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Thai Woman Wakes Up Inside Coffin After Brother Mistakenly Thought She Had Died
Adapted from reporting by People Magazine / Yahoo News Singapore (Nov 2025). A 65-year-old Thai woman shocked her family and...
U.S. Boy, 2, Dies After Doctor Allegedly Deletes Decimal Point, Giving 10× Potassium Dose
A two-year-old boy, De’Markus Jeremiah Page, died after a doctor at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital allegedly keyed in 15...
Why Thyroid Cancer Rates Are Rising Worldwide: Overdiagnosis, Obesity, Radiation – or Something More?
Review article based on reporting by Jasmin Fox-Skelly, BBC Future (2025) © BBC. Thyroid cancer is rising faster than many...
askST Review: With Covid-19 Endemic, Should You Still Get Vaccinated?
Review article based on reporting by Zhaki Abdullah, The Straits Times (16 Nov 2025) © SPH Media Limited. As year-end...
Singapore Launches SG500K: A New Era of Precision, Predictive Healthcare
Review article based on reporting by Joyce Teo, The Straits Times (14 Nov 2025) © SPH Media Limited. Singapore has...
Japan Faces Record Surge in Deadly Bear Attacks Amid Population Boom and Food Shortages
Review article based on AFP reporting, published in The Straits Times, 12 November 2025 © SPH Media Limited. Japan is...
A Silent Killer: How Half of Singapore’s Kidney Failure Cases Could Have Been Prevented
Review article based on reporting by Salma Khalik, The Straits Times, 10 Nov 2025 (© SPH Media Limited / Yahoo...
Article Summary — “Six out of seven insurers raised premiums for Integrated Shield Plans, riders in 2025” (The Straits Times, Nov 10, 2025)
Six of Singapore’s seven private insurers offering Integrated Shield Plans (IPs) have increased their premiums in 2025, citing rising medical...
Rising Private Health Insurance Costs in Singapore: The Vicious Cycle Explained
Adapted from CNA TODAY – “How private health insurance is driving up healthcare costs, and what should be done about...
Singapore Introduces New Health Information Bill to Mandate Sharing of Patient Data
Adapted from The Straits Times, Nov 5, 2025 Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has tabled a new Health Information Bill...
