January 6, 2020

In 2019, Singapore saw its worst dengue outbreak in over three years, with 16,000 cases and 20 deaths. Assistant Professor Vincent Pang, Director, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER), said there is likely to be a similar outbreak in the middle of the year. This is especially so if many residents choose to visit countries with their own dengue epidemics during the warm and rainy season. Mr Chew Ming Fai, Director-General of Public Health, National Environment Agency (NEA), attributed the spike in dengue cases last year to threeRead more

A healthy diet remains the primary means to prevent chronic diseases among those with prediabetes. Dr Raymond Lim, Senior Lecturer, and Associate Professor Wong Mee Lian conducted a study with 433 pre-diabetic patients to assess factors associated with fulfilling the Health Promotion Board’s My Healthy Plate recommendation, and to explore reasons for their behaviour. It was found that only 57.3 per cent of the patients followed the recommendations, of which nearly 90 per cent of the respondents were married. Married individuals were more likely to report meeting the recommendations compared