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The stem cell way to a bigger bust
Method takes stem cells from fat on the stomach or thighs and grows them in a woman's breasts. -ST
Yoga turned her life around
She was a driven yuppie with a fervour for the good life - until her three-year marriage fell apart and her six-year business folded.
Teen girls should get cervical cancer vaccine earlier
Nobel Prize winner says jab works best before they start engaging in sexual activity.
Weight gain a red flag
Do not ignore swelling of the abdomen - it could be a symptom of ovarian cancer.
Living in hope of finding a donor
Singapore: JC student has blood disorder and needs a blood transfusion every three weeks, looks for matching bone marrow donor.
A beauty with brawn
Joan Liew's ripped muscled body could put many men to shame. -The Star/ANN
Can't stop washing and checking
When Lisa gets home from crowded places, she goes to the bathroom and washes her hands for up to an hour.
Part of her liver saved son's life
He was a month-old when he was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a condition where there was no duct to drain bile from his liver. -NST
Only 1 in 10 fibroid cases affects fertility
Fibroids affect as many as one in four women but many aren't aware of fibroid growth until they go for a screening.
Vaccine's mixed signals
By vaccinating young girls against a sexually transmitted infection, are we sending the right message, asks a cancer doctor.
Can't stop pulling my hair out
What triggers trichotillomania, a condition where a person has an uncontrollable urge to pluck out his body hair?
 
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