http://klinikong.com/blog Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:24:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hayli Murphy hears her mother's cell phone ring, and she bounces off the couch to get it. Watching her run around, it's hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, the 9-year-old was heavily sedated in a pediatric intensive care unit, a ventilator doing the job her lungs -- ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/12/rapid-flu-test-can-be-wrong/ Researchers in Australia plan to test a medical "scaffold" designed to stimulate natural breast tissue to regrow following surgery. Doctors from the Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery in Melbourne, will test the technique next year in a trial involving six patients. The team say that the permanent fat found in breasts can ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/11/scientists-able-to-regrow-breast/ A period of careful eating and regular exercise can stave off diabetes for a decade, a study suggests. US researchers followed up nearly 3,000 overweight people who had taken part in a three year diabetes prevention programme. The group had initially been divided into three - assigned either to a diet and ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/10/dieting-keeps-diabetes-at-bay/ In this October, the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a new epidemiological study suggests that physical activity may reduce the risk of breast cancer. Many women including many breast cancer survivors walked to streets to raise breast cancer awareness this month. Walking occasionally may be better than nothing, but regular physical ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/10/physical-activity-reduces-breast-cancer-risks/ Early results from the first trial of a pandemic flu vaccine suggest that just one dose is likely to provide "robust" protection from the new H1N1 strain, also dubbed swine flu, researchers said Thursday. The study, sponsored by Australia-based CSL Limited, showed that nearly 97% of volunteers given a standard dose ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/09/study-one-swine-flu-shot-is-all-you-need/ LONDON — The World Health Organization says healthy people who catch swine flu don't need antiviral drugs like Tamiflu. In new advice issued to health officials on Friday, the U.N. agency said doctors don't need to give Tamiflu to healthy people who have mild to moderate cases of swine flu. WHO said ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/08/who-no-tamiflu-for-healthy-people-with-swine-flu/ We have here two different advisory from the Singapore government for 2 different categories of people: 1. People who are suspected of having A(H1N1) or those diagnosed with it 2. People who are caring for those in the above group or may be in contact with them If you fall into the first ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/08/ah1n1-advisory-for-patients-and-caregivers/ Baxter International Inc said on Wednesday it completed its first commercial batches of H1N1 vaccine in late July and is discussing distribution plans with national health authorities. The swine flu vaccine, to be sold under the brand name Celvapan, is made using Baxter's cell culture process, which is designed to be ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/08/first-swine-flu-vaccine-batches/ People with superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, research suggests. A team from Johns Hopkins University studied the brains of 38 Catholic nuns after death. They found those with good language skills early in life were less likely to have memory problems ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/07/language-predicts-dementia-risk/ This is to announce that the Buddhist Mental Health Association of Kuala Lumpur is organising the above workshop for interested therapists, counsellors and para-counselling professionals. This workshop will be conducted by Dr. Tan Eng Kong who is the founder and chairman of Metta Clinic in Sydney, Australia. He is also the ... http://klinikong.com/blog/2009/06/mindfulness-based-therapy-workshop-for-therapists/