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Asia HealthPartners and Advanced Medicine Imaging in support of International Women’s Day 2024: Invest in Women, Inspire Inclusion Protecting Women’s Health

Author: Dr Chrystal Fong Chern Ying

(MBBS Melb (Aus), FRACGP)
Family Physician with a special interest in preventive and wellness care


Location: Singapore
Date of publication: 8 March 2024

International Women's Day (IWD) is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Each year, this day serves as a powerful reminder of the progress made towards gender equality and highlights the work that still needs to be done.

Education and awareness play vital roles in fostering inclusion and empowering women.

Protecting women’s health with a highlight on women’s related cancer health is outlined in this article.

‘Protecting Women’s Health’- From a cancer perspective:
  • Health screening is important for the early detection of conditions that may not be showing symptoms
  • Early detection of health conditions can lead to timely intervention to prevent the condition from progressing leading to better health outcomes
  • Regular health screening helps to keep your mind at ease that you are having your health under control
  • There were an estimated 18.1 million cancer cases around the world in 2020

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Asia HealthPartners 和 Advanced Medicine Imaging 支持 2024 年国际妇女节:投资妇女,激励包容,保护妇女健康

作者: Dr Chrystal Fong Chern Ying

(MBBS Melb (Aus), FRACGP)
对预防和健康护理特别感兴趣的家庭医生


位置: 新加坡
发布日期: 2024 年 3 月 8 日

国际妇女节(IWD) 是全球庆祝妇女在社会、经济、文化和政治方面取得的成就。每年的这一天都有 力地提醒人们在实现性别平等方面取得的进展,并强调仍需完成的工作。

教育和意识在促进包容和赋予妇女权力方面发挥着至关重要的作用。

本文概述了保护女性健康,重点关注与女性相关的癌症健康。

“保护女性健康”——从癌症的角度出发:
  • 健康检查对于及早发现可能没有症状的疾病很重要
  • 及早发现健康状况可以及时进行干预,以防止病情发展,从而带来更好的健康结果
  • 定期进行健康检查有助于让您放心,因为您的健康正在得到控制
  • 2020 年,全球估计有 1810 万例癌症病例

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Asia Health Partners and Advanced Medicine Imaging in support of World Obesity Day on 4 March 2024

Author: Dr Chrystal Fong Chern Ying

(MBBS Melb (Aus), FRACGP)
Family Physician with a special interest in preventive and wellness care


Location: Singapore
Date of publication: 4 March 2024

4 March marks World Obesity Day.

Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) is a more than 80,000 member-strong 501(c)(3) National nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the needs of every individual affected by obesity.

Key points:
  • 42% of patients are uncomfortable discussing weight with a GP
  • Patients living with obesity routinely face stigma and struggle to access support.
  • Health professionals have a responsibility to learn how to approach this in an effective people- centered manner during health consultations and to leverage on media platforms to spread the message.
  • The OAC is encouraging all media, bloggers and others to utilize People-First Language in their writings. By utilizing People-First Language, we can further eradicate weight bias and stigma.

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February 2024

WELCOME ONBOARD OUR NEW FAMILY PHYSICIAN

We will like to officially welcome onboard our new family physician, Dr Chrystal Fong Chern Ying.

Dr Fong graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of M.B.B.S/Bachelor of Surgery/Bachelor of Biomedical Science.

She attained her Fellowship in Family Medicine with The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Dr Fong is an accredited member of the Family Physician Board of the Singapore Medical Council and a PaedsENGAGE certified partner.

She brings with her years of experience in managing the preventive, acute and chronic health care needs of each individual.

Embracing the philosophy of consistency in daily healthy habits, she is passionate in empowering her patients towards a sustainable healthy lifestyle.

Dr Fong is primarily based at Asia HealthPartners Pte. Ltd. Located at 304, #05-06 Orchard Road, Lucky Plaza, 238863

Multi-cancer early detection (MCED): An advancement in cancer screening

Detecting cancer early enough can make a difference to increase the chances of successful treatment. Cancer can affect any of us no matter age, gender or race. 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will develop cancer in their lifetime.

Cancer can start in many different parts of the body, like the lungs, colon or stomach. As tumor cells grow, they shed fragments of DNA into the blood known as circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). These ctDNAs contain evidence of gene alterations and their profiles are often characteristic of the organ from which they originated. Viruses such as Epstein- Barr virus (EBV) are known to be associated with cancer proliferation. After the virus infection, the parts of the viral DNA integrate with the individual’s DNA, making changes to the instructions on cell growth, and paving the potential onset of uncontrolled growth in the body.

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PENCIL BEAM SCANNING PROTON THERAPY FOR TUMOR OF THE SKULL BASE

Dr Malyapa is a radiation oncologist with over 20 years of experience. He subspecialises in Central Nervous System, Head and Neck and Paediatric Radiation Oncology and is currently the Director of Proton Therapy at Proton Therapy Pte Ltd, Singapore.

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Bringing Enhanced Cancer Care to Singapore with Varian's Halcyon System

Varian (NYSE: VAR) today announced that Proton Therapy Pte. Ltd. has placed an order for a Halcyon system, making them the first to bring this innovative treatment platform into Singapore, with the aim of treating the first patient by the end of the year.

Dr. Djeng Shih Kien, chairman, Proton Therapy Pte. Ltd. said: "We are proud to be at the forefront of bringing new technology into Singapore. Radiation therapy has a huge role to play in fighting the ever-growing number of cancer cases in this country and region. By harnessing the technology of Halcyon, we will be able to automate, streamline, and simplify virtually every aspect of treatment. This means we can offer more precise, efficient treatments when compared to conventional machines, while being able to improve patients' comfort by operating in a patient-centric environment."

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STAY HEALTHY DURING COVID-19

Greetings from Asia Healthpartners! We would like to make use of this opportunity to thank you for your support and hope that you are safe and healthy.

As we welcome you for health screening, vaccinations and other medical services during Phase 2 Safe Transition, we want to reassure you that we are focused on the health and safety of all patients, visitors and staff, without compromising the standard and quality of your experience and medical care.

We need to learn to live with Covid-19 for the long term. Take charge of your health in the new normal. Health Screening and Vaccinations are important to keep your body in tip-top form.

Asia Healthpartners has set up the following procedures in line with government guidelines–

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The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis of Primary Prostate Cancer

Date & Time: 28 May 2020, 1pm
Speaker: Dr Gan Yu Unn

Multiparametric Prostate MRI (mpMRI) has taken a prominent role in the diagnostic pathway of prostate cancer management in recent years. This i due to advances in scanner technology, image sequences and quality. Imaging is utilised at the pre biopsy, pre and post treatment stages of prostate cancer management.

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Multimodality Brain Tumour Imaging: MRI & FET-PET

Date & Time: 29 May 2020, 1pm
Speakers: Dr Damian Khor Lih Kin & Dr Eric Ting

This talk will discuss on molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) and the new advanced MRI techniques, which permit noninvasive tumour characterization, and a more targeted therapeutic approach, with the goal of ultimately improving prognosis. While MRI remains the mainstay technique for brain tumoursimaging, PET complements MRI in addressing those questions that remain unanswered, such as lesion grading, tumour extent delineation and treatment response evaluation, amongst the many.

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International Nurses Day

Florence Nightingale, also famously known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’, founded modern nursing at the end of the 19th century (McDonald, 2017). Thanks to Nightingale’s meticulous handwashing and hygiene practices during the Crimean War, her team reduced the death rate of wounded soldiers from 42% to 2% — leading the nursing profession as we know today (Lee, 1912). On 12th May, we recognise the important role nurses play in our lives by celebrating National Nurses Day.

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NEW RADIOLOGIST ONBOARD

Let us welcome our new radiologists onboard! We are delighted to have them in our radiology team.

Dr Choong was formerly a consultant at the Department of Diagnostic Imaging in National University Hospital and National Cancer Institute.She has a special interest in neuroimaging, head & neck, body and general oncologic imaging.

Dr Ting was awarded the Academic Medicine Development Award (2011) to subspecialise in Head and Neck radiology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston. He was formerly senior consultant and Head of Neuroimaging, as well as Research Director in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at the National University Hospital.

He is specialized in head & neck, neuroimaging and oncologic Imaging. He has been working closely with most head and neurosurgery doctors in Singapore and overseas


Radiology Portal

We are glad to announce Asia HealthPartners has launched its very first radiology portal – Lifetrack Medical System in Nov 2019.

With the online portal, our referral doctors will be able to access radiology reports and images ANYWHERE, ANYTIME just by logging into their accounts on Google Chrome. There is no hassle of downloading a special app.

It also benefits our patients as their records are kept in the database. Our doctors are able to keep track of their medical development with just a few clicks.


WE CARE FOR YOU Program

Together with Singapore Cancer Society, our team visited more than 20 families of cancer patients to distribute goodie bags during the Deepavali festive period. From our interaction with these cancer patients, we gain a better understanding of their daily lives and needs.

We look forward to doing more for our needy patients in the coming times ahead


Year 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone.

Our healthcare professionals are on the frontlines of battling the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that’s spreading rapidly worldwide. We thank them for their dedication, commitment and courage.

Special carepacks are prepared by Asia HealthPartners for the healthcare professionals to show our gratitude and appreciation.

Together, we emerge from these trying times as a stronger, more caring and more cohesive community! Together, we will overcome COVID-19!