14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (529+ words) SINGAPORE – With hundreds of gym-goers left in the lurch following the abrupt closure of True Fitness and True Yoga, rival operators across Singapore are wrestling to capture a slice of the pie. Over the weekend, competing fitness brands have announced…...

15+ hour, 38+ min ago   (998+ words) SINGAPORE – At 19, Coeus Lee was hardly someone you would expect to suffer a cardiac arrest. Yet, CCTV footage from his camp's medical centre caught the undergraduate from the National University of Singapore, who turned 20 on Sept 12, collapsing moments after he…...

18+ hour, 38+ min ago   (1279+ words) SINGAPORE – Prolonged, chronic lack of sleep is what producer-director Desmond Tan believes caused him to develop Stage 4 colon cancer. When he was at the peak of his career producing commercials for many big clients, he would survive on around two…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (447+ words) A fire broke out Thursday in a school in the eastern DR Congo city of Bukavu, causing a stampede that killed at least 14 children, local and health sources said. The blaze began while the children were in lessons, forcing some…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (499+ words) Taking time off work to care for a child or family member is something many employees will face at some point in their lives. But should workplaces be expected to plan for these absences as a normal part of working…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (810+ words) SINGAPORE - As Singapore's integrated health regulator, the beefed-up Health Sciences Authority will build a system that protects patients and provides clarity to the healthcare industry and professionals, while enabling timely access to beneficial healthcare innovations. This will bring value to…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (654+ words) SINGAPORE – Demand for assisted-living flats has moderated with more housing options and care services brought close to seniors, Senior Minister of State for Health Tan Kiat How said in Parliament on Sept 9. He added that these flats, known as community…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (387+ words) In a school for the deaf in Kenya, children signed their excitement as a team demonstrated how a robotic arm could revolutionise their studies. Roughly 300,000 children in the east African nation have a hearing impairment, according to the Kenya Society…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (601+ words) When rescue dog Chloe is not tumbling across the grass on a farm outside India's tech capital Bengaluru, she is learning to sniff human breath for cancer with a little help from AI. Fitted with a 3D-printed helmet and harness…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1076+ words) SINGAPORE – Three-year-old Oliver Soh was born healthy, then came the signs that something was not right. His mother, Leow Kai Wen, became concerned a few months after his birth when she felt "something was off with him". "There wasn't much…...