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Ageing

How Singapore can turn ageing into an investment opportunity

Singapore's population is ageing rapidly and foreign players could help scale up the eldercare sector and also provide specialised services that are not available here yet.
Singapore's population is ageing rapidly and foreign players could help scale up the eldercare sector and also provide specialised services that are not available here yet.

Perimenopause’s surprising symptoms: Heart palpitations, tinnitus, dry eyes

Ms Laurine Lim, 49, set up a yoga and wellness studio, Laya Studio, after yoga helped her heal from perimenopause symptoms.
Ms Laurine Lim, 49, set up a yoga and wellness studio, Laya Studio, after yoga helped her heal from perimenopause symptoms.

Music as medicine: Memory and speech are their everyday struggles – then they get to sing

Maartje de Lint, right, who leads the Singing Circle, a program for people with brain diseases or injuries, with participants at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Jan. 21, 2026. At the Singing Circle in Amsterdam, people with cognitive decline join together to lift their spirits and improve their lives. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
Maartje de Lint, right, who leads the Singing Circle, a program for people with brain diseases or injuries, with participants at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Jan. 21, 2026. At the Singing Circle in Amsterdam, people with cognitive decline join together to lift their spirits and improve their lives. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)

Promising longevity molecule may help defend against Alzheimer’s disease: NUS Medicine study

jtaging - Dr Sheeja Navakkode and Prof Brian Kennedy, in the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme’s laboratory.

CREDIT: NUS MEDICINE
jtaging - Dr Sheeja Navakkode and Prof Brian Kennedy, in the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme’s laboratory.

CREDIT: NUS MEDICINE

If death’s really optional, would you like to update your CV when you’re 100?

addie08 - Bryan Johnson in Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

Source/copyright: Netflix
addie08 - Bryan Johnson in Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

Source/copyright: Netflix

Finding Joy

In a park, by the lake, Ma took a deep breath and smiled

fjanthea - The writer's mother, on a wheelchair, has learnt to meditate and this has helped her overcome anxiety and left her feeling light and grateful. CREDIT: ANTHEA ONG
fjanthea - The writer's mother, on a wheelchair, has learnt to meditate and this has helped her overcome anxiety and left her feeling light and grateful. CREDIT: ANTHEA ONG

Robots to mingle with seniors at care centres in Singapore as part of new research study

Madam Choo Poh Choo (left) and Madam Tan Choon Sin with Lovot the robot at the PCF Sparkle Care @ Kreta Ayer centre.
Madam Choo Poh Choo (left) and Madam Tan Choon Sin with Lovot the robot at the PCF Sparkle Care @ Kreta Ayer centre.

Do I still have to give up my seat on trains?

Commuters on the platform at Earls Court Tube station in London.
Commuters on the platform at Earls Court Tube station in London.

Forum: Lack of close friends in the elderly is a health concern

How an 85-year-old grandma from China built a hobby, brick by Lego brick, in Canada

Yushu Zhao, a Chinese grandmother living in Alberta, Canada, began her journey into the world of Lego at the age of 85.
Yushu Zhao, a Chinese grandmother living in Alberta, Canada, began her journey into the world of Lego at the age of 85.

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