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Cervical Cancer: HPV, Screening and Treatment
A guide to HPV vaccination, cervical screening, colposcopy and treatment options for cervical pre-cancer and cancer. Follow-up and treatment depend on individual findings and the applicable clinical guideline.
Bladder Cancer: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Understand urothelial bladder cancer, the distinction between non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive disease, cystoscopy and TURBT, risk-based surveillance, and treatment options to discuss with a specialist.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH): Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common urological condition in men over 50, affecting over 50% of men by age 60 and 90% by age 85. This guide covers why the prostate enlarges with age, the full spectrum of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), how uroflowmetry and cystoscopy diagnose obstruction, and the range of treatments from alpha-blockers and 5-alpha reductase inhibitors to TURP and minimally invasive surgical therapies.
Kidney Stones: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Kidney stones (urolithiasis) affect approximately 10% of adults in developed countries and cause one of the most intense pain experiences in medicine — renal colic. This guide covers stone types and why they form, how non-contrast CT confirms the diagnosis, when stones pass spontaneously vs when ureteroscopy, shock wave lithotripsy, or percutaneous surgery is needed, and how to prevent recurrence.
Prostate Cancer: Detection, Staging and Treatment
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in developed countries and the second leading cause of male cancer death. This guide covers PSA screening and the controversy around it, how biopsy and MRI diagnose and stage prostate cancer, active surveillance for low-risk disease, radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy for localised disease, and hormone therapy and novel agents for advanced prostate cancer.
GERD: Acid Reflux, Causes and Treatment
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects approximately 20% of Western adults and is rising rapidly in Asia — caused by the backward flow of stomach acid into the oesophagus. This guide covers heartburn and regurgitation, the spectrum from non-erosive reflux to Barrett's oesophagus, how endoscopy and pH monitoring confirm the diagnosis, and treatment from proton pump inhibitors to anti-reflux surgery.
Gastric Cancer: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatment
Gastric (stomach) cancer is ranked fifth worldwide for both incidence and cancer mortality in IARC’s 2022 estimates — with particularly high incidence in East Asia. This guide covers H. pylori as the dominant modifiable risk factor, early detection by endoscopy, staging, and the full treatment pathway from gastrectomy to chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) — comprising Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis — are chronic immune-mediated conditions causing relapsing gut inflammation, affecting approximately 10 million people worldwide. This guide covers the key differences between Crohn's and UC, diagnosis by colonoscopy and MRI enterography, and the full treatment spectrum from 5-ASA and steroids to biological therapies (infliximab, vedolizumab, ustekinumab) and surgical colectomy.
Liver Cirrhosis: Causes, Complications and Treatment
Liver cirrhosis involves advanced scarring of the liver. It can impair liver function and may progress to liver failure, but the diagnosis does not mean that liver failure is already present. This guide covers the main causes — viral hepatitis B and C, alcohol, and NAFLD — the major complications of portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, ascites, and hepatic encephalopathy, and current treatment including antiviral therapy and liver transplantation.
Osteoporosis: Bone Density Loss, Fractures and Treatment
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease in which low bone density and deterioration of bone microarchitecture cause fragility fractures — especially of the spine, hip, and wrist. This guide covers risk factors, DEXA bone density scanning and FRAX fracture risk assessment, bisphosphonate and denosumab therapy, and anabolic treatments for severe osteoporosis.
Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Causes, Health Risks and Treatment
Obesity is a major global health challenge and a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease and several cancers. This guide covers BMI and central adiposity, the metabolic syndrome cluster, how GLP-1 receptor agonists have transformed obesity medicine, and individual assessment for bariatric surgery.
Thyroid Disease: Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism and Thyroid Nodules
Thyroid disorders are among the most common endocrine conditions worldwide — affecting approximately 1 in 10 adults. This guide covers hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, hyperthyroidism and Graves' disease, thyroid nodules and when thyroid cancer must be excluded, and the full range of treatments from levothyroxine to radioiodine and thyroid surgery.
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How is my appointment date confirmed?
PriumCare coordinates the request; the hospital confirms the available date.
What is included in a health screening package?
Check the hospital’s itemized package and ask a clinician which tests suit your circumstances.
When will I get my results?
The hospital confirms report timing for each test and package.
What is China’s 30-day unilateral visa-free policy?
Eligible ordinary-passport holders may visit for up to 30 days for permitted purposes; check the current official rules.
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