Havoc reigned in the lives of some of our ancestors 180 years ago. British warships out of India ravaged Chinese ports over the banning...

When I was two, I opened the fridge, cheerfully downed a bottle of strawberry-flavoured Panadol - and promptly had to go for a stomach...

Most of my patients come to see me for one problem - pain. And it usually is a big problem... ...but it can also be something valuable....

A surgeon's work would be incomplete without the powerful touch of our dedicated physiotherapists. However, in the past weeks, I have...

The most commonly prescribed medicines in my orthopaedic clinic are probably some of the newer NSAIDs, like Celecoxib (Celebrex) and...

When I was a kid, everyone 'knew' painkillers were bad for you. They popped your kidneys, and famous people were addicted to them -...

Many of my patients plop a bagful of pills on my desk with a barrage of questions. It's always a joy to answer questions, but COVID-19...

The Tokyo 1964 Olympics lies largely forgotten. Joe Frazier, it’s boxing champion went on to defeat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the...

The world is at war again. There is much to be glad about - this time, we are not raining bullets and fire on each other; this war poses...

Tokyo, October 10, 1964 - Bearing a black katana shaped torch, 19 year old Yoshinori Sakai jogged up the steps to the Olympic cauldron at...

Sometime before 8A.M. on a day in May 2003, a shaven lean man watched the workmen shuffle about from the circular railing above the...