Akshita Nanda

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Akshita Nanda

Dr Andrea Maier (left) and team member Dr Ajla Hodzic Kuerec. The NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity has won US$250,000 in the semi-finals of XPrize Healthspan, a global contest to reverse ageing. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ANDREA MAIERSINGAPORE – Want to live longer, healthier and reverse the effects of ageing? Singapore could be the right place to be as the science and business of longevity medicine pick up here.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Akshita Nanda

SINGAPORE – Mrs Jessica Chuah , 44, has been battling backaches for years. As a nurse, she spends a lot of time standing, which puts pressure on her lower back. She has tried yoga and pilates on a mat, with some success. What has worked best, however, is hitching herself to a wall with a rope before moving into deep stretches inspired b y y oga and pilates. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Akshita Nanda

Orchid Laundry director Harry Toh (left) with Mr Michael Tan (centre), who works there once a week under a work therapy programme with Apex Harmony Lodge. Mr Tan has dementia. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUANSINGAPORE – Twice a week, Mr Michael Tan, 59, works for a laundry firm at an industrial estate in Gul Link. His job gives him an outing from the dementia care facility where he resides. The former plasterer also likes earning money to buy snacks and other items he wants.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Shawn Hoo |Akshita Nanda

SINGAPORE - The colourful party streamers were still draped on the trees outside the coffeeshop at Block 322 Hougang Avenue 5 and there were smiles aplenty, but WP supporters said they had mixed feelings. Mr Ng, a 60-year-old who declined to reveal his full name, said that a WP victory in Hougang, the party’s stronghold of more than three decades, was expected. But the party’s showing in other constituencies was not.

1 month ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Shawn Hoo |Akshita Nanda

SINGAPORE - The colourful party streamers were still draped on the trees outside the coffee shop at Block 322 Hougang Avenue 5. While there were smiles aplenty, several WP supporters said they had mixed feelings. Mr Ng, a 60-year-old who declined to reveal his full name, said a WP victory in Hougang SMC, the party’s stronghold of more than three decades, was expected. But the party’s showing in other constituencies was not, he added.