Dr Tim's Blog

How to survive a 60-hour workweek. I read somewhere recently that Singapore is the hardest working nation in the world and I think this is true. Certainly, compared with my previous home in Spain, the work ethic here seems to be off the charts. People I meet, and certainly many of my patients, regularly tell me that they put in 60+ hour work weeks. This is not without a cost and every year we are seeing more and more health-related issues that can be traced directly to this s

Extending our healthspan. The number of people living longer is increasing dramatically. Here in Singapore, we are certainly one of the longest living nations, but the problem is that as our years increase, so do our years of poor health. One of my main jobs is to inspire people to live a healthy life THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE. For those who embrace this lifestyle, there are rich rewards. Centenarians (those 100 and older) are the fastest-growing subpopulation of the elderly. It

Silicon Valley Syndrome is, unfortunately, something you probably have. The incidence of Silicon Valley Syndrome in Singapore’s working population is 80-90% so, in all likelihood, this probably means that this is something you have or will develop. When we first saw this condition back in the 90s in Northern California, we named it Silicon Valley Syndrome. Now it is worldwide; you can call it ‘Text-Neck’, ‘Turkey-Neck’ or ‘Hunchback’. We can also call it ‘Computer Posture’ bu