Author: Gerald Ng

The global medical technology company, Becton Dickinson, has advanced this growth further by launching the BD FACSDiscover™ S8 Cell Sorter in Singapore.

The National University Health System (NUHS) in Singapore has deployed the country’s first healthcare sector supercomputer, “Prescience.”

The Songkhla Provincial Public Health Office confirmed the first monkeypox (mpox) case in the region. A 31-year-old Thai man from Songkhla was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday, and the diagnosis was made the following day. The hospital followed the prevention guidelines by isolating the patient. The health office initiated contact tracing, identifying one low-risk and one high-risk contact, while others were advised to self-monitor.

In Singapore Prime Minister’s Lee Hsien Loong National Day rally speech last evening, he mentioned key initiatives for health and medical care in Singapore. We share the excerpts related to health here. 

With the seventh month of the lunar calendar (more popularly known as the hungry ghost festival) upon us, many acts of worship will be taking place. But did you know, that the act of burning joss sticks could cause cancer? The burning of joss sticks, an integral part of many religious practices in Asia, could be as deadly as traffic fumes and cigarettes.

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Medical Channel Asia presents the weekly Asian medical news bulletin, bringing you essential healthcare news from across the region. This week’s bulletin will cover dengue fever, rotavirus vaccine and more. Indonesia The Indonesian government is set to expand the rollout of the rotavirus vaccine nationwide, starting Tuesday, in an effort to prevent diarrheal diseases in infants and reduce related fatalities. Since last year, more than 196,000 babies have been vaccinated in 21 cities across 18 provinces. Research revealed that 45% of infant hospitalizations were due to rotavirus-induced acute watery diarrhea. This has led to 9.8% of infant fatalities under one…

Dental professionals, when examining your oral health, have a method of finding out if you had oral sex. That is through palate bruising, also known as palatal petechiae.  Palatal petechiae also referred to as petechiae of the soft palate, can be an intriguing and somewhat complex sign for dental professionals to interpret. It refers to small, round, pinpoint haemorrhages that can be found on the soft palate.  Here’s a closer look at palatal petechiae as a medical condition, its causes, significance, and what it may mean in a dental context. @fitlittlehygienist How’d you get that #rdh #dentalhumor ♬ Cartoon Eye…

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A revolutionary discovery by researchers in Singapore and MIT has uncovered a new bacterial stress signalling system, opening doors to new methods of combatting antibiotic resistance, a growing public health concern. The research team identified an enzyme, RlmN, that rapidly signals for the production of proteins allowing bacteria to adapt and survive. This could help design drugs that prevent this survival response, effectively tackling antibiotic resistance.