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Child allergies: expert shares support tips for kids and parents
Resource person: Dr. Noor Zehan Abdul Rahim, Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Respiratory Specialist, Sunway Medical Centre, Malaysia In Malaysia, where urban living and vibrant cityscapes define daily life, an unsettling trend is emerging – an increase in childhood allergies. What […]
Thailand’s stricter alcohol law draws flak among tourists and businesses
Thailand has started enforcing tougher alcohol rules that impose fines on anyone caught drinking during restricted hours, a change that places accountability on consumers for the first time since the country introduced its afternoon sales ban more than 50 years […]
EU gives more teeth to mercury dental filling regulation with global ban
The United Nations has adopted a global ban on the manufacture and trade of mercury-added dental amalgam, with the rules set to take effect on 1 January 2035. The decision was announced on 7 November at the sixth Conference of […]
Taiwan recalls 150,000 eggs contaminated with pesticide
More than 150,000 eggs potentially contaminated with high levels of pesticide residue have entered the market in 10 administrative regions in Taiwan, the Food and Drug Administration has cautioned consumers. The agency has issued an emergency recall of eggs in […]
GSK and Empirico ink US$745 million deal on experimental COPD drug
Global biopharma company GSK has entered a worldwide exclusive license agreement with US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company Empirico for EMP-012, an experimental small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy being tested for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The deal includes an US$85 million […]
Singapore researchers find new phage DNA modification that may combat superbugs
Scientists from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) group, together with the University of Otago and collaborators from Nanyang Technological University, Delft University of Technology, University of Canterbury and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have […]
New app offers menopause support for Asian women
A new health platform aims to change how menopause is understood and managed across Asia. Sol (Spring of Life) Menopause, now available on iOS, provides evidence-based and culturally relevant guidance for women navigating this stage of life while helping companies […]
Family Medicine recognized as Singapore’s 36th medical specialty
Family medicine has been officially recognized by the Specialists Accreditation Board as Singapore’s 36th medical specialty from November 1, with support from the Ministry of Health (MOH). MOH described the move as a major step in acknowledging the contributions of […]
Nestlé pursues open innovation, nutrition research for health and longevity
US-headquartered Nestlé Health Science, a wholly-owned health-science subsidiary of Nestlé, has entered a strategic collaboration with the University of California, Davis Innovation Institute for Food & Health to advance nutrition and health innovations, support startup development, and explore research and […]
Philippine healthcare sees rise of AI tools
The Philippines is expanding its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to advance key sectors, with healthcare emerging as one of the most active areas of integration. In the medical field, AI is being used to improve disease detection, speed up […]
