Healthnews

'Now, my life will be... better'


He has advanced lung cancer, but Mr Loh Mun Hon refuses to be beaten and even reaches out to give others hope To Mr Loh Mun Hon, getting cancer has been a "very good experience". The 52-year-old, who suffers from advanced stage lung cancer, believes his life will "improve from here on because I now understand the idea of suffering and death from illness". Read more >>

Cooking to health... and lighting up the smiles

What's a healthy recipe for cancer survival? A healthy dish?

Some 30 cancer patients, survivors and their families got together on 6 September to share their recipes at a support group session. The "Healthy Recipes by Cancer Survivors" session, which took place at Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre, gave former cancer patients, their family members and caregivers the chance to meet and talk about how they cooked their way to health.

The hardest thing is... letting go


A patient of mine has just died after battling lung cancer for four years. Her husband was an amazing man. He loved her dearly and was by her side all the way till the end. The sad thing about this patient was that her cancer spread to the brain and despite the whole brain being treated with radiation, the disease was not adequately controlled and she was semi-comatose. Despite her poor mental state, he continued to talk to her and hold her hand. Every little response (and speaking objectively, they were generally small responses) would bring him tremendous joy and satisfaction. He continued to care for her until she died. I called him up about one month after she died to see how he was coping. He said that he still missed her very much but was glad for those four years. Read more >>

To tell... or not to tell?

When it is a matter of life and death, you don't want to lie. However, on some days, in some circumstances, you tell (or deceive) yourself that it is kinder not to tell the truth.

Financial Health Matters

country

Yes

Not sure

Hong Kong

20%	53%	28%

Singapore

22%

49%

29%

Malaysia

36%

40%

24%

Thailand

34%

58%

Source: AIA Life Matters Survey 2007

Do you know...

More than half of the respondents from the four surveyed countries of the AIA Life Matters Survey 2007 are not sure or would not have enough funds to meet the needs of themselves and their family in the next 10 years if they are struck with a critical illness.

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