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Good Emotional Health Can Improve Survival Rate of Elderly Cancer Patients
     
 
 
Daily Jogger for 30 Years

I used to jog about 5 to 10km almost every day after work. I live in Tampines and I would make one or two rounds round the Bedok Reservoir. But since my wife fell ill with pancreatic cancer a couple of months ago, I have had to cut down my running to two to three times a week I have less time to run now....

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From Shingles to Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN)

If you have had chicken pox before, watch out for a red, blistering rash that might appear suddenly. It could mean that you’re suffering from a shingles outbreak. Also known as herpes zoster, shingles is an infection of the nerve endings due to the...

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Eating Well (and Right!) in Your Silver Years – Part 2

However you plan to spend your retirement, good nutrition should form an important part of that lifestyle. Especially since the aging process is one of the risk factors for malnutrition – a condition where your body doesn’t have enough of the nutrients it needs...

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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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  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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