Health Articles
Step by Step: Your Child’s Development
First, you are worried about your child’s growth and development. But before you know it, your child is heading to a childcare centre, followed by pre-school and soon preparing for primary school. You start worrying if your child is getting along with others, if his playtime is adequate or if he should be attending enrichment classes. Specialists from Raffles Children Centre and Raffles Specialists- Raffles Holland V touch on handling your child’s growing years.
Pre-menstrual Cramps
Question: My 10-year-old daughter suffers from premenstrual cramp. The pain is so intense that she cannot concentrates in class. What can she take to ease…
How to Get Children to Kick Bad Habits
Thumb and finger sucking is instinctive in almost every single baby. It is borne out of the rooting and sucking reflexes. The oral route is the infant’s avenue of soothing himself. Later, the mouth becomes his security and exploratory escapades of the world around him. Most babies eventually outgrow this phase although a few would continue.
Fall for Running
Before you start your running programme, pay your doctor a visit. This is to make sure that you are fit enough to start an exercise regime. It is especially important if you are:
Overweight,
Having heart problems,
Having breathing problems,
Aged forty and above.
Allergic Rhinitis for Children and Teenagers
Question: My paediatrician said that my 4-year-old daughter has very sensitive nose and nose bleeding may occur especially after flu. However, recently her nose started…
Overdose risk small for kids here
In a recent study, 44% of the participants would have given an incorrect dosage of medicine to children The Straits Times, My Your Body, 23…
骨髓肉瘤让她面如“狮”
莱佛士医院不久前为一个来自越南类似患上“班杰明·巴顿综合征”的女患者做治疗,这种“狮面” 长相的病症,其样貌宛如结合麻风病、皮肤淋巴瘤、系统性淀粉样变和白血病等。莱佛士癌症医疗中心血液肿瘤科医生卢淑敏[…]
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) for Multiple Sclerosis at RH
Raffles Cancer Centre offers Blood Stem Cell Transplant Programme, and is also one of the few transplant facilities in Singapore that provides both autologous…
Haematologist Yvonne Loh helps patients maintain their ‘balance’
Haematologist Yvonne Loh shares her experience with treating patients with severe autoimmune diseases and blood stem cell transplants.
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Autoimmune Diseases
Most patients with autoimmune disease have their conditions controlled by immunosuppressants or immunomodulatory agents. In some severe cases, the condition continues to progress or persist despite standard therapy, with potentially life-threatening or disabling consequences…