The right ergonomic chair can reduce falls, ease joint pain and restore independence at home for older adults, making everyday living safer, more comfortable, and dignified.
Feeling sick but cannot get to the clinic? Teleconsultation offers a safer, quicker way to speak to a doctor from home – and here is how to make it work for you.
Father’s Day puts focus on the quiet decline many ageing men face. With most now physically impaired, families must learn to offer support without stripping dignity.
With flu season peaking, Dr Martha Lina Liu offers tips on protecting you and your child – from nutrition and hygiene to natural remedies like Pelargonium sidoides.
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Can your Apple Watch spot a hidden heart condition? At the Today at Apple talk, Dr Steven Tucker and Dr Sheldon Lee share real-world ways wearable tech is changing personal health — from sleep to stroke risk.
The incidence of cardiac arrest increase with age, with the majority, happening to people aged 60 years or older.
The Heartlanders Programme at National Heart Centre Singapore, supported by Lien Foundation, aims to transform heart failure care in Singapore. This initiative challenges traditional views of palliative care, seamlessly integrating it into routine cardiac treatment to create a more holistic and empowering experience for patients and families.
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Men's Health
Father’s Day puts focus on the quiet decline many ageing men face. With most now physically impaired, families must learn to offer support without stripping dignity.
Pearly penile papules do not pose any health risk, but stigma and mistaken identity are driving men to seek cosmetic treatment. Here are the available options.
Women's Health
SINGAPORE, 20 June 2025 — New NUH-NUS study links menopause, muscle loss, and visceral fat to future diabetes and frailty risks – and flags a simple blood test as a predictor.
What are we raising girls for? As NIE studies mental health in elite schools, a viral TikTok revives urgent questions about womanhood, pressure, and the quiet cost of being the “right kind” of girl.
Cancer
Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis brings attention to how the disease progresses and why early detection can make a difference.
With limited treatment options for late-stage gastric cancer, a new targeted therapy – zolbetuximab – recently approved in Singapore is giving patients a reason to hope.
Gastrointestinal
Read MoreNew research shows probiotics may reduce stress, anxiety, and fatigue in just a few weeks, offering subtle mood improvements through the gut–brain connection.
With limited treatment options for late-stage gastric cancer, a new targeted therapy – zolbetuximab – recently approved in Singapore is giving patients a reason to hope.
An ostomy is life-changing, but it doesn’t mean life stops. With perspectives from a surgeon, stoma nurse, and patient, we explore the challenges, breakthroughs, and support that help ostomy patients regain confidence and live fully.
