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Office Ergonomics – Video

This video from the Department of Occupational Therapy at Singapore General Hospital provides information on office ergonomics: Work-station layout, eye distance from the computer, table and chair height, etc. Watch the video to make your work-station as ergonomic as it can be.

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Exercises You Can Do in the Car

Stuck in a traffic jam? Don’t waste time staring into space, honking at other cars or mulling over yesterday’s work presentation. Instead, add a healthy twist to your work commute with some easy-to-do, in-car exercises. Ram Peruvemba, Senior Physiotherapist observes: “In cities like Singapore...

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Eating Right in a Busy World

When people get too busy, they tend to neglect their diet. They make do with ready-to-eat foods, snacks and sugary drinks that seem satisfying at the time but remain woefully low in nutritional value and high in fats. This type of eating pattern inevitably results in weight gain.

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  Health at Work
  Do you have any problems with your work space and surroundings? Keep getting sick but don't know why? Your back and/or hand starting to ache all the time? With so much time spent at work, our office environment has a big impact on us...
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  Depression
 

Feel that you can't stop worrying, and are always anxious? Or can't sleep and cry a lot? Or feel worthless and guilty, and have headaches that just don't go away? You may be suffering from depression. This is a common disorder that affects adults...
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  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
 

Do you feel numbness and tingling in your thumb, index, middle, or part of the fourth fingers? You may be suffering from a condition known as "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome". Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is three times more common in women. 
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  Singapore General Hospital
Tel: (65) 6222 3322
 
  KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Tel:(65) 6225 5554
 
  National Cancer Centre Singapore
Tel: (65) 6436 8000
 
  National Heart Centre Singapore
Tel: (65) 6436 7800
 
  Singapore National Eye Centre
Tel: (65) 6227 7255
 
  National Dental Centre Singapore
Tel: (65) 6324 8910
 
 

National Neuroscience Institute
Tel: (65) 6357 7153

 
     
 
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