National Centre for Infectious Diseases opens in Singapore

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Sep, 2019

National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has officially opened in Singapore that replaces the old Communicable Disease Centre (CDC). CDC, established in 1907, has played a critical r...Read more

Doctor Anywhere widens reach with new agreement

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Sep, 2019

Doctor Anywhere, Singapore's tech-led health and wellness company, has signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Bao Minh Insurance, one of the largest insurance groups i...Read more

NHG presents Teachers’ Day awards 2019 to healthcare educators in Singapore

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Sep, 2019

The National Healthcare Group (NHG), Singapore recognised 190 healthcare educators at its annual Teachers’ Day Awards ceremony on 6 Sep 2019. Healthcare professionals from various dis...Read more

Spectrum Therapeutics launches first TGA registered vapouriser

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Sep, 2019

Spectrum Therapeutics Australia (Spectrum), the medical division of Canopy Growth Corporation Australia (Canopy Growth),  has announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) ...Read more

Duke-NUS holds conference on ageing and healthcare

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2019

Robust dialogues towards more evidence-based population ageing policies for a healthy ageing society on 4-6 Sep 2019, featured the first conference organised by Duke-NUS Medical School&rsqu...Read more

Weizmann Institute scientists uncover a neuronal mechanism central to human free recall

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2019

Extraterrestrial scientists landing in a football stadium would be struck by the sight of the crowd suddenly standing up and shouting in unison. In a similar manner, since the nineties, res...Read more

Japan looks out for rapidly growing ASEAN ageing population

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2019

ASEAN is facing rapid population ageing. It is estimated that all ASEAN countries will become ageing society (more than 7% of the population is 65 years old or older) in 20 years. Singapore...Read more

BEGO expands in China by partnering with CareCapital

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Sep, 2019

To better serve clinicians in the fast-growing Chinese dental implant market, BEGO Implant Systems GMBH & CO. KG ("BIS") has signed a strategic partnership agreement covering the C...Read more

SC Johnson Spatial repellent innovation provides potential solution for malaria

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Aug, 2019

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently posted a report showing the effectiveness of spatial repellents in fighting malaria. The data outcomes came from the first study of a five-year ...Read more

HIMSS AsiaPac19 to address paradigm shift in healthcare

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2019

Healthcare and Information Management Systems Society Asia Pacific (HIMSS APAC), supported by the Ministry of Public Health Thailand, will organize the HIMSS AsiaPac19 Conference & Exhi...Read more

Novena Global Lifecare becomes Taiwan's largest health screening operator

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Aug, 2019

Novena Global Lifecare, one of Asia's largest integrated medical healthcare and aesthetic companies with over 250 clinics in 20 cities mainly in the Asia Pacific region, has ...Read more

Possible treatment on the horizon for severe dengue disease

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Aug, 2019

Researchers led by Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered that tryptase, an enzyme in human cells that acts like scissors to cut up nearby proteins, is responsible for blood vessel leakage...Read more

Inex Innovate offers precision healthcare to Asian women

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Aug, 2019

Singapore molecular diagnostics groups INEX Innovations Exchange Pte. Ltd. (INEX) and Nova Satra Dx Pte. Ltd. (Nova Satra), have announced the merger of the two companies to create INEX INN...Read more

Singapore General Hospital unveils upgraded burn centre

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2019

The upgraded Singapore General Hospital (SGH) Burn Centre was unveiled recently at the opening ceremony of the 12th Asia Pacific Burn Congress, co-organised by SGH’s Department of Pla...Read more

Fitbit collaborates with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Aug, 2019

Fitbit has announced that it will be collaborating with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) on a healthy population project in support of Singapore’s Smart Nation init...Read more

Rising to the challenge of malaria eradication

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Aug, 2019

The World Health Organization (WHO) says accelerated research and development (R&D) in new tools for malaria prevention and treatment is key if the world is to eradicate malaria in th...Read more

Gencurix's study explores GenesWell BCT and Oncotype DX differences

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Aug, 2019

Gencurix, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, announced the publication of a new study on Frontiers in Oncology comparing GenesWell(TM) BCT, a prognostic multigene test, w...Read more

Tahir Foundation and APLMA launch M2030 in partnership to end malaria in Indonesia

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Aug, 2019

In a joint partnership, the Tahir Foundation and the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) announced the launch of M2030 in Indonesia. Started by APLMA in 2018, M2030] is...Read more