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The Elderly with Diabetes Face Unique Health Challenges

Diabetes is a serious disease at any age. In recent years, type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic levels among younger people — adults in their 20s and 30s, teenagers, even children — in nearly every region of the world, with Asia being especially hard hit.

In-Lab Sleep Studies: Q&A with the Experts

The consequences of untreated sleep disorders go far beyond feeling tired and irritable during the day. Chronic sleep problems increase the risk of serious, potentially-fatal health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, kidney disease, thyroid disease, and many others.

Robot-Assisted Prostate Surgery

The world’s first known modern-day open prostatectomy to remove a man’s prostate gland was a major medical advance back in the late 1800s. Today, robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy surgery using the da Vinci system offers patients and surgeons a compelling alternative for one of...

Selecting the Check-up Package that’s Right for You

Have you ever heard the saying, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”?

Fibroscan

Fibroscan’s ultrasound elastrography uses low frequency elastic waves to deliver highly accurate assessments of liver fibrosis.

Colonoscopy

The term “colonoscopy” means looking inside the colon. It is a procedure performed commonly by a gastroenterologist, a well-trained sub-specialist.

Colon Capsule

Capsule colonoscopy is a procedure similar to the capsule endoscopy for the small intestine. The major difference is that the colon capsule is equipped with two cameras on either side.

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