From being in denial to Diabetes Support Group member, Christine Lee, 62, talks about her 22-year tryst with diabetes. She tells us how she changed her life around, and her take on hawker food.
When were you diagnosed?
In August 1993 when I was…
Joanna Moorhead speaks with Jane Hawking, the former wife and long term carer of the most famous person with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and world famous scientist Stephen Hawking
“The only thing is that they’ve had to minimise the strains and…
Alok Kaushik, now 40, talks about his transition from the life of a sighted person to a blind person. “Start living in the solution domain rather than the problem domain,” he says, sharing the solutions that help him maintain his …
Mrs. Kalyani talks about her 85-year-old mother and what it took to keep everyone happy.
My mother, Vijayalakshmi, is 85 years old and her behaviour can be like that of a young child. She has mobility problems. She needs to be monitored 24x7, mainly…
We also believe that talking with someone who has had the same/similar condition can help as well.
Rita Wilson actress and married to Tom Hanks was recently diagnosed with breast cancer spoke out recently.
“I share this to educate others that…
Prem's startling discovery of the root cause of his wife’s altered personality. Prompt diagnosis and treatment gave him back the woman he had married.
In the summer of 2012, my wife’s behaviour started to change. Initially we …
The idea of hospice care in my home overwhelmed me. I was very afraid of witnessing her physical deterioration and her death.
At age 99, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Because of her advanced age, there was little to do except make the…
36% of Indians suffer from depression according to WHO. 100,000 people commit suicide every year.
Deepika, her mother Ujjala, and her doctors Dr. Anna Chandy and Dr. Shyam talk about it, about the need for family support, the need to talk…
By Dirk de Korne for the Straits Times. The writer is a Dutch health scientist working in Singapore. -
It's time to remove the stigma attached to mental disorders - they are illnesses, not character flaws.
He and his wife made us feel at…
