Doctors/Surgeons

‘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.

From Bedok to Brighton: How a S’porean became first-team doctor at an elite English football club

Bethany Koh (second from left, with a colleague) was at England’s Wembley Stadium as part of the match-day contingent of Brighton’s women’s team.

Doctor accused of molesting woman at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital charged in court

The Straits Times learnt that Yeo Teng Yao was charged on Sept 3.

Palliative care and surgery encouraged for advanced cancer patients under new initiative

Cancer patient Gerald William Pereira (second from right) with (from left) Clinical Associate Professor Shirlynn Ho, Associate Psychologist Perlie Ng and Assistant Professor Jolene Wong.

Japan sees long delays in disciplining doctors convicted of sex crimes

Practitioners are able to continue practising for years, with some reoffending, before the government takes action.

Cagliari striker Trepy out of induced coma after swimming pool accident

Soccer Football - Serie A - Cagliari v Napoli - Unipol Domus, Cagliari, Italy - March 20, 2026 Cagliari's Yael Trepy REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

Doctor, acquaintance who took drugs in Sentosa hotel get a year’s jail each

Rayson Lee Rui Sheng (left) and Tan Li Ming (right) were each convicted of one count of drug consumption in June.

US Senate panel votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress

Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29.

The wearable data your doctor actually wants: Key health metrics revealed

Wearables can offer rough information about a person’s health, experts say, but only some metrics are medically useful.

Medical Mysteries

Singer’s rare benign spinal tumour kept at bay with proton beam therapy

Hasyima Yusof (right) with her husband, Jaime Cruz, at the National Cancer Centre Singapore on July 21. Hasyima had spinal ependymoma, a very rare tumour that develops from the cells lining the spinal cord.

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