not managed adequately, can lead to a significant decrease in quality of life, including sleep disturbances, depression, decreased mental and physical functioning, missed dialysis sessions and the aggravating complications of an improperly managed chronic disease. The pathophysiology of CKD-associated pruritus (CKD-ap), or uremic pruritus, is poorly understood but there are hypotheses involving metabolic disturbances…
Ever wondered about what goes on during a night of peaceful sleep? Find out more about sleep patterns, sleep cycles and your brain waves
Singapore allocates a budget of over $1 billion for the Healthier SG Programme aiming to provide residents with a physician and a health plan.
An antiviral drug called Tecovirimat to aid monkeypox is currently undergoing human testing under the Oxford University team. There are about 249 confirmed cases of monkeypox throughout Asia. Israel is leading in the number of cases with 174 confirmed cases and the United Arab Emirates with 16, as of 13 Aug 2022. Most monkeypox cases are reported from Western Asia. With the growing number of cases, the trial of Tecovirimat is expected to yield favourable results. The virus was recently declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) after the observation of the virus spreading rapidly in…
While other countries see an increase in division ever since COVID-19 took place, the effect of the pandemic is quite the opposite for these Asian countries. A survey conducted by Pew Research Centre with 19 countries shows that 68% agree that their country did a good job of dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. Most participants believe that the pandemic created greater divisions in their country and exposed the political systems in handling such a crisis. Pew specified that one of the sources of these divisions manifested in how people viewed the social limitations they faced throughout the pandemic such…
During the Singapore NDP 2022, Red Lion Third Warrant Officer Jeffrey Heng experienced a hard landing. Read what may have caused it
Dozens of people in China were detected and infected by the Langya virus. Symptoms are similar to flu. Read to know more about its spread
