Many of us fondly remember standing in line in school, waiting for our turn for health screening and immunisation conducted by the School Health Service. As adults, did you [...]

You have probably heard that eating uncooked shellfish might cause Hepatitis A, no or was it Hepatitis B? Let us understand the differences between Hepatitis A, B and C [...]

Explore the Benefits of Health Screening Health Screening is the first step you can take to safeguard your health. It helps to find out if you have a particular [...]

Friends of Superfoods Allium Family The alliums contain a type of sulphur known as organosulphur. This compound is known to have antioxidant, antiviral and antibacterial properties. Other benefits include [...]

Other than the usual wholegrains and olive oil, here are some other interesting foods that are beneficial to the heart. Red Wine Drinking a little red wine may be [...]

Microwave ovens are kitchen appliances that convert energy into electromagnetic waves, microwaves. Microwaves stimulate molecules in food, making them vibrate and clash into each other. These vibrating and clashing [...]

Probiotics There are many claims that probiotics can help with anything from diarrhoea to hypertension and cancer, but for most of those claims, the evidence is not clear. Research [...]

Superfood is a marketing term commonly used to describe foods with high phytonutrient content that may provide numerous health benefits. 1. Berries: Blueberries, Acai Berries, Goji Berries Blueberries are [...]

Here are the 8 truths about cholesterol: 1. Cholesterol do not only come from food. Most of us will link high cholesterol with unhealthy diet habits. Our body produces [...]

1 out of 4 Singaporeans are suffering from Hypertension. In the previous post, it is mentioned that this chronic disease may lead to other severe complications if left untreated. [...]