Dr Dicky Ng

  September 27, 2025   2025 World Heart Day is just 2 days away.  Each year,  more than 20 million families lose loved ones through heart/arteries health issues.  Yet, by early screening, and treatment, and more heart healthy food/drink choices, most of these losses are avoidable.  For those who live in Penang Island, especially Farlim, Air Itam, Paya Terubong areas, there is a Heart Health Expo this Sunday at Sunshine Central 1 - 6 pm.  You can come to learn how to stay away from this terrible       Watch this 1 min 46 sec YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWoRe0NFttc     If you are up to it, watch this 8 min YouTube, more detail, click on the picture below:   An Old Chinese Article in Sinchew about Just Walk! for health.   If you are up to it, the next Walk is on Oct 4, 2025.  Read about detail info (venue, time) in this link .   About Breast Cancer. I shall write it in October....

   September 19, 2025 While September is heart health month, I am more concerned about October Mental Health Awareness.  So, let me share some resources, esp for parents with teenagers, and younger children. Here is an alternative, that I am involved in my church, for children, and teenagers.  You are most welcome to join us tomorrow, at 160 Burmah Road (By Tavoy Road junction), just before Him Heang Biscuit Shop. Watch here for what you can see tomorrow    A 2023 Ministry of Health among >30K secondary school students found >8% experienced bully. What to do?  It's indeed a challenging age to grow up, also to raise children.  Are there ways?   Some of the ways for us adults (parents or not) to help to build a positive mental environment.  We can start by taking some classes like below....  Another activity, which may not be as convenient for working people is listed below.  I am very thankful in Penang, we have supp...

 September 12, 2025   Cholesterol -   I took the above from a professional talk for doctors (At about 19 min 40 sec), pointing to the Level of LDL cholesterol, at which no atherosclerosis exists.   Well, the level is really out of the world  (<60 mg/dl = <1.6 mmol/L) .    Anyway, the point the speaker tried to make is that cholesterol is a very important factor in heart disease, including sudden cardiac death.  We are wise to try to bring down cholesterol, at whatever age we are, earlier better.    The so called Natural Cholesterol level in human beings is far lower from the "Normal Spec" given in the lab report (Most lab gives <2.6 mmol/L or 100mg/dl; at my clinic we use 3.4 mmol/L or 130 mg/dl). And this has caused confusion in the understanding of how cholesterol level correlate with cardiovascular diseases (atherosclerosis - hardening of the arterial wall, the material causing the stiffening is definitely choleste...

  September 5, 2025  Benefit of PREVENTION " An Ounce (gram) of prevention is worth a Pound (Kilo) of Cure."   I like benefit, dividends. Do you? During school days, did you like Tuition?  Extra classes?  Additional home work? Like most, I did not quite enjoy the actual experience, in my primary school time.  When I went to secondary school, I was older (ya, everyone knows that, I imply I became wiser), I would go to look for tuition for those subjects that I was not so good at.  Did you do that?   Looking back, I certainly prefer the Extra Classes, Tuition, Additional Home Work, than failing exams, resit exam, or changing my "Dream".   Tamiflu to Flu, is like resitting exam, comparing to Flu Vaccine.   Flu Vaccine prepares us to face the "exam/test" of influenza attack, so that we would reduce the chances of failing the test. Each year, around May-June period, I get my Flu shot.  And about 3 days ago, my wife is down with...