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Outdoor air pollution has been classified as carcinogenic to humans and positively correlated with increased risk of lung cancer and bladder cancer, according to a recent report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organisation (WHO). It has already been proven that air pollution isRead more

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH) warmly congratulates our distinguished alumnus and philanthropist Professor Saw Swee Hock on receiving the President’s Award for Philanthropy (Individual category)! The award was presented by President of the Republic of Singapore, President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam at the President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards (PVPA) ceremony

Two professors from the National University of Singapore will ride their motorcycles 23,000km from Singapore to Sweden, to raise awareness for breast cancer research and education. Associate Professors Mikael Hartman from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Philip Iau from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine will embark on The Long Ride 2014

Sexual health education and disease prevention programmes should also be extended to include senior citizens, and not just younger audiences, a study conducted by doctors from the Communicable Diseases Division and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health has found. The study found that not only are there rising trends of Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have designed a free app which enables parents to tell whether their young children are colour blind. The app, available as a simple game, requires children between the ages of three and six to “catch” butterflies of matching colours by tapping on a screen. Professor Saw Seang

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health is pleased to announce that a Community Health Project titled ‘How well do consumers understand health financing? A community-based survey of residents in a public housing estate in Singapore’led by Associate Professor Fong Ngan Phoon from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health was awarded the Young Investigator Award –

While it is most certainly a life-saving procedure, many have the misconception that a colorectal screening is expensive. Although colorectal cancer is the most common cancer in Singapore, more than 80 per cent of people interviewed cited the cost as one of the main reasons preventing them from undergoing colorectal screening, a study conducted by

Couch potatoes take note – time spent watching television is more harmful to your health than other sedentary activities such as reading or computer use. A study conducted by the National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health has found that increased television screen time is linked to an increased risk of

Eating more fresh fruit can lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes while drinking more fruit juice, on the other hand, will produce the reverse effect. A study conducted by researchers from Britain, US and Singapore found that people who consumed at least two servings of whole fruits like blueberries, grapes and apples, reduced

A night of glitz, a night of generosity, and all for a very good cause. In conjunction with the celebration of a century (1913 – 2013) of surgical excellence, the NUS Department of Surgery hosted an evening of charity dinner with wine and photo auctions in support of breast cancer research on Thursday, 22 August