Continuing her family’s legacy: 26-year-old woman taking over parents’ hawker business after their retirement, Lifestyle News
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Continuing her family’s legacy: 26-year-old woman taking over parents’ hawker business after their retirement, Lifestyle News

Lifestyle Many youth straight out of polytechnic would aim to go to university or find a corporate job to build up their resume.But 26-year-old Hweeyi dreamed of different things—she wanted to be a hawker.Hweeyi is the daughter of Ngoh Jook Guan and Ivy Lim, the owners of Botak Porridge.After finishing her polytechnic education, she helped her parents full-time at the stall for a year."I've always wanted to take over my parents' business after graduating from polytechnic at 20 years old," she told AsiaOne.However, her parents had different plans for her."They told me to pursue my own dreams and career, and work for what I really want for these few years," Hweeyi said."If taking over the business is still what I want after five years, I can come back."And five years later, that's exactly what she did.In between that period, she did...
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‘It’s heartrending because this can be prevented’: Doctors on why cervical cancer is still a top killer in Singapore, Lifestyle
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‘It’s heartrending because this can be prevented’: Doctors on why cervical cancer is still a top killer in Singapore, Lifestyle

Lifestyle SINGAPORE — Mas Azura Abdul Rahman, 32, works as a clinic manager for a gynaecologist. The trained nurse knows the importance of screening for cervical cancer, which is done through regular pap smears or testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV).Still, the married mum of three children aged five to 13 has been hesitant to go for regular pap smears, citing discomfort and embarrassment over the test.In early 2022, she was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous condition and had to have the affected cells of the cervix removed.Subsequent testing has shown that she is out of danger, and she is now looking forward to her pap smear later in 2024 to reinforce her clean bill of health.Her advice to other women now is to prioritise routine testing for cervical cancer. "Don't be scared, don't be stubborn," says...
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Readers Issue Rx for Clogged ERs and Outrageous Out-of-Pocket Costs
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Readers Issue Rx for Clogged ERs and Outrageous Out-of-Pocket Costs

Health News tamfitronics Letters to the Editoris a periodic feature. Wewelcome all commentsand will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.Lawmakers Must Protect Home Health To Alleviate Hospital BottlenecksThe stark reality that countless seniors lie stranded in emergency rooms across the country waiting for care underscores the need for models of care that better support older Americans (“Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm,” May 6). As KFF Health News reports, even if patients need to be admitted, at times, there are simply no rooms available.As noted in the article, the backlog of patients waiting to be discharged to home health care has partly contributed to this problem in ERs. Medicare’s home health care program enables complex, disabled, and older patients to receive care...
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Journalists Talk Cost of Weight Loss Drugs and Lack of Obesity Doctors to Manage Their Use
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Journalists Talk Cost of Weight Loss Drugs and Lack of Obesity Doctors to Manage Their Use

Health News tamfitronics KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed weight loss drugs on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on May 29.Click here to hear Rayasam on “Total Information AM”Read Rayasam's “High Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Treatment”Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health, discussed whether enough doctors are trained in obesity medicine on CBS News’ “CBS Morning News” on May 29.Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS Morning News”She also discussed the third confirmed case of bird flu in the United States — the first with respiratory symptoms — on “CBS Mornings” on May 31.Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS Mornings”KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed how cancer patients face high medical debt on KCBS on May 28.Click here to...
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