Chickenpox and its prevention

Yow Hui Yin,BPharm, PhD, RPh Most people get chickenpox during their childhood. However, there is a possibility that chicken pox occurs in an adult who has never had it before. Did you know that chickenpox is highly contagious? It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus which spreads from person to person easily, especially to those […]

An overview of Major Depressive Disorder

Depression: The Black Dog (An Overview of Major Depressive Disorder) By Laura Kho Sui San | MPharm, RPh, BCPP (Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist) “The Black Dog.” Winston Churchill famously used this term to describe his own depression—a state of pervasive and persistent sadness. It is very real, and it cannot be written off by simply […]