In this fast-paced world that we live in, we need all the energy that we can get in order to perform our tasks to the best of our ability. Some of us may feel tired on certain days, due to the lack of sleep from over-working, or adapting to major changes in lifestyles.
Magnesium plays a key role in our health and more and more are deficient due to current soil conditions.
Magnesium is a mineral found in the Earth’s crust and in the human body. It is found in fruits and vegetables and helps regulate human body processes such as a regular heartbeat, blood pressure, blood sugar and calcium balance in the bones.
As we know, there is no cure for the cold, and we often have no choice but to suck it up for a sniffly 4-5 days...
As a doctor in Singapore, an international travel hub, I am exposed to a huge selection of germs every day. (And people ask me all the time how I prevent myself from catching everything!)
I know in Singapore people doctor hop for various reasons. Convenience and cost being the main ones, despite how lovely their doctors are.
However, one of the beauties of family medicine is the depth of diagnostic power we have when we see a patient longitudinally. This dimension of care is lost when you chop and change your doctor with each episode of illness.
The greatest worry in chicken is antibiotic use, not hormones.
In 1957 the average growth period for an eating chicken to reach slaughter weight was 63 days. By the 1990s the number of growth days had been reduced to 38 and the amount of feed required halved.
Neurologists have linked music awareness to improved brain development, in particular areas of the brain involved in processing sound, language development, speech perception and reading skills.
We also know that music has the potential to heal and has been used effectively as complementary therapy in reducing depression, anxiety and pain.
