Health

Guang Chen

Apr 21 min read

Dietary fiber

Dietary fiber, also known as roughage, includes the parts of plant foods your body can’t digest or absorb. Unlike other food components,...

Guang Chen

Aug 24, 20221 min read

Australia, we can do better! Less than half of National Bowel Cancer Kits are returned.

Participation in bowel cancer screening In 2019–2020, based on preliminary data: 6.1 million people aged 50–74 were invited to...

Guang Chen

Aug 24, 20221 min read

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is important. See these stats for yourself.

Stat 1. Non-invitees had a 7% higher risk of death from any cause, compared with NBCSP invitees Stat 2. Bowel cancers in non-invitees had...

Guang Chen

Aug 22, 20222 min read

Read this before your next National Bowel Cancer Screening test (Australia)

Bowel cancer consistently ranks in the top 5 cancers leading to death. More than 5000 Australians die from bowel cancer each year. The...

Guang Chen

Mar 24, 20221 min read

I know my blood group, why doesn't my doctor believe me!

Have you ever had surgery and the doctors check your blood group even though you already know what it is? Let us begin with a basic...

Guang Chen

Sep 24, 20211 min read

I have tummy pain, do I need to have endoscopy?

Let's begin by discussing what "endoscopy" is. Endoscopy is made up of "endon" which means inside (in Greek) and "scopein" which means...

Guang Chen

Jul 12, 20211 min read

Am I having enough fibre?

Due to changing food trends and preferences, most of us are not getting enough fibre in our day to day lives. Fibre may be soluble or...