I refer to this BBC report on genomic screening.


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I remembered there was this chart that was found behind some Chinese almanacs regarding how certain foods should not be taken together, lest you get poisoned or sick. I went to the net in search of such charts. This is what I found...


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Preventive medicine is something that is relatively recent in the western medical world. One example is to quit smoking because smoking causes lung cancer. Another example is to wash our hands diligently because of the microbes we come into contact ( Read more... )

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I am now officially in my third year of my course ( Read more... )

I am a salty person. I prefer main course to dessert. But I am never a fan of sweets and I don't even add sugar to my tea ( Read more... )

This medicine is good. I am dumping my antibiotics for traditional chinese remedy. Just kidding... I have just finished my bout of antibiotics but my cough has not got better. Tonight, my TCM teacher prescribed this for me ( Read more... )

Just had my second attachment session yesterday. I am enjoying my time as a trainee physician... every session is a learning experience. Yesterday's patients all had acupuncture for neck and back problems. There were Year 4 students present as well, so they were the ones who practiced their skills on these patients. The supervisor just made ( Read more... )

Today is the first day of my attachment to the Boon Keng branch of 大众医院. The attachment lasted two hours from 7.30 pm on a saturday evening. Basically, as second year students (yes, I am now officially in Year 2 of my 7-year course), we just stood around to observe how our teacher sees his patients. He told us that for a start, we should just ( Read more... )