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NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health faculty, Associate Professor Mikael Hartman, with fellow rider, trauma and breast cancer surgeon as well as faculty member of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, A/Prof Philip Iau, officially started The Long Ride 2014 – Singapore to Sweden for Breast Cancer Research today, 18 March 2014. Families, friends andRead more

Singaporeans are living longer, but are we living healthier? As Singapore’s population increases in age and our lifestyles become more sedentary, reports show that 2 in 5 Singaporeans suffer from at least one chronic illness such as diabetes or high blood pressure. On the Red Dot learns about how some people have taken steps to change their

Some of Singapore’s major healthcare news of 2013 included a deadly outbreak of dengue fever and a major revamp of Singapore’s healthcare system. Speaking to Power98 FM in an interview on major healthcare issues in the new last year, Professor Chia Kee Seng, Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said that past research

The NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health is deeply saddened by the passing of Emeritus Professor Lee Shiu-Hung, former Director of Health, Hong Kong. Prof Lee was a graduate of the School’s Diploma of Public Health course (Class of ’63) and went on to become a respected leader and advocate in the field

Married women are also at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS from their infected husbands or partners, according to a study comissioned by the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) and led by Assoc Prof Wong Mee Lian from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health with support from the Department of STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections) Control,

Our local favourite dishes may be even unhealthier than fast food, according to Assoc Prof Rob van Dam from the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, who was speaking at the 2nd Annual Worlds of Healthy Flavours Asia 2013. In fact, 25 local dishes including fried rice, claypot rice and chicken rice contain higher levels

Retinal imaging tests conducted during pregnancy can help assess foetal growth outcomes, complementing the conventional ultrasound scans done during pregnancy. The study, GUSTO (Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes), found that abnormal retinal blood vessels are associated with hypertension, stroke and cardiovascular mortality. Preliminary findings also found that women with smaller eye vessels during

On 5 December 2013, Utrecht University inked two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSoM) and NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH) to foster partnerships on medical research and advancement. With this latest collaboration, the three institutions will see the exchange of scientific, academic and technical

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 is

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