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		NKF Scheme Focuses on 'Treating the Mind’ The New Paper 25/01/2012
		KIDNEY failure patients and their family members may neglect an important aspect of dealing with the illness – how well the person is coping psychologically with his condition. So a National Kidney Foundation (NKF) peer-support programme was set up in 2009 to help kidney patients... Read more >>

		Ins and Outs of Dengue The Straits Times 25/01/2012
		THE incidence of dengue fever in Opera Estate in Siglap since early this month is notified as a cluster. In the language of the National Environment Agency (NEA), the term refers to two or more cases occurring in close proximity to one another within a fortnight, in a localised area... Read more >>

		Streamlined System to Help Needy Elderly Lacking The Straits Times 21/01/2012
		AFTER having a leg amputated, a 54-year-old man was homebound for many years and had used nearly all his savings paying medical bills. He and his family turned to NTUC Eldercare for help, and the organisation submitted more than 20 applications to charities and welfare schemes for... Read more >>

		Silver Tsunami: S’pore Revs Up The Straits Times 21/01/2012
		SINGAPORE is ramping up services and facilities for the elderly to avoid running into a critical shortage as baby boomers age. With the number of those aged 65 or older set to spike by 2020, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong yesterday promised to invest in the necessary resources and said... Read more >>

		This Little Girl’s Heart is Failing The New Paper 20/01/2012
		Mummy and daddy are in jail. Aunt and uncle look after her. Her family finds out six-year-old has heart infection after she falls ill. LITTLE Lisa’s parents have been in and out of jail since she was born. The girl was left in the care of her grandmother, who was over 70 years old at the time... Read more >>