Singapore

Environmental wellness in Singapore has taken a big hit over the weekend, as air pollution soared to a record high for three consecutive days. Indonesian fires have been blamed for hazardous levels of smoky haze in three countries, for…

A new imaging technique now available at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is able to more accurately spot prostate cancer, especially in recurrent cases. The 18F-Fluorocholine (FCH) PET/CT scan costs $2,600 and preliminary research…

One in four men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer in Singapore is in stage 4 of the disease, where the cancer has spread to other parts of the body such as the lymph nodes or bones. The worrying truth is that only one in ten of this…

A new, gentler regimen for treating Leukaemia has been developed using a “Singapore approach”. Leukaemia is the most common form of children’s cancer in the country, but the new method of treatment has helped to improve the wellness of…

Singapore aims to improve cancer wellness with a $100 million giant machine that zaps tumours with subatomic particles. Measure about half the size of a football field, the proton therapy device will be the first of its kind in the region,…

In Singapore today, one in three people suffer with diabetes. That seems like a shocking statistic, but the future looks even bleaker, as the disease will affect the wellbeing of one million Singaporeans by 2050. That one in three figures…

Doctors at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) are the first in the country to use a breakthrough method that gives new hope to women whose wellness is affected by cancer, and still want to have a child. While a woman goes through…

The Republic of Singapore is an island nation based at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula in South East Asia. It's a small country taking up just 704 square kilometres. As with many tiny but wealthy countries worldwide, Singapore has…

Chronic knee pain is a very debilitating issue all across the world. Many people suffer with knee problems, especially as they get older, and if they are left untreated they can become increasingly worse causing pain and even disability in…

‘Going local’ seems to be an emerging trend in buying produce and supporting businesses, but researchers in Singapore are applying the principle to heart health research. Scientists are setting up a bank of genetic material and tissue from…

In the past five years, the rate of people in Singapore suffer a heart attack has increased, whilst there has been a significant decrease in the number of deaths. Wellness experts surmise that this is due to a greater awareness of heart…