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Dr Em Wong
- Feb 25
- 3 min
The Future of Medicine
We tend to think of the future of medicine as being driven by amazing technology breakthroughs, like unraveling ways that stem cells will...
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Dr Em Wong
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Blessings from Hotel Quarantine - Part 2 of 2
Whatever preconceived notions I may have had about being in hotel quarantine, I was somewhat surprised to find that the actual experience...
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Dr Em Wong
- Feb 11
- 3 min
Blessings from Quarantine - Part 1 of 2
On Dec 25th, 2020, the Hong Kong SAR government declared that all overseas travelers must prove that they had purchased and confirmed a...
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Dr Em Wong
- Dec 22, 2020
- 3 min
What’s New At Home
The 2020 global pandemic has changed our daily lives in so many ways. Travel restrictions have meant that most of us are spending more...
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Dr Em Wong
- Nov 24, 2020
- 3 min
Holiday Peace
The holidays can often be a surprisingly stressful time of year. This is unlikely to be news to any mothers among us, but the reasons for...
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Dr Em Wong
- Oct 21, 2020
- 4 min
What Matters Most
There’s a place where we’ve been in our minds. Not just doctors, but most of us. A scene so familiar that it’s almost like a real memory,...
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Brain Health
Dr Em Wong
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Sleep Myths (Part 3 of 3): Good Moms (and Doctors) Don’t Sleep
Permission to sleep As with most doctors, my sleep problems date back to medical school and residency, when we would work the 36 hour...
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Dr Em Wong
- Jun 7
- 4 min
Sleep Myths: How Much Sleep? (Part 1 of 3)
Thomas Dekker said that “Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” We know this to be intuitively true, but...
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Dr Em Wong
- May 31
- 2 min
What to eat?
As doctors, one of the most common questions we get from patients is: “What should I be eating, Doctor?” The short answer is that we...
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hEALTHY aGING
Dr Em Wong
- 12 hours ago
- 3 min
Emotional Superpower - Part 2 of 2
Prior to learning how to manage my mind through self coaching with the CTFAR model, I had never thought of myself as an emotional eater....
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Dr Em Wong
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Emotional Superpower - Part 1 of 2
Feelings are shameful I used to consider feelings to be at best an inconvenience and at worst an embarrassing loss of control. As a child...
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Dr Em Wong
- May 24
- 3 min
Be a Picky Eater
I tried my best to be a good girl growing up - of course I wanted to please my mom, dad and grandma. Turns out I wasn’t good at much - I...
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