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Thursday, 31 December 2009
Ask the Experts – How to make a painful knee better (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
Q: About a month ago, I began to have pain in my right knee. The doctor I consulted removed fluid from the knee. He said the pain was due to arthritis... Is the pain due to arthritis? How can I improve the situation with diet or exercise? Read more
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Sunday, 6 December 2009
New ways to treat arthritis (Shin Min Daily News)
Wearing away of the knee cartilage could be due to high-impact exercises, long distance running or aging. Dr Kevin Lee, Division of Adult Reconstruction, University Orthopaedics, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Cluster shares on the new ways to treat arthritis. Read more
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Monday, 16 November 2009
Running more than 10km every week doubles your chances of joint injuries (Lianhe Wanbao)
Females should not run more than 10km a week as it increases their chance of joint injuries. In fact, females are at higher risk of joint injuries than males. Read more
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009
World Osteoporosis Day 2009 - Don't wait for the bones to break (Health, TODAY)
Start young, and stub out, to prevent your bones from crumbling. LIKE a thief in the night, the disease creeps up on you. A silent killer, osteoporosis - or brittle bones, in layman speak - has no early warning signs. Read more
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Thursday, 8 October 2009
Ask the Experts – Bony lump a worry (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
Q. I am a 23-year-old man. I exercise intensively thrice a week, cycling and lifting weights. Recently, while exercising, I found a tiny bump the size of a five-cent coin just below my right knee... Is it a cause for concern and should I still exercise regularly? Read more
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Thursday, 27 August 2009
Clinic's zinc roof, canvas sheets (Mind your body, The Straits Times)
Dr Thambiah, 49, the division head of orthopaedic trauma at National University Hospital, leads a team of fellow volunteers to the outskirts of nearby Batam, also in Indonesia, for monthly medical relief missions. Under zinc roofs and on canvas sheets, the team treats more than 1,000 villagers who queue up for several hours. Read more
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Thursday, 20 August 2009
Safer? Workers shouldn't be on lorries at all (The Straits Times, Forum)
I REFER to yesterday's report, 'Workers on lorries get more protection'. I am deeply disappointed with this decision to keep transporting workers on the cargo decks of goods vehicles and urge its reversal. Read more
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Workers on lorries get more protection (The Straits Times)
ACTION is finally being taken to ensure that foreign workers are ferried more safely to and from their workplaces. Rails along the backs of lorries will have to go higher so that there is less chance of a worker being flung out in an accident. The decks will also have to be fitted with canopies. Read more
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Sunday, 16 August 2009
Freezing cancer cells to below 20°C in new method to treat bone cancer (ZbWellness, Lianhe Zaobao)
There are about 12,750 people with bone cancer in Singapore. The age of thes patients ranges from 3 - 70 years old. Dr Nathan, consultant at the National University of Singapore, claims that the new treatment method to freeze cancer cells can help in half of these cases. Read more
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Saturday, 1 August 2009
Novel Knee Repair Method Reduces Trauma (Science, The Straits Times)
AN EXPERIMENTAL procedure to repair knee cartilage using stem cells has brought relief to 35 people here in the last three years. Now Dr Kevin Lee, 37, from the division of adult reconstructive surgery at the National University Hospital, hopes to test it on 100 patients over the next two years to see if it is better than current methods. Read more
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Saturday, 1 August 2009
Surgery using stem cell may help repair worn knee cartilage (Lianhe Zaobao)
Dr Kevin Lee, University Orthopaedic, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Cluster, NUH is conducting a clinical trial to repair knee cartilage using stem cells. Read more
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Thursday, 4 June 2009
Ask the Expert - Pounding pain in bone in foot (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
Q: I am a 69-year-old woman. Lately, the bone which juts out from the middle of the top of my right foot has been hurting quite a bit... Is it arthritis, tendonitis or something else? Read more
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009
More cartilage transplants for bad knees (Home, The Straits Times)
ACTIVE people in their 40s are no longer putting up with the pain and immobility caused by damaged cartilage in their knees. They are instead checking into hospitals to get their problem surgically fixed. Read more
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Sunday, 5 April 2009
Teen with uneven legs goes for op to lengthen limb (The New Paper)
SHE had always walked with a slight limp because of the uneven length of her legs. But now, Huang Xinying, 18, can finally stand tall. Read more
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Monday, 23 March 2009
Last Year 12 people went through limb lengthening procedures (Lianhe Wanbao)
Part 2: In this article, find out more about success, unsuccessful and 'rejected' limb lengthening procedure stories. Read more
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Sunday, 22 March 2009
Girl goes through limb lengthening procedure to grow 8cm (Lianhe Wanbao)
Part 1: Find out how two patients went through limb lengthening procedures and how it affected their lives. Read more
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Thursday, 12 February 2009
Ask the expert (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
SHARP PAIN IN THIGH Q: I am a 42-year-old woman. For the past two years, I have had a sharp pain in my thigh that lasts a few seconds each time. Read more
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Thursday, 1 January 2009
Ask the Expert– Backed up in pain (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
Q: I am a woman in my early 40s and recently had an MRI after suffering from severe back pain. The results showed degenerative changes in my lumbar vertebrae and loss of normal high signal of the intervertebral discs. ... Please tell me what to do to prevent the situation from worsening. Read more
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Monday, 22 December 2008
Runners more prone to leg injuries than triathletes (The Straits Times)
Long distance runners are three times more likely than triathletes - who run, swim and cycle - to injure their legs,a study here has found. Read more
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Saturday, 20 December 2008
Female marathon runners more prone to leg injuries (Lianhe Zaobao)
A local study here has found that female marathon runners are two times more likely than their male counterparts to sustain leg injuries. Read more
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Thursday, 18 December 2008
Hope for those with knee woes (My Paper)
A team of National University Hospital researchers, led by Professor Lee Eng Hin, is carrying out clinical trials on patients with damaged knees. Read more
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Thursday, 9 October 2008
Spine chillers (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
Factors such as lifestyle and the kind of sport you take up can have painful repercussions in your back. So, are you making your spine work harder than it should? Back pain will afflict more than 80 per cent of people throughout their lives. The condition isn't just confined to the elderly or the frail. Read more
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Thursday, 18 September 2008
Ask the expert (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
THIGH PAIN A MYSTERY. Q: I am a 42-year-old woman. In the past two years, I have had a sharp pain in my thigh that lasts a few seconds each time. Read more
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008
ASK THE DOC (Health plus, Today)
MUM'S CHRONIC BACK PAIN. My 75-year-old mother is suffering from osteoporosis and has been taking Fosamax Plus since March this year. However, she keeps complaining that her back and spine are painful and uncomfortable when she sits, stands or walks for too long. Read more
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Thursday, 14 August 2008
When bones pop out (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
A strong tug at your young child's arm could dislodge his elbow joint. Prevention is better than cure in such a case, doctors tell GABRIEL YUE. Read more
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Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008
Ask the expert (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
INJECTION FOR ARTHRITIC KNEE. Q: My husband is 44 years old and weighs 65kg. He is 1.63m tall. He has had arthritis of the knee for about four years. Read more
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008
He even came back on Christmas Day (Forum, The Straits Times)
I wanted to have a knee replacement operation, but was apprehensive as this was the first time that I would have undergone major surgery. Read more
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Treating club foot (Mind Your Body, The Straits Times)
A congenital deformity where the foot looks like a golf club affects one in every 1,000 babies. Read more
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Sunday, 29 June 2008
A pain in the back (Lifestyle, The Sunday Times)
Don't ignore that pain in your spine - it could be more serious than you think. At just 54, hotel cleaner Madam Choh Kin Sam had to throw in the towel and take early retirement because of her bad back. Read more
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Spine centre opens in NUH (The New Paper)
SINGAPORE'S first centre specialising in the study and treatment of spinal disorders among Asians has opened at the National University Hospital (NUH). Read more
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
1-stop spine centre in NUH (LianHe ZaoBao)
The 1-stop University Spine Centre in NUH has full-time spine surgeons to manage a whole range of problems from common back pains to major reconstructive spinal surgery. Read more
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Managing spinal problems (Today)
NUH launches spinecentre, refers 80 percent of its cases there. Read more
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Saturday, 7 June 2008
Freeze-and-cut way to remove bone tumours (The Straits Times)
Cryosurgery gives new hope to bone cancer patients and cuts recurrence rate. SAFER METHOD: A computer-controlled machine pumps argon gas under high pressure through metal probes into the bone tumour. Read more
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Saturday, 7 June 2008
Cryosurgery was her only hope (The Straits Times)
NEW LIFE: Madam Chin took three weeks to recover from cryosurgery, performed by Prof Nathan, compared to the nearly two months she spent in bed after conventional surgery. Read more
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