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Baby Blues and Fertility Health Checks
If you have been trying for a child for more than a year without any luck, you may want to go for a fertility health test to see if either you or your partner has a fertility problem that can be treated. Such a health check offers a snapshot of the couple’s reproductive potential, said…
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Everyone Thinks it’s a ‘Woman’s Problem’: 12 Misconceptions About HPV and Cervical Cancer
Everyone thinks it’s a ‘woman’s problem’: 12 misconceptions about HPV and cervical cancer From mistaking HPV for HIV to assuming it’s alright to skip screening tests because you’ve been vaccinated against cervical cancer, CNA Women asks medical experts to address the myths around the disease. When CNA Women interviewed cervical cancer survivor and advocate Summer…
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Avoiding Your Pap Smear and HPV Screening? These Routine Tests Could Save Your Life
Avoiding your Pap smear and HPV screening? These routine tests could save your life Women in Singapore are now much more aware of how important cervical cancer screening is, yet we remain resistant to it. CNA Lifestyle asked doctors how these checks are critical in prevention. The first time I heard the term “Pap smear”…
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Gynaecological Cancers: Cervical and Ovarian Cancers – Doctor Q&A
Gynaecological Cancers: Cervical and Ovarian Cancers – Doctor Q&A Worried if you have gynaecological cancers? Dr Wong Wai Loong, Consultant from the Department of Gynaecological Oncology at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, gives detailed answers to your questions. Do you know the names of the five more common gynaecological cancers? Are you aware that ovarian…
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HPV is as Common as the Flu Virus, Says Gynaecologist
All sexually active women are at risk of being exposed to a high-risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) strain that may lead to cervical cancer. While the exposure is transient 95 per cent of the time, and the immune system will get rid of the HPV infection, not everyone is that fortunate. Cervical cancer is the 10th…
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Know Cancer to Beat Cancer! Q&A with Dr Wong Wai Loong
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Time to Un-Private Your Most Online Searched Questions with Dr Wong Wai Loong
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