Singapore health

Singapore’s sugar consumption falls, but sodium, calorie intakes have gone up, new surveys show

The National Nutrition Survey – which polled 3,000 Singapore residents between the ages of 18 and 69 – found the daily total sugar intake here had fallen from 60g in 2018 to 48g in 2025.

Why are more children in Singapore getting inflammatory bowel disease?

Anisah Begum (left) and her son Muhammad Anas, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, when he was eight.

The other expert in the doctor’s room

As doctors, we seek to persuade our patients to change their habits but a lifestyle cannot be prescribed, says the writer.

Support group founder who empowers cardiac patients to heal together among S’pore’s silent heroes

Magdalene Chia was one of five everyday individuals honored at the 13th Singapore Silent Heroes Awards, receiving the Heart of Humanity accolade.

The problem with separate MMR vaccines

Unlike COVID-19 vaccines, two doses of the MMR vaccine provide long-lasting protection for the overwhelming majority of people.

New platform to create AI agents available to all public healthcare professionals

Cardiologist Kenneth Chew with a clinical assistant tool he developed using AgentSea, an agentic AI platform developed by Synapxe.

New scheme offers patients in Jurong with serious organ failure more help at home

(From left) Loving Heart community health head Elaine Ho, Loving Heart volunteer Germaine Soh and Ranjit Kaur, a care connector under the new scheme.

NUH to introduce smartwatches for inpatient vital signs monitoring

Data from the smartwatches will be fed into the hospital’s electronic medical records system, allowing automatic documentation.

Branded Content

What mums can expect at this $100,000 luxury confinement centre

Artyzen Singapore hotel room, DeRama Singapore confinement centre, postpartum food and nurses to take care of newborn babies

AI models tuned to S’pore patients’ clinical data being built under new national drive

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung announced the new initiative at the NCS Impact 2026 conference on July 9.

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