Health and well-being

We need to close the gap between Singapore’s mental health goals and reality

Singapore has spent the better part of the last decade trying to convince people that mental health matters.

Over 6,000 people from north-west district join fitness festival to keep active

Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam greeting participants during the brisk walk at the annual Healthy Living Festival @ North West on June 7.

WHO announces $668 million six-month plan to fight Ebola

So far there have been 381 confirmed cases in Congo and 62 confirmed deaths, according to Africa CDC.

HK actor Joe Ma hospitalised due to severe inflammation and swelling in right leg

Joe Ma (left) shared on social media on June 3 a photo of himself in hospital.

‘Engineered’ babies? Scientists move a step closer with precise editing of human embryo genes

Gene therapy Casgevy is based on CRISPR gene editing technology, which uses molecular "scissors" to trim faulty parts of genes.

Unexpected places you should be wearing sunscreen in Singapore’s extreme UV heat

Neglected areas like the eyelids, ears, neck, chest and back of hands are often where cumulative sun damage surfaces first.

GLP-1 drugs may have a beneficial effect across many types of cancer

FILE PHOTO: A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk is seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

‘It’s still working’: More are living with cancer as era of targeted drugs takes hold

Menta “Steve” Wallace and his wife, Jo Linda, at their home in Texas. Menta is taking the experimental pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib.

Holland & Barrett back in Singapore at Guardian stores

Gordon Farquhar (L), International Managing Director, Holland & Barrett and Andrew Wong, Health & Beauty CEO, DFI.

Singer Landy Wen discharged from hospital and reveals battle with death due to septic shock

Taiwanese singer Landy Wen was in ICU for 11 days due to septic shock.

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