KKH sees fivefold rise in children with genetic disease that may lead to early heart attack, stroke
SINGAPORE - KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) saw a fivefold increase in 2025 in the number of children seeking treatment for a genetic disease that could lead to heart diseases or strokes in people as young as their 30s.
New cases of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) reported at the hospital spiked after KKH opened the Children’s Lipid Centre, dedicated to managing the condition in children, in May 2024.
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Astro KW 20/01/2026
That's Western medicine for you... They are Very Good in telling you what is Wrong, but do NOT have any Solution! 😏
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... At Best, they will recommend you some drugs that you will have to take for the rest of your Life! I think Doctors get paid a lot by Pharmaceutical Companies! 😘 Eg. High Blood Pressure, Diabetes.. All well known 'Conditions' but no cure... Just take the prescribed medicine! If Not, you die....
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