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Repairing a leaking heart valve on a beating heart is one of cardiology’s greatest technical challenges. Medical Channel Asia visits Philips and St. Antonius Hospital to see how AI-powered image guidance is helping doctors perform complex minimally invasive procedures.

Robotic surgery is often misunderstood. Dr Fam Xeng Inn explains how robotic-assisted surgery works, when it is used, its benefits for patients, and why the surgeon—not the robot—remains in control.

Scientists have reversed newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes in mice using engineered stem cells that reprogramme the immune system instead of replacing insulin.

FutureHealth.Now 2026 brought together healthcare leaders to discuss AI, precision medicine and affordability, while IHH Healthcare Singapore unveiled Healthspan—a clinically led initiative focused on helping people stay healthier for longer.

AI is already transforming healthcare…just not in the way most people imagine. Medical Channel Asia visited Philips’ Innovation Campus to see how AI is helping clinicians work faster, reduce workload and improve patient care across the hospital.

At the RESILIA Summit 2026 in Bangkok, experts explored how new 10-year data on RESILIA tissue are changing heart valve replacement. As Asians live longer, surgeons are increasingly planning decades ahead—not just for today’s procedure, but for a patient’s lifetime.

A breast ultrasound is often used alongside mammograms to investigate lumps, dense breast tissue and suspicious findings. Here is how the scan works, who may need one, and why it plays an important role in breast cancer diagnosis.

At the Philips APAC Innovation Summit, healthcare leaders explored how AI-enabled monitoring, connected data, and smarter workflows could reshape patient care across increasingly stretched hospital systems.

The journey of caregiving is one of the most significant roles a person can undertake, often driven by deep familial…

From implants to drug in stents, new options are changing how we treat enlarged prostate. Explore 3 ways to treat enlarged prostate without cutting it out. Do you still need surgery, or is there another way?