Medicine

One man’s journey to medicine: He pivoted from architecture to nursing to medicine

Uzer Danial Sukari is a second year student at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

US Health Secretary Kennedy launches new push on vaccine injuries

The new moves come as US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr faces legal challenges to his attempts to alter US childhood vaccination schedules.

Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of ‘mirror image’ molecules

Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel committee for chemistry, explaining the research field of winners Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai at a press conference in Stockholm on Oct 7.

Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

A display board shows that Francis Halzen is announced as the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 6, 2026. TT News Agency/Christine Olsson/ via REUTERS

Scientists Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel win 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine

Nobel Committee secretary-general Thomas Perlmann announcing Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel as winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Research into weight-loss drugs tipped for Nobel as award week opens

The winners of the six Nobel prizes for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be revealed daily from Oct 5-12.

Breast cancer: More options for younger women to be screened or get advice

Associate Professor Lim Geok Hoon, an oncoplastic breast surgeon, and Shermin Shu, a breast cancer patient and Muay Thai practitioner, are both fighting breast cancer in their own way.

US FDA approves Mirum’s drug for rare bone disorder

The approval was based on a 63-patient study, in which Atebrioz significantly cut new bone formation at week 24.

AI made me a better doctor. It may be making doctors-in-training worse

Current doctors-to-be may be the most adversely affected generation when it comes to AI.

Forum: Clear communication needed on evidence behind longevity-related treatments

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