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Device placed under breastbone delivers life-saving shocks to restore heart rhythm

Undergraduate Coeus Lee, 20, is one of the first patients in Singapore to receive an extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

Life After... Stage 4 cancer: Producer-director wants to sleep more

Veteran commercial film director and founder of Atypicalfilms Desmond Tan wants to change the highly charged, stressful lifestyle of the film industry after surviving Stage 4 colorectal cancer

‘Father of emergency medicine’ among 17 doctors to receive apex title in S’pore medical field

Venkataraman Anantharaman (left) and Phua Kong Boo were among 17 doctors and dentists who received the Eminent Academician title.

TTSH launches new initiative to tackle sepsis and prevent it from becoming deadly

Sepsis is an extreme reaction by the human body to an infection.

Residents of Windsor Convalescent Home, LC Nursing Home transferred out before shutdown

Windsor Convalescent Home, located in Pasir Panjang Road, will have its licence revoked on Oct 30.

New guidelines call for osteoporosis screening, earlier breast cancer scan

Women are recommended to self-assess their osteoporosis risk from age 50. Those with higher risk should undergo a bone mineral density scan.

Health Check Podcast

How old are you biologically, and what are you doing about it?

Medical Mysteries

Rare disorder leaves toddler struggling to produce cell energy

Little Oliver Soh began having seizures and showed signs of developmental delay within months of his birth. The toddler, seen here with his father, Keltonn Soh, and mother, Leow Kai Wen, has primary coenzyme Q10 deficiency.

The New Age

Investing in the future of health: Singapore’s growing longevity sector

Private healthcare groups and commercial players are racing to offer biological age testing, precision diagnostics, and personalised lifestyle interventions.

The New Age

Rethinking ageing: It’s not about just adding years to life, but adding life to years

Whether we refer to ageing as a disease is ultimately, not as important as how we respond to ageing. The challenge is not adding years to life at all costs but adding life to years.

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