IT'S that time of the year again, when the Chinese New Year beckons. In the run-up to the New Year, families are busy preparing for the festivities with spring-cleaning and shopping for the reunion dinner meal, snacks to serve visitors, decorations appropriate for the occasion, flowers and potted plants for the festival. I recall [...]
Mr P is known to have hepatitis B infection for years. He has been well and asymptomatic. His liver enzymes test as well as the appearance of his liver from ultrasound imaging were all normal, even though the quantity of the hepatitis B virus in his body was high. However, a recent test showed [...]
A patient recently related how he had previously undergone two rounds of rather uncomfortable prostate biopsies for suspicion of prostate cancer. Both biopsies were negative for cancer. He is facing the prospect of another biopsy because his prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, level remained high. He wanted to know if there are better alternatives to [...]
SAFEGUARD THE WINDOWS TO YOUR SOUL A patient of mine experienced eye pain and visual blurring and was found to be on the cusp of an acute glaucoma attack, with elevated eye pressure, signs of significant optic nerve damage, visual field loss and yet only a mild cataract. A laser peripheral iridotomy, a classic [...]