GigXR partners with NUS Medicine to deliver holographic clinical scenarios for Gastroenterology training

11 Aug 2021

Fine aerosols emitted during talking and singing may play a crucial role in COVID-19 transmission: Singapore study

Landmark findings by NUS researchers underscore the importance of reducing exposure to fine respiratory aerosols, especially in indoor environments

05 Aug 2021

NUS researchers link neurodegenerative disease protein to defective cholesterol metabolism

NUS Medicine research suggest that drugs which modulate cholesterol metabolism might be a novel therapeutic strategy to treat multiple neurodegenerative diseases.

28 Jul 2021

NUS Medicine and Lien Foundation establish early childhood centre with $30 million gift

The Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD) was born out of a desire to give all children in Singapore a head start in life and to help them develop optimally as they grow up.

06 Jul 2021

Counting sheep and still awake? Mindfulness therapy may help bring on the zzz’s

Researchers from the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine found mindfulness-based therapy to be more effective than an active sleep hygiene programme in improving sleep quality. This study is the first preregistered and adequately powered trial to test sleep-targeted mindfulness-based therapy as a treatment for insomnia.

01 Jul 2021

First naturally-designed and personalised bioprosthesis Avatar set to revolutionise heart valve surgery

Clinician-scientists from NUHS awarded $4.9m grant to further develop the mitral valve bioprosthesis, which mimics the exact appearance, form and physical properties of a human mitral valve.

16 Jun 2021

NUS researchers find common antibiotic useful in reducing scarring and accelerating recovery in pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Researchers from NUS Medicine’s Infectious Diseases TRP have discovered that the use of a common antibiotic, doxycycline, in combination with TB drug treatment, reduces the size of lung cavities in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and accelerates markers of lung recovery.

12 Jun 2021

Three student associations form national alliance to represent the voice of all local medical students

The NUS Medical Society, Duke-NUS Student Council and LKCMedicine Medical Society have come together to formalise the TriMedSoc Alliance, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the student bodies of Singapore’s three medical schools.

03 Jun 2021

Mobile technology aids the study of sleep and opens the door for new discoveries

A team of researchers at the National University of Singapore demonstrated that information gathered from combining different modalities of mobile sleep tracking technologies was greater than the sum of data provided by each individually.

14 May 2021

Goh Keng Swee Foundation gifts S$1.2M in support of medical education

The Goh Keng Swee Foundation, established by Dr Phua Swee Liang in 2008 to perpetuate the values of her late husband, today announced a gift of S$1.2 million to the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in support of financially disadvantaged medical students.

12 May 2021

Singapore study proves that surgery may lower mortality rate and improve life expectancy among adults with severe obesity

Survival benefits are much more pronounced for people with pre-existing diabetes than those without.