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Ensuring well-being and zero fatalities at the workplace requires more than just the Safety component — Workplace Safety and Health has three: Work, Safety and Health. We have safety measures set up, says Associate Professor Chia Sin Eng, Vice Dean (Academic Affairs), although sometimes people may not follow precautions and put themselves and others in danger’sRead more

What role does Artificial Intelligence (AI) play in healthcare and public health? Assistant Prof ‘Morning’ Feng Mengling and Dr Ngiam Kee Yuan, Deputy CIO of the National University Health System, share how AI can help doctors and nurses take better care of their patients. By managing big data and information flows, AI can help improve diagnoses,

Half of Malays and 60 per cent of Indians over the age of 60 have diabetes, as compared to 25 per cent of Chinese in the same group. Does this mean that culturally specific programmes may be the key to tackling the disease? For certain groups of Singaporeans, such as the elderly, this may indeed

Diabetes is a “wicked problem” and there is no single factor that increases one’s risk of developing it. We have many enemies in this War: behaviour, genetics, socio-cultural and psycho-emotional factors… But the worst? Apathy and Complacency. The most worrying age group is those under 40 years old, says Dean, Prof Chia Kee Seng, adding that

Joining the conversation on the war on diabetes, Assoc Prof Rob M van Dam comments on the use of warning labels on beverages with high sugar content. Warning labels were recently mentioned in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech, but the concept is not new – in places like Chile and the UK, warning

Singapore needs a multi-prong, whole-of-society approach to tackle diabetes. In addition to government and individual efforts, the workplace is critical if we want to win this long-drawn war, says Dean, Professor Chia Kee Seng. Unfortunately for many of us, especially in our early years of work, we tend to neglect our health in the pursuit of

One in nine Singaporeans has diabetes. Among those aged over 60 years old, three in 10 are diabetic. However, this disease does not just affect the old, and more young Singaporeans are being diagnosed with it as well. In his National Day Rally speech on 20 August 2017, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong addressed Singapore’s

Singapore has the second highest proportion of diabetics among developed nations, with more than 10 per cent of Singaporeans affected by the disease. Latest projections say the figure could balloon if nothing is done to address its causes, including consuming too much sugar. Currently, Singaporeans consume an average of 12 teaspoons of sugar daily, more

Following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Message on 8 August 2017, in which he highlighted Singapore’s war on diabetes, Dr Mary Chong and Assoc Prof Rob M van Dam share why Singaporeans are more vulnerable to Type 2 diabetes and what can be done to reduce the risk of developing this insidious disease. They emphasise the importance

Singapore has one of the world’s highest rates for childhood myopia, with the average age of onset at 8.5 years. The myopia rate has increased dramatically over the past few decades, especially among those who started primary school in the 1980s — after Singapore’s independence post-1965 and with the introduction of the new education system