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Oct 13, 2024 | 
cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com | Ruth Chew
Do your in-laws push your buttons? Are they mindful of your privacy? Do they override your instructions to your children? Welcome to the world of the married in Singapore. For some women, the relationship with their in-laws could be tangled and fraught. They may find it difficult to assert their opinion or draw boundaries with them, especially if you and your in-laws live in the same household or they take care of your children.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com | Ruth Chew
Women As women enter their forties and approach menopause, their bodies experience significant hormonal changes. Beyond the impact on overall health, an important area is losing muscle mass. CNA Women finds out why women need to start building muscle now and how. New: You can now listen to articles. Loss of muscle mass, or sarcopenia, is a natural part of ageing.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com | Ruth Chew
Infertility is one of biggest hurdles couples trying to get pregnant face. In Singapore, one in six couples suffers from infertility, defined as having no success after trying to conceive naturally for up to 12 months. Since 2020, Fertility Support SG (FSS) has provided a community for those facing infertility. The organisation, which is a non-profit Institution of Public Character, was started by women who suffered from fertility challenges themselves.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com | Ruth Chew
Much is said about premature babies, who are born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. However, less has been said about the mothers who delivered them, who are at risk for a number of health complications. These may include postpartum depression (PPD) and other mental health issues like anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and even increased risk of heart disease and prolonged high blood pressure, leading to strokes.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com | Ruth Chew
If you are a woman in your forties, you may wake up sweaty in the middle of the night, unable to return to sleep. Or maybe you’re suffering from erratic menstrual cycles, weight gain and severe skincare issues. This is the beginning of your body’s transition stage called perimenopause. Perimenopause is the long, hard and confusing stage before menopause. Most know that menopause marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years, but getting there can be a long process, starting with perimenopause.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
womensweekly.com.sg | Nicholas Chan |Ruth Chew |Shazrina Shamsudin
If you’re spring cleaning your closet, you might want to give some thought to your favourite makeup essentials that have been sitting on your vanity over the last few months (or years). Have they languished after being forgotten in your makeup drawers for much of 2024? How about your brushes and blenders? Were they neglected too? Left alone for too long, makeup and its tools could be causing you skin issues which is why you should taking a look at your makeup expiry date.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
herworld.com | Ruth Chew |Shazrina Shamsudin
If you’re spring cleaning your closet, you might want to give some thought to your favourite makeup essentials that have been sitting on your vanity over the last few months (or years). Have they languished after being forgotten in your makeup drawers for much of 2024? How about your brushes and blenders? Were they neglected too? Left alone for too long, makeup and its tools could be causing you skin issues.
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May 21, 2024 | 
cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com | Ruth Chew
You’ve heard it many times, either in an interview or when someone does a review of their project or task, that line: “I’m a perfectionist.” It’s often a description of one’s nitpicking at their work – whether it needs to be “better” or when someone is procrastinating because they are afraid of failure. This is true in many aspects – perfectionism is the cause.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com | Ruth Chew
Ever wondered why your stomach looks bigger at certain times of the day – not just at certain points of your menstrual cycle? That’s your gut telling you it’s uncomfortable. So what causes this? It’s due to your gastrointestinal tract, the GI or the gut. In your gut lives a complex ecosystem of micro-organisms such as bacteria (both good and bad), fungi and viruses that live in the digestive tract – these make up the gut microbiome.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com | Ruth Chew
When Caryn Lim and her husband, Dr Tan Yung Khan, a urologist, first got married in 2015, starting a family was not on their minds. They were in their twenties and forties respectively and were enjoying their careers and travels. Just as they contemplated starting a family, Lim found out she had endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to the lining of the woman’s uterus grow outside the uterus – it can affect the ovaries, fallopian tubes and tissue lining of the pelvis.
