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Benzinga.com, 30 Mar 2011Singapore, Mar 30, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - A team of specialists at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre were the first to carry out an unusual complex jaw surgery followed by dental implants in Southeast Asia. In the past, the treatment would take one year to be completed. However, treatment time was completed in just over three months for Indonesian patient Rudolf Santoso.

Xinhua, 30 Mar 2011SINGAPORE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Singapore doctors have http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifdeveloped a new non-invasive treatment option for prostate cancer patients that minimizes the side effects and significantly cut the treatment time, local media reported.Prostate cancer is affecting the aging population in Singapore four times more frequently than 30 years ago. Existing

FIGO.org, 23 Mar 2011Singapore has launched the first fertility treatment training centre in the Asia-Pacific region.The facility at the National University Hospital (NUH) in the country will provide aspiring embryologists and clinicians with a range of courses in treatments to help people suffering from infertility problems. Full story

World Interior Design Network, 17 Mar 2011Farrer Park Hospital, part of Connexion healthcare and hospitality complex, will be unveiled in early 2013, becoming the first private hospital to be built ground-up in Singapore after 30 years.The 220-bed hospital will be part of Connexion, an integrated six-storey podium and two 20-storey wings housing healthcare and hospitality complex comprising 189-

French Tribune, 4 Mar 2011Sengkang will have a new general hospital for serving residents of in north-eastern Singapore by 2020, including coming with adjoining community hospital facilities.Following a private donation of S$125 million from the family of the late property tycoon, Ng Teng, Khaw also revealed the upcoming Jurong General Hospital (JGH) which will be ready in 2014, will be named the

Medindia.net, 2 Mar 2011Singapore has taken strong action in rejecting several applications for a living donor organ transplant because the transplant ethics committees were not satisfied with the process.There has been an expressed need for donors to be made more fully aware of their involvement and for confirmation that no pressure had been used on them. Since the committees felt that these

TopNews United States, 2 Mar 2011Nominated Member of the Parliament Paulin Tay Straughan has opined that if the government is serious about resolving the problem of low fertility rates in the country, it should definitely look at addressing the problem of high stress levels among working young Singaporeans. She has asked authorities to reassess the performance based evaluation system that is

Gov Monitor, 24 Feb 2011HSA Warns Against Taking Three Health Products Found to Contain Undeclared Potent Western Medicines. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) alerts members of the public not to take three health products sold under the disguise of traditional medicines, labelled with the following names:* “Majun Dua Istimewa”,* “Raja Maajun-Jerat Dan Seret Angin” and* “Horkut Chooi Foong Hor

Business Standard, 24 Feb 2011Fortis Global Healthcare, has acquired an under-construction specialised cancer hospital in Singapore. The cost of the acquisition is estimated at SGD $33 million.Fortis Healthcare group which has 50 hospital network in India, aims to complete the construction of the hospital by the second quarter of 2012 and the property was earlier held by First Real Estate

Focus Taiwan News Channel, 21 Feb 2011Taipei, Feb. 21 (CNA) Singapore's leading science agency signed an agreement with two Taiwan hospitals Monday to improve bilateral cooperation in medical technology.The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) , the Singapore's government scientific research institution, will work in partnership with National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) and

BBC News, 21 Feb 2011A device which can be worn like a watch could revolutionise the way blood pressure is monitored in the next few years, scientists say.Researchers at the University of Leicester and in Singapore have developed a device to measure pressure in the largest artery in the body.Evidence shows it gives a much more accurate reading than the arm cuff. Full storyRelated:Blood Pressure

Daily Rosetta, 11 Feb 2011Singapore Institute of Technology and the University of Manchester (UOM) has announced that it plan to offer a nursing degree programs from August to elevate nursing to become a top career option here for intelligent young people.The new nursing degree program, which is to be housed at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), is a two-year course open to nursing diploma holders and

The Jakarta Globe, 4 Feb 2011Singapore. A quick decision to undergo a robotic colorectal surgery to remove a tumor in his rectum turned out to be a life-changing experience for Bambang (not his real name), an Indonesian patient at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital.The 65-year-old man from Gorontalo province and his family were surprised to find that he could already sit up in his hospital bed

Reuters, 2 Feb 2011Stockpiling antiviral flu drugs and vaccines saves lives and reduces disease in a flu pandemic, but is too expensive for around two thirds of the world's population, scientists said on Wednesday.Researchers from Singapore found that stockpiling flu drugs such as Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza "significantly reduced" death rates, but said many nations cannot

Monsters and Critics, 29 Jan 2011Singapore - A 77-year-old Singapore man has died from a lung infection related to the H1N1 virus, the first such case in the city- state in 2011, a media report said Saturday. The man died at a Singapore hospital on Wednesday after he had been warded a week earlier for fever as well as breathing difficulties ..... Full story

TopNews United States, 19 Jan 2011In order to improve the quality of nursing care being provided to seniors in the country, the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has decided to join forces with the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Apparently, medical care providers will be given training to improve the quality of care they give to the elderly. Full story

TopNews New Zealand, 6 Jan 2011A GP after being alleged with 28 charges of professional misconduct has been dismissed for three months and a fine worth $3,000 has also been imposed on him.The disciplinary committee of the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) on Wednesday told that the complaint against Dr. Thomas Seng Tee Kiat was first lodged on Aug 10, 2007 by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the

iStockAnalyst, 3 Jan 2011SINGAPORE, Jan. 3, 2011 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Data about the sizes of bills for top medical conditions at all hospitals in Singapore, both public and private, are now available for "comparison shopping," Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said Monday.In a move to promote bill size transparency, Singapore started to publish bill size data of all public hospitals for the top

Examiner.com, 31 Dec 2010A month after the Singaporean Health Sciences Authority (HSA) announced the recall of OralGuard Antiseptic-Antiplaque Mouthwash, three more health and hygiene products are being voluntarily recalled by the manufacturing companies.The three products being recalled are: * “Care Wipes” by Tai Sun Paper Products Pte Ltd (Singapore) * “Trihexid Chlorhexidine 0.2% Mouth Rinse

Xinhua, 28 Dec 2010SINGAPORE, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The prices of most herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) rose by 30 percent this year in Singapore.Local herbs wholesalers contribute the price increase to the stronger Chinese currency and herbus supply shortages, ..... The supply shortages are the result of major natural disasters which wiped out swathes of herbal plantations in China