Press Releases

13 Nov 2017

It’s in the blood

Giving a literal expression to the idiom, researchers from National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered the secret behind how blood cells release a vital biological substance involved in essential processes like immune and blood vessel functions. This knowledge of the pathway by which blood cells release sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) carries broad implications for the treatment of various immune and vascular diseases.

21 Oct 2017

NUS Medicine students provide free health and dental screening services in Jurong

New screening components include mental health screening for dementia and depression for people age 60 years old and above and a social support booth.

17 Oct 2017

Counting our days and making our days count

NUS Medicine students organise palliative care exhibition to encourage conversations about end-of-life.

08 Oct 2017

NUS students organise upscaled free health screening for HDB residents (2nd Press Release)

Elderly residents of Kampong Glam will be assessed for frailty and mental health issues as well as chronic illnesses at free health screenings in October.

09 Sep 2017

NUS students organise upscaled free health screening for HDB residents (1st Press Release)

Elderly residents of Eunos Crescent and Kampong Glam will be screened for frailty and mental health issues as well as chronic illnesses when medical, nursing and social work students from the National University of Singapore conduct free health screenings at these constituencies in September.

23 Aug 2017

NUS study shows more than a third of Bukit Panjang older adults on verge of becoming frail

A recent study of 1051 older adults in Bukit Panjang by Associate Professor Reshma Merchant, Division Head of Geriatric Medicine at the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, revealed that 37 per cent of the cohort were on the edge of becoming frail. Of this group, 6 per cent were found to be frail, while another 8 per cent suffered from cognitive impairment.

22 Aug 2017

NUS Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Institute for Aging Research announce research collaboration

The Centre for Healthy Ageing at the National University Health System (NUHS) is committed to finding strategies to keep the Singapore population healthy, longer. The Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) in New York has a similar goal and is launching a clinical trial to test a drug they hope will keep people healthy and delay or prevent multiple chronic diseases simultaneously. After discussion, the two Institutes have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, designed to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration as they seek to combat the ravages of ageing.

22 Aug 2017

NUS Medicine boosts research into ageing with appointment of leading scientist

An internationally renowned expert has been appointed to lead ongoing efforts at the National University of Singapore to understand the human ageing process and how to extend the period of healthy life or healthspan.

18 Aug 2017

NUS students launch competition to find answers to healthcare challenges

Over the past 12 months, students from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and their counterparts from the Engineering, Law, Arts and Business faculties have been working hard in attempts to find solutions to a number of healthcare problems. The students, grouped into 17 teams, are taking part in the inaugural Medical Grand Challenge (MGC).

24 Jul 2017

More university applicants list Nursing as top choice

More students are choosing to study Nursing at the National University of Singapore (NUS), according to the NUS Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, which offers Singapore’s only Bachelor of Science (Nursing) programme for A-level holders and polytechnic graduates.