Many people struggle to find work-life balance, that dance between dedicating yourself to your career and giving yourself and your family the amount of time you and they need and deserve. In the fight against COVID-19, however, frontliners find that seeking that balance is harder than ever …
Mom Spotlight: Karen Lamorena-Realo, MD.
“Being a frontliner has emphasised to me the oath I took when I became a doctor. No matter how hard the challenges, we still have to do our part in helping others,” so shares Dr. Karen Lamorena-Realo, MD., who is in her last year as an Adult Nephrology fellow at the National Kidney & Transplant …
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Mom Spotlight: Cricket Manotok-Santiago, MD.
There are few times in the world’s history where everyone pauses to recognise that being a doctor is a calling, a vocation like no other. While it may not seem so at the moment, we are fortunate to be witnessing the brave dedication of those who have devoted their lives to medicine and the health of …
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What is a Breech Pregnancy?
As a fetus forms in the womb it assumes many positions, the most common being the fetal position, called so precisely because it is characteristic of infants. At around five or six months, expecting mothers will begin to feel their baby move inside them. These first movements are exciting for …
Understanding PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, commonly known as PCOS, is the most common reproductive endocrine disease among teens and young women. Roughly 5 to 10% of teens and young women are diagnosed with PCOS. The common symptoms include irregular periods, weight gain, acne, excess facial and body hair, patches …
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The Discipline Dilemma: 8 Insights That Could Help
Why is disciplining our children one of the biggest challenges of parenting? Is it because we feel that the discipline methods used for us were ineffective? Or we think they were effective for us but not for our children, who are so different from us? Or are our perceptions of discipline skewed by …
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Getting Pregnant After 40
More and more women are choosing to start families later in life. Often, the reason is because they’d like to focus on their careers first and establish good financial security before having a baby. The decision--a sound one--is not without its challenges when it comes to becoming pregnant and …
Returning to Work: Coping with Separation Anxiety
As the end of maternity leave looms its head, many moms begin to feel a special kind of anxiety. The feeling comes with many questions, but the main one is this: how do I leave my baby and go back to work? Commonly known as Return to Work Syndrome, the separation anxiety (and all the other …
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