7 Nov 2006
Life-saving op
Thurein Tun's name means promising sun. But that is not why his parents and sisters hover around the youngest member of the family like the planets of a solar system. Their attention is born out of love and concern because this young man from Myanmar suffers from a condition for which now, at 25, he had to be operated on for the fourth time.

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23 Oct 2006
Sleepy No More
For 15 years, Mr Balakrishnan s/o Venkidusamy, always felt tired at the wheel. It was a worrying problem for Mr Balakrishnan who is a SAF regular who stays at Jurong but travels to Changi Naval Base to work.

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Monday, 29 May 2006
When cancer strikes at the most visible part of the body
Head and neck cancer, as its name implies, is a term used to describe a number of malignant (cancerous) tumours that develop in any of the tissues or organs in the head and neck region, such as cancers of the mouth, throat, sinus, nasal cavity, larynx and salivary glands.

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15 March 2006
S'pore doc helps pioneer smart knee surgery
COMPUTER-ASSISTED surgery has made it easier for doctors to partially replace arthritis-wracked knees, giving patients longer lasting replacements and speeding up recovery time.

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Thursday, 16 February 2006
'My Cancer, My Choices'
46 years old, at the peak of her career as the Vice President of Finance in Danone-Aqua, Parmaningsih's life took an unexpected turn. In July 2001, the Indonesian discovered that she had stage 3 breast cancer. She consulted different specialists in Jakarta.

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