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Diabetic Retinopathy: Screening Becomes Cheaper and Faster
     
 
 
Parkinson’s Disease: Speech Therapy Can Help

For an individual with Parkinson’s disease, simple things like walking out to buy lunch, ordering the food, and eating it can be difficult. What many people do not realise is that there is help readily available to help people with Parkinson’s disease tackle some...

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New SGH Service Helps Patients Manage Their Medication

The patient’s case was perplexing. He had enough diabetes medicine to last him for more than six months, even though pharmacies do not normally dispense more than three months’ worth of medication. After many questions...

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Health Benefits of Exercise

Do you have difficulty finding time to exercise? Perhaps you are too busy or too tired. Maybe you don’t enjoy exercising at all. Chances are it is a combination.  You are not alone. In fact, up to 75 per cent of Singaporeans do not exercise regularly, as shown in a recent National Health Surveillance Survey. 

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  Elderly Eye Conditions
 

Eye disorders among the elderly are a major health concern, as this could affect their ability to enjoy life to their fullest in their later years. The main eye problems that pose the greatest threat... 
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  Low Back Pain
 

Low back pain is one of the most common pain disorders today. It is a chronic condition characterized by a persistent dull or sharp pain per the lower back. It afflicts 80% of the adult population... 
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  Stroke and High Blood Pressure
 

Hypertension ( high blood pressure) usually causes no symptoms, but often leads to the damage of various body organs in the long-term. It is for this reason that high blood pressure or hypertension... 
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  High Fibre Diet  
  "Lao Hua" (Presbyopia)  
       
 
  Useful Numbers  
     
  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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