Health diary: Manage your diabetes

FRIDAY, NOV 4

MANAGE YOUR DIABETES

Find out how medications can help you control diabetes, as well as the common side effects of anti-diabetic medications and how to manage them. This talk, Take Control Of Your Diabetes: Making The Most Of Your Medications, is by Ms Wan Mei Qi, a senior clinical pharmacist at the National University Hospital (NUH).

Health Education Hub at NUH, Main Building 1, 1pm to 2pm. Free. To register, call 6772-2184.

LIVING WITH ARTHRITIS

Learn more about arthritis at the NUH World Arthritis Day road show. Doctors, nurses and health professionals from the hospital's rheumatology division will be conducting a tour of the exhibition from 10am to noon.

NUH Main Building, Lobby B, 9am to noon. Free. To register for the tour, call 6772-2543.


SATURDAY, NOV 5

FORUM ON PROSTATE CANCER

Learn more about prostate cancer, the third most common cancer for men here. This event is organised by the Singapore Cancer Society, Singapore Urological Association and the Society for Men's Health Singapore.

Health Promotion Board, Lecture Hall, Level 1, 1.30pm to 2.30pm. Free. To register, go to www.myprostate.com.sg. For more information, call 6513-7310 or send an e-mail to pam2016@globalwerks.com


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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 01, 2016, with the headline Health diary: Manage your diabetes. Subscribe