SS Quah's Anything Goes

I had been dilly-dallying for years, but finally decided to go for my pneumonia jab yesterday.  I first became aware of the pneumonia vaccin...

There was a huge charity event at Penang Free School yesterday and, much as I would have liked to be there, I had to give it a regrettable m...

A recent unfortunate incident brought back a memory that I had not thought about for quite some time. Four years ago, I had a close call fal...

Another landmark reached today in my cataract journey. It’s been a calendar month since the operation. I’m only due to see my surgeon for th...

It’s been almost two weeks since the cataract operation on my left eye. I’ve already gone back twice for follow-up sessions with the surgeon...

So I had my cataract procedure done on my left eye yesterday and I got through it okay. Many thanks to my doctor, Teoh Hian Jin, from Bagan ...

Today's the day. Left eye. Wish me well.

Yesterday, I wrote about having attended a health talk on aflatoxins—those invisible toxins that can grow on grains, nuts and spices when th...

We attended a talk earlier this month that left quite an impression on me. It was about the food we eat every day. The speaker, Dr Steve Kua...

It’s that time of year again. Another journey completed around the sun. My 71st. And now I’m looking forward to the 72nd, hoping it’ll be a ...

Together with friends from the Nandaka Vihara, we shall be embarking on a Buddhist Trail to Nepal and India later this month, and I thought ...

A message came through one of my health chat groups on WhatsApp yesterday, this one from Dr Dicky Ng, the occupational health and lifestyle ...

I was hit by a nasty calf cramp this morning. Turned my half-sleepiness into fully awakened mode. Maybe I was stretching myself a wee bit to...

How coincidental it was for me to discover this image on facebook some days ago!  Although it is part of a series of sponsored information f...

So much have happened to my wife and I in the last two and a half weeks or so. I'm actually having some difficulty deciding how to begin...

This is a very short post I make today. I just want to get it off my chest. I still can't get over the matter that in the course of the ...

Dementia is a health bummer that can strike at anybody. Lately, I've been hearing stories from friends and relatives about how dementia ...

Ever since the 1990s, my doctor had recommended that I take Enervon-C to supplement my daily diet. This, I've been doing faithfully with...

This is the transcript of the reply by Noor Hisham bin Abdullah, Director-General of Health, Malaysia, to a burning question why ivermectin...

It was a good outing this afternoon. Went to Penang Institute for the sixth Dr Wu Lien-Teh Society annual public lecture. Several weeks ago ...