Browsing: Press Release

23 October 2025, Singapore – Children with burn injuries in Singapore can now receive faster, more integrated care with the launch of Singapore’s first dedicated paediatric Burn Centre at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH).

SINGAPORE – The National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) has performed the nation’s first minimally invasive CryoMaze surgery — a keyhole approach to treat atrial fibrillation alongside heart valve repair, reducing risks and speeding up recovery.

SINGAPORE, 10 OCTOBER 2025 – A new research initiative, GLOW (Gut Linked Outcomes in Wellbeing) will be launched in Singapore to investigate how the human gut microbiome – often described as the body’s “second genome” – influences mental health.

Singapore, 17 September 2025 – Against the stunning backdrop of the Marina Bay skyline, the IHH Healthcare X Singapore Sea Regatta (IHHSSR) 2025 welcomed over 2,000 attendees including dragon boat teams from Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Singapore, 22 August 2025 – Singapore Sea Regatta (SSR) has partnered IHH Healthcare (IHH) through a S$580,000 title sponsorship that will see the international dragon boat festival return over the next three years till 2027.

Singapore, 11 August 2025 – A new modelling study published in Nature Aging projects that long-term, sustained lifestyle changes could substantially reduce the burden of chronic disease and generate up to S$650 million in direct healthcare cost savings for Singapore by 2050.

Aortic aneurysms are often silent until deadly. NUHCS introduces PEARS, a customised sleeve that halts aneurysm growth, prevents rupture, and reduces surgical risks—marking a new era in personalised heart care.

SINGAPORE — A group of clinicians and researchers from the NUH, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Medicine, KKH, NUP and NUS SSHSPH are embarking on a four-year joint study to determine the prevalence and impact of food allergies in Singaporean children this year. 

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.

Singapore, 26 May 2025 – Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), have developed a first-of-its-kind device to profile the immune function of newborns.