Healthway LIVE! HPV and Women's Health - Dr Ng Ying Woo and Dr Timotheus Ooi

Articles

General Practitioner and Family Physician

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

September 28, 2020

2 minutes read

We had our first Healthway LIVE! on Saturday 26 September, with our doctors Dr Ng Ying Woo (Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, SBCC Women's Clinic) and Dr Timotheus Ooi (GP, Healthway Medical - Sunshine Place). They talked about HPV, the HPV vaccination, as well as took questions from the viewers about fertility concerns, common menstruation problems, as well as pregnancy and miscarriages.

Check out some of the interesting questions they discussed here:

0:00 - 2:32

Introduction

HPV and Cervical Cancer

3:03 - 6:34	What is HPV and why is it important to be vaccinated?
9:17 - 12:14	What is the prognosis (chances of recovery) for cervical cancer?

Infertility

24:00 - 28:40	What causes infertility?
28:46 - 31:05	If someone has irregular menstruation, does this mean that the patient is less fertile?

Miscarriage

33:10 - 35:46	How common is it to have a miscarriage?
35:55 - 37:57	Is there anything a mother can do to prevent miscarriage?