http://www.mjlifescreening.com To provide a complete health check-up consultation services, general health screening consultation, pre-marital health check consultation, employee's health check Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:05:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THE retina is a transparent layer at the back of the eye that receives visual information and converts it to electrical impulses which is transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve. The retina is analogous to the film at the back of a traditional film-based camera. The blood supply of ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-screening/common-cause-of-visual-loss False health There are quite a lot of people in this group. One feels “healthy” because there are no symptoms. A guy suffering a heart attack while playing a game of tennis may not have known a day earlier that he had heart disease, which in fact had existed years before. ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-screening/false-health-poor-health-true-health BREAST cancer is the most common cancer in women. Statistics show that one in 17 women in Singapore will develop this disease. And the bad news is that it has been diagnosed more frequently, especially over the last 15 to 20 years. The possible reasons for this include more women undergoing ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-screening/dont-wait-get-that-lump-checked Osteoporosis means “porous bone.” If you looked at healthy bone under a microscope, you would see that parts of it look like a honeycomb. If you have osteoporosis, the holes and spaces in the honeycomb are much bigger than they are in healthy bone. This means your bones have lost ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-tips/the-osteoporosis-diet As MJ Life preventive health screening followed the guidelines of WHO, i find it worth to share this "Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease" from WHO what should constitute a good health screening program; it must cover 3 things: your general measurements, organ structures and organ functions. I'm very proud ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-screening/what-exactly-is-health-screening Increases in medical bills are outpacing the general inflation rate each year. That raises the question whether healthcare is reserved only for those who can afford it “I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for” - American bureaucrat, James H. Boren (1925) WHAT is ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-news/rising-pressure-of-health-care-costs Given a choice, would you rather detect your cancer at stage 0 and 1 OR stage 2 and above? Who can you blame when your doctor tells you 'I'm sorry, but this is stage 4"? It is say that your life is fated. Yes it is, we can't stop earthquake or ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-tips/stages-of-cancer So... go screen and do it the right way. The first unavoidable cause of cancer is being born. Yes, you can't deny that. Would you rather be safe today than be sorry tomorrow? You decide: (just click on the picture to enlarge it) http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-tips/theres-little-you-can-do-to-reduce-your-risk-of-cancer Extract from TheStar: Chronic open-angle glaucoma THIS is the commonest form of glaucoma in most countries and affects the middle age and older population. Relatives of people with this form of glaucoma have a higher risk of developing this disease due to its hereditary tendency. People who are short-sighted are also at ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-news/types-of-glaucoma The Star: More young Malaysians below 40 are at risk of getting heart attacks due to a poor diet and an unhealthy lifestyle, said Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (PPUKM) cardiology unit head Assoc Prof Dr Oteh Maskon. He attributed this to the craving for teh tarik, roti canai, nasi lemak ... http://www.mjlifescreening.com/health-news/more-young-malaysians-at-risk-from-heart-disease