The lifespan of a normal blood cell is about 120 days. The red blood cell is completely replaced in four to six weeks while white plasma is replaced within 24 hours. Chief Medical Officer, Columbia Asia Hospital – Petaling Jaya, Dr. Jonathan S. Nair, shares about the types of blood and its functions; as well as food that encourages a healthy blood production.
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Visual Acuity defines the clarity of the visual perception of an image. Vision can be lost at birth or during the lifetime painlessly or painfully for various reasons. Painless loss of vision is akin to termites silently causing destruction from the inside without initial symptoms. One common permanent loss of vision is Glaucoma.
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It has been part of the Summer Olympic Games since 1964, but it’s not the most popular competitive sport in Malaysia.
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Fasting does so much more than just reducing your weight. Dr. Bishnu Charan Pattnaik, Consultant Physician at Columbia Asia Hospital – Setapak chips in on how abstaining from eat can enhance your overall health.
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Being told you have a critical illness is devastating but there are approaches you can take in order to alleviate fear and anxiety. “My advise is – don’t wait for bad news. It is extremely important to go for regular screenings that can detect critical illness. The earlier you find out, the earlier you can respond…” Read on what our Medical Officers have to say about Health-Screenings.
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More than half of all people will at some point develop symptomatic haemorrhoids. Haemorroids are actually anal cushions which are specialized, highly vascular, connective tissue and smooth muscles in the submucosal space of anal canal. Its bleeding is bright red because of presinusoidal arterial bleeding. It is important for continence. Haemorroids are divided into internal and external.
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Fever is one of the most common reasons for children to visit the clinic or hospital. Fever itself is not an illness, and is not a diagnosis. Rather, it is a sign or symptom of sickness. Fever is a sign that the body’s defense system is trying to fight an infection, by enhancing the immune response towards the infection.
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Planning for pregnancy? What is in the way in stopping you from getting pregnant? Does the food affect your chances in getting pregnant? Here is some advice from the experts in helping you to embark on the journey of pregnancy.
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In simple terms, a febrile seizure or convulsion is a seizure caused by fever. It occurs when there is a sudden rise in body temperature, usually a fever above 38⁰C.
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Back mouse or Episacral lipoma is painful nodule over the posterior sacraoiliac spine. It is caused by herniation of fat pad through a tear in the thoracodorsal fascia
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