by Abriel | Mar 7, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being, International Women's Day
Overcoming an eating disorder can often take years of struggle. Having lived through it herself and with the help of two apps, Ekaterina Karabasheva hopes to help people suffering from or at risk of developing the condition. It started when Ekaterina was 16, the...
by Abriel | Mar 7, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being
A “Caregivers’ Space” and a simplified application process for foreign domestic worker assistance schemes will be launched to increase support for caregivers of people with disabilities, announced the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) on 7 March 2018....
by Abriel | Mar 2, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being
Scientists have unveiled a revised classification for the disease – one they said could lead to better treatments and help doctors more accurately predict life-threatening complications. People with diabetes have excessively high blood glucose, or blood sugar,...
by Abriel | Feb 28, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being
Two doctors at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have discovered a gene mutation in head and neck cancer patients that, for reasons as yet unknown, results in their responding well to a lung cancer drug. This mutation could possibly make squamous cell...
by Abriel | Feb 20, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being, Singapore Budget 2018
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will hand over senior-related social support services to the Ministry of Health (MOH) from April 2018 in a move to streamline care for the elderly. These services include managing senior activity centres, befriending...
by Abriel | Jan 9, 2018 | 2018, Good Health & Well-being
A separate fund for children with rare diseases that are very expensive to treat could be set up in the future, said Senior Minister of State for Health Chee Hong Tat. Mr Chee told Parliament yesterday the fund is one of several options that the Ministry of Health...
