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Singapore - Asia’s Premier Medical Hub
by: Singapore Tourism Board Singapore healthcare industry has achieved fame with a series of breakthrough medical procedures including the following events. ‘ In 1995, Singapore doctors carried out the world’s first successful peripheral blood stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor.
Continue reading...Medical Tourism: The Next Big Thing In Indian Healthcare Industry
16. June 2008
by: Wain Roy Medical tourism is the act of touring different countries or nations around the world to receive medications like dental, neurosurgery or surgical care and various other forms of specialized treatments. Medical tourism or healthcare facilitation is very cost effective and has grown to become very popular with time. Due to much technological advancement [...]
Continue reading...The Pathophysiology of Tetanus
16. June 2008
by: Wong Lai Teng Tetanus is an acute, often fatal disease caused by an exotoxin produced in a wound by Clostridium tetani. Clostridium tetani is a gram-positive, nonencapsulated, motile, obligatively anaerobic bacillus. It exists in vegetative and sporulated forms. Spores are highly resistant to disinfections by chemical or heat, but vegetative forms are susceptible to the [...]
Continue reading...Poison Prevention
16. June 2008
by: Jacob Mabille Every year a needless number of accidents occur involving poisons found in the home. Common household cleaning products as well as insecticides and other chemicals can be harmful and in some instances deadly to children and pets. March is Poison Prevention Month but with proper awareness and careful storage, we can prevent accidents [...]
Continue reading...Dengue Fever
16. June 2008
by: Wong Lai Teng Dengue fever, a disease caused by mosquitos, was reported in Malaysia since 1902 but it was only known as haemorrhagic dengue when the first severe dengue outbreak occurred in Penang in 1962. Since then, dengue fever has been spreading across the country mainly in the cities and suburban areas.
Continue reading...Benefits of Manganese
16. June 2008
by: Vincent Manganese is a mineral found in green leafy plants, nuts, pineapple, seeds, wheat and tea, raisins, egg yolks, ginseng, hops, raspberry and many other plants. It is needed for the growth and maintenance of your skin, bone, joints, and cartilage. Manganese is important for the metabolism of fat and protein and it helps to [...]
Continue reading...Preventing Repetitive Strain Injuries in the Workplace
16. June 2008
by: Jeff Anliker Workplace hazards, such as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), are best eliminated at the source; this is a fundamental principle of occupational health and safety.
Continue reading...Learning about Ayurveda
16. June 2008
Tania Jain It is the science of preventive health (take care of health so that disease does not get a chance to get in) and the living habits that check over indulgence in physical senses, going against conscience and natural resistance to the call of the soul (refusal to enjoy the present moment) .
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