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Driven to make a real difference in patients’ lives, assistant professor Anissa Widjaja helped uncover a breakthrough discovery that is paving the way for new treatments for chronic diseases.

New allergic diseases centre launched so patients can get optimised treatment across disciplines

Associate Professor Lee Haur Yueh, who helms the SingHealth Duke-NUS Allergic Diseases Centre, said the centre will coordinate approach in dealing with allergies and help patients cut down time and costs.

Just 1 deg C hotter but outdoor workers’ heat stroke risk spikes 250%: S’pore study

More than half of the reported cases were located in the central and east of Singapore, which had a slightly higher average temperature of around 28 deg C compared to other regions.

More younger adults in Singapore developing glaucoma, likely because of untreated myopia

Children watching a show on good eye-care habits. The newly established Myopia Society of Singapore has urged parents to be aware of myopia developing in their children.

Number of doctors in S’pore rose about 50% over 10 years, with 6 in 10 trained here

The total number of registered doctors in Singapore was 17,582 as at end-2024.

Age, smoking, bacteria, genetic mutations together can raise risk of stomach cancer: S'pore study

Co-senior authors of the study: Professor Patrick Tan, Dean at Duke-NUS Medical School (left), and Professor Yeoh Khay Guan, Chief Executive of NUHS.

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Seniors in Singapore visit the dentist less often, are at risk of growing more frail: Study

A recent nationwide longitudinal study showed that only around a quarter of the seniors had visited a dentist within the past six months.

Beyond dengue: The mosquito-borne virus that could be our next big outbreak

Like dengue, chikungunya prevention relies on controlling Aedes mosquitoes – from eliminating breeding sites to advancing new tools that limit their ability to spread disease, the writers say.

Patients with hypertension fared better in S'pore trial that involved fewer pills

(From left) Professor Patrick Tan, Dean-designate, Duke-NUS Medical School; Professor Marcus Ong, Director of Health Services Research & Population Health Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School; and

Professor Nicholas Graves, Deputy Director, Health Services Research & Population Health Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School;

in a group photo during the Health Services Research Institute 10th anniversary at Duke-NUS Medical School in Sep 5, 2025.

Record 121 graduate from Duke-NUS Medical School; some had jobs in law, public relations, accounting

This was the largest number of graduates for a class in the school's 20-year history.

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