Category: General health news
Healthcare IT to boom in Asia
SINGAPORE – The healthcare industry in Asia Pacific has witnessed quantum changes bought by technology within the last 10 years. With that, the region’s healthcare industry is able to fast track itself faster than Western countries that had to go […]
BPA linked to obesity, diabetes
Bisphenol A (BPA) is back in the news again following the publication of a study by the Chemicals, Health and Environment Monitoring (CHEM) Trust. The document, the Review of the Science Linking Chemical Exposures to the Human Risk of Obesity […]
Qnexa awaits FDA green light
If the odds be ever in their favour, Qnexa could be the first new obesity drug to receive Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 13 years. The last was Xenical that hit the market in 1999. Last February, a […]
Pay boost seen for healthcare jobs
SINGAPORE – Good news for healthcare workers – the Ministry of Health will be looking into a salary review for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. Speaking on the sidelines of a health-care career fair yesterday, Dr Amy Khor, Minister […]
